Power in Place – Driving Effective Education Partnerships for Flourishing Learners and Communities

Date: Tuesday 25th MarchTime: 16.00 – 17.30Online Event: Zoom We know that strong local partnerships are key to ensuring that every learner, regardless of background, has access to high-quality education and opportunities that help them thrive. Yet, across the country, collaboration between schools, colleges, and communities often happens despite the system, rather than because of […]
Nourishing Change: Exploring Solutions to Food Poverty, Equity and Access

Join the FED in collaboration with Impact Food Group for an exciting virtual policy roundtable where together we’ll explore the relationship between food, wellbeing and academic success, and the equity issues which go hand-in-hand with this. Date: Thursday 20th MarchTime: 9.30am – 11.00am We know that access to nutritious, high-quality food is fundamental to student […]
The Future of Supply Teaching: Building a 21st Century model

Join us for an exciting virtual roundtable with Patrick Cozier, Phil Denton, Allana Gay and Rhys Howells, where we will develop policy and practice recommendations to improve supply teaching for learners, schools/colleges and early years settings, the supply teaching workforce and system overall. Date: Wednesday 19th MarchTime: 4pm – 5.30pm Our FED Partners have said […]
From Representation to Transformation: Embedding Inclusion in Education

Date: Thursday March 13thTime: 6.00 – 7.30pm In the FED’s submission to the DfE’s Call for Evidence for the Curriculum and Assessment Review last November, which was based on hundreds of dialogues with thousands of stakeholders which we have facilitated over the past four years, one resounding theme was that cultural inclusion must take centre […]
Education Reimagined: Neurodivergence at the Centre

Join us for an exciting virtual roundtable where together we’ll envision an education system truly built for neurodivergent learners. This FEDSpace event brings together voices from across the educational landscape to imagine and shape a more inclusive future. When: Monday 3rd March 2025Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM GMT Are you ready to challenge traditional educational […]
The Curriculum Crisis: Stifling Young Minds and Failing the Future

We are delighted to share the reflections of Melissa Farnham, CEO of ASDAN and FED Futures Partner. Melissa, a care leaver who endured a fragmented education, and someone with 26 years of experience in education and leadership, reflects on the curriculum crisis. The Curriculum Crisis: Stifling Young Minds and Failing the Future “Since 2010, more […]
A Headteacher’s Call for a Rethink on SEND and Accountability: A Plea for Change

We are delighted to share the reflection of James Searjeant, Headteacher at Wyborne Primary and Nursery School and member of our National Education Leaders Council, about SEND and accountability structures and systems. A Headteacher’s Call for a Rethink on SEND and Accountability: A Plea for Change As the headteacher of a proud and inclusive mainstream […]
From Classroom to Career: Bridging Skills for the Modern Workforce

Free Breakfast Seminar – From Classroom to Career: Bridging Skills for the Modern Workforce Wednesday 12th February Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking breakfast seminar focused on the roles of educational and business leaders in preparing the next generation for the changing world of work. This event, hosted in partnership with Hays Education, will […]
FEDSPACE – AI FED Future Project

The Human Dimensions on AI FEDSpace with Expert Guest Professor Wayne Holmes Date: Wednesday 12th FebruaryTime: 5.00 – 6.30pm Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are the first and only technologies to successfully mimic human behaviours, communications, and decision-making processes, often leading to the misperception that they operate with human-like intentions or understanding. This anthropomorphic quality raises […]
School in the Community: Community in the School – Ashraf Ali

We are delighted to share the reflections of Ashraf Ali MBE on the recent free breakfast seminar, hosted by Hays Education, entitled ‘School in the Community: Community in the School’ with keynote speakers, Frank Norris MBE and Jamila Kossar MBE. I had the pleasure of attending a brilliant and insightful breakfast seminar this morning, aimed at […]