Education
Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
The landmark deployment from a new Big Issue Invest fund will enable special educational needs college Great Oaks to move to a new site in Surrey.
More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class
More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class
A new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) highlights how soaring rates of secondary school absence in England have led to disadvantaged pupils falling further behind their peers since the Covid-19 pandemic. Martin Hodge, head of education policy for Community trade union, outlines how the debate around what can be done to drive up attendance levels requires nuance and empathy
This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results
This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results
Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has called on decision makers to talk more about what it’s like for children to grow up homeless after revealing just 11% of children who moved home 10 times earn five GCSEs
Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told
Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told
One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault
Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault
How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison
Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison
Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’
Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
We can’t expect Ed Sheeran, Marcus Rashford and Jamie Oliver to keep on fixing Britain
We can’t expect Ed Sheeran, Marcus Rashford and Jamie Oliver to keep on fixing Britain
These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate
‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate
Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change
This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change
I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included
I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included
Homeless woman reunites with couple who ‘changed her life’ when they gave her a bed for the night
Homeless woman reunites with couple who ‘changed her life’ when they gave her a bed for the night
‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty
‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty
Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it’s becoming an uncomfortable crisis
Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it’s becoming an uncomfortable crisis
TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’
TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’
Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: ‘Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas’
Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: ‘Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas’
We must change our relationship with masculinity to stop vulnerable men turning into Andrew Tate
We must change our relationship with masculinity to stop vulnerable men turning into Andrew Tate
Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
