What can we do to ensure that our young people are learners for the lives they will lead? Tricia Kelleher, Principal of the Stephen Perse Foundation, argues that it's time to think differently about education.

Interestingly Amanda Spielman, Chief Inspector of Ofsted, is raising red flags around the narrowing of the curriculum in schools. 

Knowledge is power. Or is it? It is fair to say that there has been something of an onslaught on the integrity and indeed authority of knowledge in recent times.  

I have been employed in education as a teacher and latterly a leader for over thirty years. Given my subject is History, I have always been cautious about engaging in politics. Far be it for me to expound my views to young people on how they should live their lives.

Principal, Tricia Kelleher, discusses the current teacher shortage and how critical our teachers are for our young people.

Our Principal, Tricia Kelleher, discusses the new President-elect, Donald Trump, and what this means for our young people.

So where have all the teachers gone? The existential crisis of our times in education is in teacher recruitment and retention. Just as we have lost the familiar conveyor belt of teacher recruits with university education faculties across the country face the challenge of funding PGCE places and Teach First grappling with high drop out rates, there also is the growing disaffection of serving teachers. A report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has found that 23% of teachers are considering quitting teaching compared with just 17% last year with workload identified as a key reason for the increase. It is fair to say that Headteachers across the country are despairing about maintaining staffing levels in their schools.

Tricia Kelleher, Principal of the Stephen Perse Foundation discussed Admissions Testing and how it will affect young people.