News

Revealed: the lack of diversity in education leadership roles

Only three per cent of the largest academy trusts in the country are led by non-white bosses, a new...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Punk leadership means daring to think outside the system

The education community has a jaundiced view of school leadership at present, which is seen as risk-averse or even...

Keziah Featherstone
KEZIAH FEATHERSTONE
Feature

WomenEd: Braving that first leap to leadership

Schools Week’s Alix Robertson attended the WomenEd conference last saturday. While she was there she caught up with Vicky...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

DfE fails to hit female leadership coaching target

The Department for Education is almost a year behind on its target to link 1,000 women teachers with 1,000...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Politics

WomenEd invites flexible working ideas for schools

A national networking group for women in education is calling for ideas on how flexible working can successfully be...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Features

Hannah Wilson, headteacher, Aureus School

On a half-finished housing estate, nestled between between the A4130 and Wantage Road in Oxfordshire, builders are finishing a...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Staff offered therapy to manage work pressure

An alternative provision multi-academy trust has extended student therapeutic services to staff to help them to manage the challenges...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Unpaid DfE coaching scheme for women teachers criticised as ‘tick-box exercise’

A government scheme to encourage more women to become school leaders has been dubbed a “tick-box exercise” by those...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Multi-academy trusts 6 times more likely to be named after men than women

Multi-academy trusts are six times more likely to be named after men than women, a Schools Week investigation has...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg