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Carole Willis, Chief Executive, National Foundation for Educational Research

Education researchers are a strange breed. While the think-tanks openly court the press, and even the university academics are...

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Katharine Birbalsingh, Headmistress, Michaela Community School

A customised Marmite jar stands on Katharine Birbalsingh’s desk, with the name “Michaela” emblazoned across it. It’s a stroke of...

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Debra Rutley, Executive headteacher, Aspire Alternative Provision

“I didn’t have a positive experience at school,” admits Debra Rutley, “and I think that has had a massive...

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Caroline Wright, Director general, British Educational Suppliers’ Association

The British Educational Suppliers’ Association that she heads up is just round the corner, on the dingier side of...

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Has Ofsted given up on school case studies?

Ofsted’s case studies have not always had their intended consequences. As Sean Harford said at the recent ‘Radical ideas...

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Mark Martin, Computer science lead, South Bank Engineering UTC

Mark Martin is standing at Silicon Roundabout in London, the location of choice for so many of the capital’s...

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Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, Joint general secretaries of the National Education Union

As I mount the steps to the National Education Union’s London headquarters, I can’t help feeling disappointment that the...

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Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang, founder, Lighthouse

Looked-after children have poor educational outcomes. Only one in seven achieve five GCSEs at A*-C – compared with one...

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Claudia Harris, CEO, Careers and Enterprise Company

Claudia Harris, the CEO of the Careers and Enterprise Company, wants to give young people everywhere the kind of...

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