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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
Features

G’day MAT: Academy reforms go down under

After visiting English trusts to hear ‘warts and all’ accounts of academisation, Tasmania is launching its own version to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Climate change

School Spotlight: Cultivating climate change strategy

As climate expectations increase on schools, what lessons can be learned from a trust that has prioritised sustainability for…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Politics

Votes at 16: Are schools prepared for politics in the classroom?

Ministers hope the move will engage young people in democracy, but schools face an uphill battle to prepare them

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
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Gareth Conyard, CEO, Teacher Development Trust

It’s estimated to be a half-billion-pound industry in England, but all is not well in the world of teachers’…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Matt Wrack, general secretary, NASUWT

The new head of the NASUWT has ruled out merging with another union “for now”, insisted his lack of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Josh MacAlister, MP for Whitehaven and Workington

Josh MacAlister isn’t wasting time. Weeks after becoming the MP for Whitehaven and Workington in Cumbria last July, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School improvement

Lessons from a 10-year school turnaround

Declan Linnane took Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School from ‘inadequate’ to ‘outstanding’ with a mission to focus on inclusion. Here’s…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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‘I was a real fanboy, but the school had lost its way’

Fixing School 21, the ‘progressive’ education torchbearer

Chaminda Jayanetti
Chaminda Jayanetti
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Chris Zarraga, director of Schools North East

Every August, school leaders in the north of England brace themselves for the inevitable – yet misguided – comparisons….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

‘Burnt out and isolated’: the staff on the SEND crisis frontline

SENCos will be central to any government plan to make mainstream schools more inclusive. But are their roles even…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Avnee Morjaria, IPPR

IPPR associate director Avnee Morjaria has taught, inspected and worked in government. Now she is influencing policy from…

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer

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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