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Unions

Rachel Younger, school business leader and NAHT president

This weekend, Rachel Younger will take to the stage in front of hundreds of school leaders as the first…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Careers Education

Oli de Botton, The Careers & Enterprise Company

After putting oracy at the heart of a counter-cultural school that has helped shape Labour’s election offer, 
Oli de…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Features

The rebel CEO with a community cause

Wayne Norrie is a MAT chief determined to always put children’s needs first, even if that means clashing with…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Looking to the Future after online harassment

Lawrence Foley went from school refuser to doctor in modernist literature – but his career almost came to a…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Dan Thomas, chief executive, TLP

Dan Thomas, now chief executive of The Learning Partnership trust, was once prompted by a fortune cookie to ‘take…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Governance

A journey from California’s Death Row to school governance

From California’s Death Row to school governance, the Confederation of School Trusts’ Samira Sadeghi explains how the roles are…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill


Artificial Intelligence

AI cheating: just how much is going on in schools?

An explosion in AI ‘study aids’ has armed pupils with the means to cheat their way through assignments. But…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Always talking up maths, in a country that talks it down

David Thomas was one of the youngest heads in the country. He’s set up a national online academy and…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Teacher training

Teacher training guru Lynne McKenna, University of Sunderland

Lynne McKenna, Dean of Education and Society at the University of Sunderland, has a formidable work ethic. She “easily”…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Hospital schools

Hospital schools: on the mental health crisis frontline

Taxis pull up throughout the day outside the brightly painted Magpie Centre to drop off its growing cohort of…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
AI in schools

AI marking: the answer to poor recruitment or ‘pure snake oil’?

Bot exam markers, robot tutors and AI-written reports are all now being used in schools as they look to…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Nicole McCartney, Creative Education Trust

Nicole McCartney is a rare species: someone with lived experience of being permanently excluded from school who has gone…

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