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18 May 2026

Author: Schools Week Reporter

How do we improve diversity in the media without tokenism?

Every summer, Schools Week publishes a count of how many women vs men – and how many BAME contributors – have been represented in the publication’s expert articles, front pages and profile interviews over the school year. Here Cath Murray considers why representation is important, explains how Schools Week has worked to improve it, and presents this […]

Books for teachers and school leaders – summer 2018

Summer 2018 may have seen the driest skies since 1976, but in the world of edu publishing we’ve had such a deluge of books that we haven’t been able to keep up. Here’s a summer reading selection of books that Schools Week hasn’t reviewed, but are definitely worth checking out. For more recommendations, check out […]

Michael Merrick, Deputy head, St Cuthbert’s Catholic Community School

Eight years ago, Michael Merrick and his wife moved from St Andrews, where he was partway through a PhD and the family were eating “beans on toast” every night, to Carlisle, where he took up a teaching job in a local Catholic secondary school. They’ve lived in the town ever since, and he’s now deputy […]

Paul Luxmoore, CEO, Coastal Academies Trust

When we exchanged descriptions so we could recognise one another on the platform, Paul Luxmoore, CEO of the Coastal Academies Trust, described himself self-deprecatingly as “an overweight old grey man in a grey suit”. Thankfully, I don’t have to spend too much time dealing with awkward identification scenarios – he’s the only one waiting at […]

Celebrating 50 years of the International Baccalaureate

The International Baccalaureate Diploma programme is recognised as a rigorous preparation for universities in the UK and worldwide. And since 2012 the IB Organization has been offering a Career-related programme  that schools can run in parallel, which offers a mix of academic and vocational training. Employers also appreciate the qualities the IB brings to job […]

Peter Lee, Head of School, Q3 Langley

I emerge from the loo at Q3 Langley to find my path blocked by a single-file procession of year 7s snaking through previously deserted corridors. The line is bouncing with exuberance. Heads bob this way and that, apparently seeking adults to greet, a merry cacophony of kids greeting me with “good morning miss”. It’s a […]

Sabrina Hobbs, principal, Severndale specialist academy

A nine-year-old boy in a wheelchair is delightedly pressing the large button on a battery-powered speaker that calls Betsy the dog by name. Every time he does, a chocolate sprocker spaniel comes bounding across to a small circle of children. This all happens under the watchful eye of Sabrina Hobbs, the executive principal of Shropshire’s only […]

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 starting to reach out these days, there’s one megalith of British education research that seems determined to remain aloof. I’m on a mission to find out why. It’s taken five months to score an interview with […]