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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
Extra-curricular

How a school’s new clubs are lifting attendance and wellbeing

In an education world dominated by academic results, a West Sussex school is bucking the trend and focusing on…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Who’s supporting school leaders to stop them hitting crisis point?

Executive head Sara-Jane Baker has had a rough week. After a gruelling three-hour child protection review the day before…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Reuben Moore, executive director, National Institute of Teaching

How do you skill up the next generation of teachers without overloading them? And then keep them motivated enough…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Investigation: teacher deregulation, by the back door

How teaching’s graduate status is being eroded

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Politics

Munira Wilson, Lib Dem education spokesperson

Munira Wilson, the MP for Twickenham and since 2021 the Lib Dems’ spokesperson for education, proudly describes the party…

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