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Conversations offering insights and inspiration on topical educational issues from all around the world.

A group of students in a school workshop gather around a table assembling a large wheel using tools and instruction sheets. One student holds the wheel while others examine the instructions, with mechanical parts and wiring kits spread across the table.

Case Study

Driving inclusion in STEAM: The impact of a collaborative...

Two students in purple school uniform stand outdoors, looking at a tablet and smiling, with other pupils blurred in the background.

Blog

To Ban or Not to Ban? Mobile Phones and...

By Jo Sharrock

Head, Putney High School

An outdoor theatre performance of The Tempest, with a young actor standing on a platform holding a paper boat aloft. She wears flowing, layered costumes in blue and green tones, while other performers sit nearby in a garden setting with statues and greenery in the background.

Blog

Reimagining the Impossible: Why Young People Need Challenge Beyond...

By Simon Cane-Hardy

Head, Gordonstoun

Man speaking at a wooden podium in a conference room, holding a microphone and presenting a slide titled “Next Generation Assessment – Principles to Practice,” displaying a 1913 quote by Thomas Edison about books becoming obsolete in schools; chairs and a large screen behind him.

Blog

Lineage & Legacy

By Nick Hope

Product Innovation Manager, RM Assessment

Blog

Future Routes by Opening Doors and Expanding Dreams

By Rebecca Willis and Gunmeet Sethi

Head of Careers and UCAS and Head of Science, Operations and Data Lead, Nottingham High School

Blog

Assessment Evolved: Rethinking Formative Assessment Together in the Age...

By Meredith Reeve

Lead Specialist, Research Strategy, Pearson

A group of nine students in school uniforms and one casually dressed adult posing together on a lawn in front of a large historic stone building. One student is seated in a wheelchair at the front, while the others stand behind, smiling in bright sunny weather.

Blog

Belonging at school

By Kate Latham

Assistant Head: Academic and EDI Lead, Kimbolton School

A university lecturer stands at the front of a tiered lecture hall, speaking to a group of students seated in rows. The lecturer, an older man with gray hair and a beard, holds a pair of glasses while addressing the class. Students of various genders sit with notebooks and laptops, listening and taking notes. The room features wooden panel walls and auditorium-style seating.

Blog

University Challenge – The Next Episode

By Mark O'Brien

Public Affairs Specialist, HMC

Lisa Kerr with shoulder-length blonde hair stands outdoors in front of a stone building entrance, smiling at the camera. She is wearing a burgundy dress with a navy collar detail and a necklace. Stone steps and a wooden doorway are visible behind her, along with a planter of pink and white flowers.

News — 25 February 2026

Lisa Kerr appointed as Chair of HMC for 2027/2028

A group of students in lab coats and safety glasses gather around a bench in a darkened science room. They watch glowing samples under a blue light, smiling and discussing the experiment.

Blog

Empowering Every Girl to Shape the Future

By Dr Sion Wall

Head of Prep Science, Haberdashers' Monmouth School

Four people sit around a small table in a classroom or office setting, smiling and laughing during a tabletop game. A woman in a sleeveless black-and-white dress raises her arms in celebration, while the others—two young women and one adult woman—look on and smile. Game pieces are arranged on the table, and a screen displaying rows of national flags is visible on the wall behind them.

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Prevention is better than the cure – wellbeing at...

By Becky Lovelock

Head, Pocklington School

Man in a suit sits smiling on a black sofa in a lounge area, with a large Canadian flag hanging on the wall behind him and a wooden canoe mounted above.

Blog

‘O Canada’ Part 2: Visiting Canadian Schools, October 2025

By Dr Simon Hyde

Chief Executive, HMC

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