The May 2026 elections across the UK have reshaped the political landscape, particularly in Scotland and Wales, where there was significant electoral shifts and education policy has become tied to wider debates around child wellbeing, poverty and public services. While England’s elections do not directly produce a national education policy shift, they still demonstrate potential shifts in priority.

This year's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in person on Thursday 12th November 2026 as part of the AEP Annual Conference, which is taking place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, near Reading. The AGM is the ‘supreme decision-making body of the Association’ and is open to all AEP members to attend and member participation is vital to ensure the democratic running of the association.

The Government has today announced a series of measures aimed at helping families and businesses with rising costs linked to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

The AEP and other unions representing teachers, specialists and school staff have warned that government plans for every state school to join an academy trust will reinforce and exacerbate fragmentation of schools and divert money away from pupils.

A new report - Educational psychologists in England - from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), has been published today. The research evidences the chronic shortage of Educational Psychologists and record provision gaps and reveals the stark disparity in levels of EP provision.