Long read
The early years sector is facing debilitating staff shortages. Jessica Hill speaks to sector leaders about how reforms to…
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Colleges, Long read
If you enter Derwentside College after 2pm on a Friday, you’ll find it empty. The principal, Chris Todd, will…
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read, SEND
Dan, who has cerebral palsy and communicates with the world through technology that tracks his eye movements, giggles with…
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Long read
Liverpool City Region metro mayor Steve Rotheram is donning a hi-vis vest, trowel in hand, and reminiscing to local…
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read, sixth forms
On a mission to help school and college leaders solve shared problems together, Pixl chief Rachel Johnson talks to…
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Colleges, Long read
Darren Hankey is keen for his students to grasp the tantalising opportunities to acquire net zero skills that are…
Jessica Hill
investigation, Long read
Young people fleeing conflict, oppression and destitution in their home countries are arriving in England in record numbers. In…
Jessica Hill
Long read, RAAC, specialist colleges
Clare Howard, chief executive of Natspec, the body representing specialist colleges, is determined to get their voices heard. But…
Jessica Hill
Long read, Skills reform
Gillian Keegan is determined that local skills improvement plans will ease the nation’s skills crisis. Jessica Hill lifts the…
Jessica Hill
Long read, Training Providers
The last ten years has seen a gold rush of global private equity (PE) companies seeking to make the…
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read
Colin Booth’s 40-year career has taken him from teaching anything anybody would pay him for, whilst living homeless in…
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Long read
The biggest losers in the government’s mission to boost apprenticeships are traditional crafts for whom the term “apprenticeship” was…
Jessica Hill
