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Julian Drinkall
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What a 150-year-old education act teaches Covid Britain
This weekend is the 150th anniversary of the Elementary Education Act – and it is relevant today, says Julian Drinkall
7 August 2020
‘It’s not just when we reopen schools - it’s how’
Other countries have set out plans for reopening schools – teachers in the UK deserve this clarity, says Julian Drinkall
22 April 2020
How tech can help to relieve the mental health crisis
One academy trust leader explains how it is using tech to identify when a student is struggling with their mental health
11 February 2020
How MATs can transform failing schools
‘Turnaround trusts’ could rehabilitate schools that have fallen by the wayside, says academy chief Julian Drinkall
2 September 2019
‘Schools and trusts have lost sight of who matters’
When nearly 10,000 Year 10s and 11s are falling out of the system altogether, something has gone badly wrong, says one academies boss
5 December 2018
‘MATs must ask: “Are we the best fit for all our schools?”’
The CEO of the previously troubled AET reflects on the radical changes - including rebrokering academies – that saved the failing trust from spinning headlong into insolvency
5 May 2018