Education | The Lead

All systems go or stalled - what is happening with the regeneration vision for Stoke-on-Trent?

"It takes more than a few projects to address what are deep structural economic and social problems."

Job creation and delivered promises crucial to Stoke-on-Trent general election results

The last general election saw three Conservative MPs elected in the city for the first time - but that's unlikely to be repeated

By Hannah Hiles

Controversial Jonathan Gullis sees vote crumble as he's ousted in Stoke general election results

All three seats for Stoke-on-Trent flipped from Conservative to Labour

By Jamie Lopez

Life on Bentilee where strength of community outweighs stigma and austerity

Sarah is from Stoke-on-Trent and directs the city’s largest free event - the Six Towns Carnival. Here, she speaks with residents of Bentilee - one of the largest housing estates in Europe - and examines prejudice, stigma, austerity but, most pertinently, the strength of community

By Sarah Chevolleau

Hope and community fighting austerity and loneliness in Stoke-on-Trent

People in Stoke-on-Trent have been facing the pressure of Conservative-implemented austerity cuts, de-industrialisation and a cost-of-living crisis. But where there is community, there is help available.

By Martha Bird

London's disappearing primary schools

Housing prices are pushing families out of London. Primary schools no longer have enough students to function and shut down. Secondary schools lose their local intake and follow suit. And local economies suffer. London is being hollowed out as a living city - at an ever-accelerating pace.

By Cherry Casey

All work and no play: How metrics fixation stunts Britain's school kids

Creativity, curiosity, self-esteem and social skills are essential for our well-being - but because they are not quantifiable, they are being left behind.

By Cherry Casey

Starmer's right on AI: Helping kids to be creative and empathetic does more than teaching them to code

We can't hope to compete with AI on speed and volume of technical tasks. But AI can never compete with us in the truly creative thinking - from music, to philosophy, to the kind of inspired science fiction that guides actual technological progress. As humans, this is our natural advantage, and it needs to be shored up.

By Chris Stokel-Walker

Ban Sex from Sex Ed!

I am Englishman, a Christian, a teacher, a patriot, an admiral of the fleet, a golfer, a hunter and a chartered accountant - and trust me: Rishi Sunak's inquiry into sex education doesn't go remotely far enough.

By M. Coates-Hanger, MP

Birbalsingh's Victorian fixations have no place in government - or in education

The ultra-disciplinarian headteacher stepped down from her Social Mobilities role, but will continue to fan the flames of culture wars in education. Pity the children.

By Andy West

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