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Melissa Farnham, CEO, ASDAN

Once a looked-after child, this awarding organisation CEO knows a thing or two about breaking down barriers to opportunity

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Gareth Conyard, CEO, Teacher Development Trust

It’s estimated to be a half-billion-pound industry in England, but all is not well in the world of teachers’...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Matt Wrack, general secretary, NASUWT

The new head of the NASUWT has ruled out merging with another union “for now”, insisted his lack of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Josh MacAlister, MP for Whitehaven and Workington

Josh MacAlister isn’t wasting time. Weeks after becoming the MP for Whitehaven and Workington in Cumbria last July, the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Chris Zarraga, director of Schools North East

Every August, school leaders in the north of England brace themselves for the inevitable – yet misguided – comparisons....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Avnee Morjaria, IPPR

IPPR associate director Avnee Morjaria has taught, inspected and worked in government. Now she is influencing policy from...

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
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Chalke it up to experience: Lessons in being mission-driven

Labour can learn a lot about belonging, inclusion and being mission-driven from Steve Chalke's life and work, finds JL...

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Emma Hollis, CEO of NASBTT

NASBTT chief executive Emma Hollis tells Schools Week about guiding providers through the ‘bruising’ ITT review, and how we...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Sarah Smith, Labour MP and opportunity mission champion

‘Labour’s priority is to deliver happier children’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker