News and Resources
You will find information and resources related to all FED events and activities.
Here you’ll find all the latest news articles, Foundation for Education Development resources, features, blogs, videos and podcasts in fact everything that you need to learn about the fantastic work that we do. You will also find all the resources related to the celebrations of 150 years of universal state education. Search our news and resources here.
Choose FED or Fed150
Select resource type
Search (with or without filters)
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
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,
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
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
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,
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,
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
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
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
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
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,
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 –
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:
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
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
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
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
Kusum Gurung – Reflections on the FED National Education Summit
We asked Kusum Gurung, a FED Learners Council members and co-host of the 4th Annual FED National Education Summit, to share their reflections on the Summit. Kusum Gurung – Reflections on the FED National Education Summit I had the privilege of co-hosting the FED National
Kerrie Portman – Reflections on meeting the Children’s Commissioner
The FED Learners Council invited members of youth advisory groups from the FEA, The Edge and The Careers and Enterprise Company to join them in meeting with the Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza. Kerrie Portman is one such Learner and in this thinkpiece Kerrie
Liverpool City Region Long-Term Skills Plan. How can the City Region’s Skills Plan Improve Educational Outcomes Across the Region?
Free Breakfast Seminar with Mayor Steve Rotheram and Sir Paul Grant Tuesday 4th February 2025 In partnership with Hays Education, we are delighted to be hosting a free breakfast seminar entitled ‘Liverpool City Region Long-Term Skills Plan’ with Mayor Steve Rotheram and Sir Paul Grant Join
How a Flexible Part-Time Timetable with Online Learning Can Support Neurodivergent Children
We are delighted to share the second of a two-part thinkpiece by Kate Longworth, CEO & Founder Gaia Learning, and FED Core Partner about engaging neurodivergent learners, giving parents control of SEND, interest based courses, part time timetables and also more information about flexischooling. How a Flexible
FED’s Response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review – 5 Years of Consultations Synthesised
Over the past five years, the Foundation for Education Development (FED) has been privileged to facilitate what we believe to be one of the most extensive qualitative consultations on education ever conducted in England. We have been honoured to listen to and amplify the voices