The Ethics Advantage: Building Trust in Turbulent
Free Breakfast Seminar with Dr. Matt Silver & Mandy Gage, Deputy CEO – Thinking Schools Academy Trust Date: 11th June 2025Time: 8:00am–11:00amLocation: The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent It is a trying time to be a Trust, school, or college leader. Today’s education leaders face rising expectations, shrinking budgets, staff shortages, and mounting accountability pressures. They […]
The meal deal we didn’t make
We are delighted to share the reflections of Fiona Fearon, Head of Policy & Research at The National Governance Association, on our recent virtual policy roundtable where we explored the relationship between food, wellbeing and academic success, and the equity issues which go hand-in-hand with this. Fiona has 16 years of frontline education experience, including leadership roles in […]
FED National Education Consultation Survey 2025 Goes Live
As we continue our collective efforts to shape a long-term vision for education, the FED invites you to contribute to the FED National Education Consultation Survey 2025. Your insights are crucial in ensuring that the voices of educators, leaders, and stakeholders inform the policies and priorities of the future. This is your opportunity to help […]
Time to stop talking and start delivering: FED launches National Education Assembly
We are excited to announce the launch of the National Education Assembly (NEA), scheduled to commence in September 2025. The NEA, a pioneering initiative, will be a fully stakeholder-led to provide meaningful input into national education policy, practice, and strategy. As FED celebrates its 5th anniversary, the introduction of the NEA marks a significant step […]
People, Place, Partnerships & Possibility: A Dialogue on Poverty
Date: Wednesday 7th MayTime: 9.00am – 11.00am (8.30am – Registration & light breakfast)Location: HAYS, 3rd Floor, 1 Colmore Square, Birmingham B4 6AJ Join Katrina Morley OBE and Sean Harris, co-authors of Tackling Disadvantage in Schools (Bloomsbury, 2025), for a powerful and thought-provoking conversation on poverty, education, and the systems that shape both. Together, these influential […]
The Post-16 Cliff Edge: Ensuring Learners Aren’t Being Left Behind
We are delighted to share the reflections of Michael Lemin, Head of Policy at NCFE, on the interim Independent Review of Curriculum and Assessmentreport that highlights key challenges in England’s education system, including the lack of early SEND support, rising NEET numbers, and economic barriers to post-16 education. Michael argues that without better identification of […]
The Next Generation of School Estate
We are delighted to share the reflections of Ian Denison, Director of Inscyte. In this thought-provoking thinkpiece, Ian explores the future of school buildings in an era of rapid technological change, particularly the impact of AI on learning environments. He critiques the government’s standardised “flat-pack” approach to school design, arguing that it risks repeating past mistakes […]
We are delighted to introduce the co-chairs of the FED National Learners Council in 2025.
Our stakeholder councils play a pivotal role in our thinking as we develop the systems and strategies that support a long-term vision and plan for education. Naomi Blackmore. Naomi has a long-standing connection to learner and youth voice. She has a background in youth work, connecting with young people in schools and communities in West […]
How can we address the growing teacher recruitment and retention challenge? What the latest data is telling us.
Date: Monday 31st MarchTime: 4pm – 5.30pmOnline event In this FEDSpace, Jack Worth, Lead Economist at NFER will be sharing key trends from the Teacher Labour Market in England Annual Report 2025. This report provides an overview of the latest trends in teacher recruitment, retention, pay and working conditions, and insights on the overall state […]
SEND Leadership – Is it time to lead differently?
We are delighted to share the reflections of Dr Anita Devi, Founder of #TeamADL. Anita draws on extensive experience in SEND leadership, critiques the perception of SENCOs as mere administrators and argues that the education system suffers from “mission drift,” where financial concerns overshadow vision and purpose. Advocating for a shift from forecasting to backcasting, they […]