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Introducing… Rachel Hornsey

The collapse of Carillion left Rachel Hornsey’s primary pupils bewildered amid the rubble of a building site. She explains how the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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In conversation with… Ian Livingstone

Ian Livingstone has a unique outlook as a best-selling gaming pioneer. This September, it will be the vision for…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Introducing…Mark Wilson

Meet the philosopher CEO determined to prove that academy trusts can – and should – come up with 100-year…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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In conversation with… virtual school heads

Virtual school heads, Jancis Andrew and Calvin Kipling tell JL Dutaut we need to unpick what we mean by…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Covid

REACT: The team putting the Covid response on a proactive footing

“In an emergency, there is always pressure to react, react, react,” says Ofsted’s national director of social care, Yvette…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Profile: Jeffery Quaye

Aspirations Academies Trust’s new national director of education and standards explains his ‘success by design’ strategy to tackle the…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut


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Profile: Matt Rooney, principal, St Giles School

A headteacher for only three years, NASEN award-winner Matt Rooney isn’t wasting any time in making an impact, finds…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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‘I was on posters, I ended up in a magazine. It was bizarre’

Jess Staufenberg talks to one of the country’s youngest ever headteachers who then stayed put for almost 13 years…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Profile: Stephen Chamberlain

Twelve months into the job of CEO at The Active Learning Trust (ALT), Stephen Chamberlain talks to James Carr…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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No one has done much with the children’s minister post since Edward Timpson, say heads. Can the current incumbent…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Profile: Kate Green

Three months into the job of shadow education secretary, Kate Green reveals she is a ‘policy geek’ who is…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Do maths schools have proof of concept yet?

With numerous more maths schools in the pipeline, what have the two open since 2014 been up to? Jess…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg

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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