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Results Days Never Fail To Fail Them
Nearly half of GCSE students "fail" maths and English every single year, by design. We unpack the assessment industrial complex, why results day measures nothing real, and why teachers already know it.
Passing the Parcel
Permanent exclusion feels decisive but rarely solves anything. Using UK exclusion data and cost analysis, we argue it just passes the problem downstream, to alternative provision and society, while the underlying need stays unaddressed.
One System Not Five Kingdoms
Education isn't one system but five walled-off kingdoms - early years, primary, secondary, FE, higher education - each hoarding what it's mastered while children lose something at every transition. The fix isn't reform but connection: one shared spine.
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The Curriculum After Growth
The Global Justice Report challenges education's hidden growth story. Schools shape young people's sense of the future, so flourishing must mean ecological, economic and relational justice, not just individual wellbeing, mobility or competition.
The Need to Lead with Purpose
Learn how purposeful leadership can revolutionize education and inspire both educators and students to reach their full potential. Discover strategies for cultivating meaningful change in your educational environment.
What You Didn't Learn in School Part 1: Money Management
Discover the essential financial skills schools forget to teach and why they're crucial for your future success. Explore the hidden curriculum of personal finance that traditional education overlooks.
AI will disrupt but will the positive outweigh the negative?
Explore the double-edged sword of AI in education: revolutionary potential meets ethical challenges. Are we ready for the change? Uncover the potential benefits and pitfalls of AI integration in our classrooms.
Watch the Flowers Grow
Unlock the power of curiosity-driven learning and discover how giving students space to bloom can transform education. Learn why nurturing individual growth is key to fostering lifelong learners.
Innovation by Invitation Only
Learn why true educational innovation requires breaking down barriers and inviting diverse voices to the table. Discover the power of inclusive collaboration in driving meaningful change in education.
Think Inside the Box
Challenge conventional wisdom and learn why true innovation often comes from working within constraints, not ignoring them. Discover how limitations can spark creativity and lead to breakthrough solutions in education.
Still on Speed Dial
Strong parental engagement is worth two to three extra years of learning, yet we switch parents off at 16. Schools, FE, universities and employers must bring families back in before things go wrong.
Student Voice Is Not Enough
Schools often collect pupil voice but keep decision-making power to themselves. Michael Fegan argues genuine student agency means involving pupils throughout the process - presenting findings, prioritising issues, joining leadership discussions -closing the feedback loop rather than treating consultation as a one-off event.
Compliance Is the Curriculum
Control and compliance aren't neutral classroom habits, they're inherited industrial tools built for a job that no longer exists. This piece unpicks the difference between safety and control, and asks what trust actually costs to build.
The First Disclosure May Be to a Machine
AI literacy is safeguarding now. Children can disclose fears to a chatbot before any adult, so schools must teach questioning and evaluation, not just device rules, while keeping trusted humans within reach.
The Great AI Vocabulary Distraction
Education is stuck debating whether to call it AI literacy, fluency or competency. The argument itself is the problem, a governance fight distracting from the harder question of what students should actually be able to do.
The Half-Life of a Grade
A grade is a snapshot of what a young person knew on one particular morning, about content with a shelf life. We treat GCSEs, A-Levels and degrees as endpoints when learning has no finish line. Here's why the full stop is the real danger.
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The Child Is Not the Barrier. The System Is.
Two children, two barriers mistaken for learning gaps. When technology separates the knowledge being tested from the format used to show it, capability finally becomes visible.
Results Days Never Fail To Fail Them
Nearly half of GCSE students "fail" maths and English every single year, by design. We unpack the assessment industrial complex, why results day measures nothing real, and why teachers already know it.
Nobody Mentioned Quadratic Equations
A new Education Secretary is in post. We asked hundreds of people what they'd tell a ten year old about why school matters. Nobody said exams. Here's what that gap should actually change.
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