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Mental health

‘Someone’s got to do it, so we’re doing it’

Schools are swapping English and maths for lessons in wellbeing, running interventions akin to those used for drug addicts…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Sarah Finch, chief executive, Marches Academy Trust

Sarah Finch is used to going beyond the job description in her education career. The chief executive of the…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Governance

Claire Pannell is taking the law into her trust’s own hands

Claire Pannell reckons she might be the only person in the country with her job title. While many trusts…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academy

From sink to success: how a trust’s leader transformed his schools

Once a humble design technology teacher in Sunderland, Nick Hurn reveals the truth of his schools’ growth and development……

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Christopher Tribble, Honiton primary

With public services diminishing, schools are being described as the fourth emergency service. But for headteacher Christopher Tribble, that’s…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Alternative provision

How former footballer Eugene Dwaah is redefining alternative provision

Catching staff from alternative provision (AP) settings smoking weed alongside the young people they were responsible for was a…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill


Politics

Nick Brook, chief executive, Speakers for Schools

There are moments as Nick Brook talks about narrowing the opportunity gap for disadvantaged youngsters when he becomes so…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Leadership

The story of PiXL: how the pursuit of excellence found new meaning

The moment when Rachel Johnson announced that she was taking over as school and college leadership network PiXL’s new…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Governance

The two Emmas of the National Governance Association

Emma Knights has been championing the work of school governors and trustees as the National Governance Association’s resident knight…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Alternative provision

The excluded children with nowhere to go

A third of councils still had waiting lists this summer for PRU places

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

RAAC: Why have we tolerated this ‘ticking timebomb’ for so long?

While the dangers of reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (RAAC) have only recently been on the public’s radar, it has…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

How hostile immigration policies are ‘piling misery on to children’

Thousands of traumatised Afghan children, displaced by the Taliban, face educational disruptions and funding shortfalls in the UK.

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill

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