Academies Commission: Education Select Committee

Leaves are falling. I feel like hibernating. And the chancellor is up for speaking. Nothing says autumn like an Autumn Statement.  Autumn Statements are chances to tweak, not transform. Unlike the Comprehensive Spending Review (where more radical, long-term ideas can be taken forward), these statements tend not to be too disruptive to departmental spending plans….

Taking Back Curriculum Control CfEY has been delighted to support our wonderful founder and ex-CEO Loic Menzies with a new IPPR evidence review on tensions in our school system, supported by Big Change and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Balancing Act sought to answer three connected questions: How can school systems fairly and effectively assess young…

By Joe Hallgarten and Adam Muirhead This summer, we’re delighted to be collaborating with The Trust for Developing Communities  to carry out a rapid  ‘test and learn’ prototype for our latest action-focused idea: A freshers’ fair for young people who aren’t going to university. Find out more below. Surprise surprise, but Guy Garvey put it…