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21 April 2026

Author: Jess Staufenberg

Paul Gosling, president, NAHT

Paul Gosling, new president of school leaders’ union NAHT, tells Jess Staufenberg the government must prioritise getting exhausted headteachers back on side Primary school headteacher Paul Gosling, the incoming president of school leaders’ union NAHT, says the title of his debut conference speech next week is “Humanity, Compassion and Solidarity”. Noble ideals, by any standards. […]

Steve Crocker, president, Association of Directors of Children’s Services

It’s a baptism of fire for Steve Crocker, as he takes the reins at the Association of Directors of Children’s Services. He reveals to Jess Staufenberg his views on last week’s white and green papers Last Friday was Steve Crocker’s first day as president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services – and my […]

Carol Dewhurst, chief executive and Tessa Mason, chair, Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust

The chair and chief executive of Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust learnt about the importance of the CEO-chair relationship when they worked on academisation for the Department for Education. Seven years into their partnership, the former DfE advisers reveal their lessons along the way Carol Dewhurst, chief executive, and Tessa Mason, chair, of the Bradford Diocesan […]

Oliver Caviglioli, education author and illustrator

Education’s best-known illustrator, Oliver Caviglioli, is a one-time Olympics trainee, bodybuilder, sandal-wearing PE teacher and son of a Corsican communist. He talks to Jess Staufenberg about quitting headship for his pens Oliver Caviglioli is one of the only people I instantly recognise on Twitter from a logo-like drawing of themselves, rather than their actual photo. […]

Focus feature: Chartered College of Teaching

The Chartered College of Teaching marks its fifth anniversary this year, having launched with quite a few misgivings expressed by ministers and teaching unions. Chief executive Dame Alison Peacock tells Jess Staufenberg how her organisation is progressing in its aims When then-education secretary Nicky Morgan signed off on the Chartered College of Teaching on her […]

Caroline Barlow, vice chair, Headteachers’ Roundtable

Caroline Barlow, headteacher at Heathfield Community College, and vice chair of Headteachers’ Roundtable, tells Jess Staufenberg about the power of collaboration, and the importance of gathering experience slowly When Schools Week asked eduTwitter to recommend headteachers running local authority schools to feature, one name kept coming up: Caroline Barlow, head at Heathfield Community College in […]

Matt Jenkins, British sign language teacher, The Deaf Academy

Deafness shot into the national consciousness recently with a deaf contestant on Strictly Come Dancing. But award-winning teacher Matt Jenkins shows Jess Staufenberg how many assumptions still need unpicking Clear messaging during the pandemic has not been, by anyone’s standards, a strong point of the UK government. The proliferation of jargon alone was confusing: PPE, […]