FED Follower Blog – ‘Instil an ethos and ability to care for oneself, others and the natural environment’ by Suzanne Welch

The Foundation for Education Development (FED) are working across sectors and in partnership with all those concerned with the future of education in this country to support the development of a long term vision and plan for education. Following the launch of the FED National Education Consultation Report, we are inviting members of our community […]
Workstream 4 -Equality, equity, accessibility, and inclusion: Placing everyone at the heart of education re-imagining, by Professor Anne Bamford OBE

Following the launch of the FED National Education Consultation Report, we are hosting a series of 4 roundtable discussions seeking the views of all stakeholders to focus on what is needed to deliver a long-term vision and plan for education on our 4 workstreams. In our fourth roundtable we are discussing Workstream 4: Identifying the […]
City & Guilds annual skills index 2021

The Foundation for Education Development (FED) are delighted to share the City & Guilds Group annual skills index 2021. This report helps to shape our thinking at the FED about what is needed about a long-term plan and vision for education, by as Kirstie Donnelly MBE, CEO of City & Guilds Group said “measuring trends […]
Workstream 3 – ‘Exploring the different approaches to levelling up and place-based strategies to generate and sustain educational excellence’ Dr Ann Limb

Following the launch of the FED National Education Consultation Report, we are hosting a series of 4 roundtable discussions seeking the views of all stakeholders to focus on what is needed to deliver a long-term vision and plan for education on our 4 workstreams. In our third roundtable we are discussing Workstream 3 – Exploring […]
Workstream 2 – Develop a framework to develop and govern a 10-year plan. A blog from Patrick Wall

Following the launch of the FED National Education Consultation Report, we are hosting a series of 4 roundtable discussions seeking the views of all stakeholders to focus on what is needed to deliver a long-term vision and plan for education on our 4 workstreams. In our second roundtable we are discussing Workstream 2 – Develop […]
Can we ever agree on purpose and vision? A thought piece from Fiona Forbes

Following the launch of the FED National Education Consultation Report, we are hosting a series of 4 roundtable discussions seeking the views of all stakeholders to focus on what is needed to deliver a long-term vision and plan for education on our 4 workstreams. In our first roundtable we are discussing Workstream 1 – Develop […]
What is really in the best interest of the children, staff, and communities we serve?

The FED are working across sectors and in partnership with all those concerned with the future of education in this country to support the development of a long term vision and plan for education.We are delighted to share the blog by Revd Canon Nigel Genders, Chief Education Officer for the Church of England and FED […]
David Harkin: ‘When Toby turns 18 – My hopes for the future of education’

The FED are working across sectors and in partnership with all those concerned with the future of education in this country to support the development of a long term vision and plan for education. We are delighted to share the blog by David Harkin, CEO of 8billionideas whose mission it is to give ‘every child […]
Key Speakers Announced for FED National Education Summit. Monday 1st March – Thursday 4th March

Download the programme here. The Foundation for Education Development is dedicated to promoting a long-term vision and plan for education in England. From the outset, and working through our ‘neutral space’ for discussion (Fedspace) over the past twelve month, we have been gathering feedback as part of our wide-ranging FED National Consultation on a long-term […]
Overwhelmingly Positive Response to the FED National Education Summit

Our FED National Education Summit ran from 1st – 4th March and provided a unique and in-depth examination of our education system through a long-term lens. Those who attended were both inspired and encouraged by the themes, the calibre of those speakers who contributed from this country and Internationally, and supportive of the neutral space […]