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Interview: Asiyah Ravat

Asiyah Ravat, one of Star Academies’ leading executive heads, tells Jess Staufenberg there’s no big secret behind one of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Interview: Steve Munby

Steve Munby talks to Jess Staufenberg about why he left the National College for School Leadership and whether we…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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It didn’t matter how good my teaching was – I couldn’t save them

Youth violence has increased significantly in the past decade. Iesha Small talks to Jess Staufenberg about trying to turn…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Features

Setting up a new think tank is a steep learning curve

Tom Richmond and his think tank get everywhere. How is one man who left teaching twice so influential in…

Jess Staufenberg
Tom Richmond
Politics

Profile: Robin Walker

Minister for school standards

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Features

Being a research school is about best bets

Five years after they were set up, research schools haven’t enjoyed much public hullabaloo. Jess Staufenberg visits a lead…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Interview: Joe Hallgarten

The new chief executive of The Centre for Education and Youth, Joe Hallgarten, is interested in the space for…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Features

Interview: Annamarie Hassall

Annamarie Hassall became chief executive of the National Association for Special Educational Needs last week. The former DfE adviser…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Features

Interview: Anne Longfield

The former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield has unfinished business, particularly around child poverty. She tells Jess Staufenberg why she’s…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Features

Interview: Nadine Bernard

Nadine Bernard, headteacher at Van Gogh primary school, landed her first headship at one of the most infamous academy…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Features

Civil servants spend too much time in a room with other civil servants

After four years in the job, Jonathan Slater was unceremoniously sacked as permanent secretary of the Department for Education….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Features

Introducing… Ndidi Okezie

Ndidi Okezie has done that rare thing and crossed the divide between teaching and youth work. Always the problem-solver, she’s…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg

Must Read

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