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Interview: Julian Drinkall

Julian Drinkall took on the biggest trust turnaround job going. Here he talks about constraints, innovation, bravery – and…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Introducing… Daisy Cooper

Solving special educational needs provision and scrapping SATs are just a few policies firmly in the sights of ambitious…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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‘You have to not look like you’re giving up’

Jess Staufenberg talks to the trust boss the government threatened to sue, who values autonomy and wellbeing for her…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Profile: Keith Hollins, CEO, Staffordshire University Academies Trust

JL Dutaut meets a CEO who was a trailblazer for school cooperation and could be leading the way towards…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Introducing… Sarah Lewis

The Department for Education’s former director of schools was in the hot seat during the free school meals voucher…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Dame Rachel de Souza, children’s commissioner

Almost seven years after Schools Week first profiled Rachel de Souza, we return to find out what she wants…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Profile: Dr Robin Bevan, NEU president and grammar school head

Given newspaper headlines about militant union bosses plotting against ministers’ plans over the past year, it is perhaps surprising…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Introducing… Lisa Mannall

The straight-talking chief executive at Cornwall Education Learning Trust opens up about two years as a regional schools commissioner…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Introducing… Tulip Siddiq

The shadow children’s minister hails from a political dynasty – and met Mandela and Mother Teresa when she was…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Profile: Eleanor Harrison, CEO, Impetus

Schools Week meets Eleanor Harrison, the new CEO of Impetus, whose approach could well model a whole new way…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Profile: Richard Gerver, School Libraries Association president

His global success began with putting a library at the heart of a school turn-around. Now Richard Gerver is…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Introducing…Clive Lawrence

Into headship before he was 30, Clive Lawrence has taken his special school to ‘world class’ status and an…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg

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DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules

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James Carr
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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
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