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This podcast takes a look inside the latest stories from across the education system in England including schools, colleges, universities and apprenticeships. Hosted by Tom Richmond.
Hosts:
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every 16 days
Average audio length:
37 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United Kingdom
112 episodes
since Oct. 28, 2021
episodic
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September saw the launch of the results from the 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA for short.
Run by the OECD, PISA includes maths, reading and science tests for 15-year-olds across 90 countries as well as a survey about pupils’ education.
At first glance, England appears…
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As the new academic year kicks off across the country, there will inevitably be a lot of attention on whether enough people have chosen to embark on a new career in teaching to hit the Government’s teacher recruitment targets.
However, a new book called 'Love the One You’re With: Why teachers …
So here we are, with a new Prime Minister in place two years on from the General Election.
In my last podcast, we had two expert guests join us to explore what an Andy Burnham premiership might mean for schools in England.
In this episode, I have brought together two policy experts to help us take …
“The days of a school system configured entirely around the university route will be brought to an end.”
Our likely next Prime Minister Andy Burnham did not hold back in his speech at the end of June, adding that “we need a complete rethink of how we support the next generation to succeed”.
The que…
“Labour will end the VAT exemption for private schools to invest in our state schools.”
So said the Labour Party election manifesto in 2024, and in the Budget later that year the addition of VAT to school fees was enacted.
This was soon followed by predictions of a dramatic fall in the number of pu…
The Government’s consultation on their proposed reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, or SEND, system closed on May 18th.
Yet among the 39 consultation questions spread over 136 pages, one issue was notable by its absence: school admissions.
Judging by the analysis in a new rep…
It has been over 3.5 years since then opposition leader Keir Starmer announced that a Labour government would give businesses the flexibility they need to train their workforce by turning the Conservative Party’s apprenticeships levy into a ‘Growth and Skills Levy’.
After waiting a very long time t…
With exam season just around the corner, hundreds of thousands of students in schools, colleges and universities are making their final preparations as they aim for a successful outcome and possibly the very top grades.
But, as we know, for many children, young people and adults, rather than experi…
“We have concluded the disadvantages are such that we do not support a graduate tax”
So said Lord Dearing in his landmark review of Higher Education, or HE funding in 1997, shortly before tuition fees were first introduced.
Over a decade later, Lord Browne’s review of HE funding in 2010 also reject…
SEND reforms to 'strip away' children's legal protections, charity says. That was according to a recent headline on the BBC website.
Needless to say, the Department for Education, or DfE, disagrees, claiming that their planned reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities…
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