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Profile: Jo Rowley, ASCL president and deputy head, Walton High School

Jo Rowley never planned to be a deputy headteacher. Now she’s the first deputy in decades to serve as…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Lessons from the frontline of Russia’s propaganda war

Ministers are looking overseas to help tackle a growing problem in England’s schools

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

Sharing not siloed: The special schools bringing inclusion into the mainstream

As the sector awaits the long-delayed SEND reforms, many schools have already started doing what they expect to be…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
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Dr Jenny Blunden, CEO, Truro and Penwith Academy Trust

When Dr Jenny Blunden took charge at her Cornish trust, its three schools were ‘broken’. But in a fight…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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Baroness Barran, shadow education minister

A few days after she was appointed as academies minister in 2021, officials described to Baroness Diana Barran the severity…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Andrew Truby, CEO, St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust

When Andrew Truby took leadership of a Catholic trust, he was on his own and had no schools. He…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Inclusion

School spotlight: ‘Internal AP can work – here’s how we do it’

Can internal AP help schools avoid exclusions? One school believes its approach shows what’s possible

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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Profile: Graham Dugoni, founder and CEO of Yondr

Since founding Yondr in 2014, Graham Dugoni has been trying to build a “cultural movement” towards phone-free spaces. It’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Profile

Lynsey Holzer, CEO, Active Learning Trust

Lynsey Holzer on why trust CEOs need more accountability, how she brought business leadership to the MAT boardroom and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Features

Auditing Austerity: How York Schools are tackling poverty

Despite its outward affluence, York suffers a wide equality gap between its richest and poorest. Schools Week looks at…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Features

Could a ‘locality clusters’ funding model help fix SEND?

As local authorities grapple with rising SEND demand and mounting deficits – could locality clusters alleviate some of the…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Melissa Farnham, CEO, ASDAN

Once a looked-after child, this awarding organisation CEO knows a thing or two about breaking down barriers to opportunity

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut

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Covid

DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules

The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and…

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures

Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger