Profile

Guy Shears, CEO, Central Region Schools Trust

Last year, the then Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick prompted a fierce backlash when he described an area...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion: Solutions

How mentoring can avoid post-GCSE drift and support secondary starters

This programme offers a compelling model for trusts and schools looking to strategically invest in both year 7 transition...

Freddie Whittaker
Ben Sperring
The Conspiracy Commission

Our crisis of truth is overflowing in the classroom

Parents feel unprepared. Teachers feel unequipped. Young people feel overwhelmed

Freddie Whittaker
Amy Braier
Schools

More pupils report conspiracy theories and misinfo in school

And four in five teachers report having had a pupil bring up a conspiracy theory with them

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Early years

Revealed: 331 more school nurseries, but councils to take over programme

From May, 'councils, rather than schools' will be invited to propose plans for new places

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

How to go from well intentioned to success with SEND reform

The government has a strong policy proposition. But to succeed it will need to think as carefully about 2014...

Freddie Whittaker
Reza Schwitzer
Opinion

Competition has no place when children start reception

By focusing on collaboration, we can support children with confidence and independence

Freddie Whittaker
Marc Doyle
Inclusion

Special schools over capacity by 11,000 pupils

Around two-thirds of special schools are still over-capacity, DfE says

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Reception teaching must adapt to the reality of delayed development

Weaker communication and self-regulation are issues that cannot be solved by focusing on a shift to measurable, directed tasks,...

Freddie Whittaker
Lucy Fox