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Abbie Thorrington, principal, Ipswich Academy

Abbie Thorrington came within a hair’s breadth of representing Britain at the Olympics. The principal of Ipswich Academy and…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Nick Hudson, chief executive, Ormiston Academies Trust

Ormiston Academies Trust chief executive Nick Hudson tells Jess Staufenberg how he honours the chain’s founding principles of schools…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Lord Mike Watson, shadow education minister

Having become an MP in 1989, Lord Mike Watson has spent many years in frustrating opposition for the Labour…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Raksha Pattni, national partnerships director at Ambition Institute

Raksha Pattni, national partnerships director at Ambition Institute, tells Jess Staufenberg why new CPD partnerships with councils will be…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Susan Douglas, chief executive, The Eden Academy Trust

Susan Douglas, part-time chief executive at The Eden Academy Trust, tells Jess Staufenberg what visiting 63 countries with the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Focus feature: Governance at Anglian Learning academy trust

The Anglian Learning academy trust won a top award for excellent governance at the start of the year. As…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Jonathan Timmis, chief operating officer, Astrea Academy Trust

Jonathan Timmis, the new chief operating officer at Astrea Academy Trust, has worked from bombed-out buildings to the White…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Charlotte Pearce Cornish, director, Premier Advisory Group

Charlotte Pearce Cornish’s Premier Advisory Group has just won the contract to support free school applications. She explains how…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Richard Gill, chair, Teaching School Hubs Council

Richard Gill, chair of the Teaching School Hubs Council, tells Jess Staufenberg how he went from standing in the…

Jess Staufenberg
Richard Gill
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Duncan Spalding, headteacher, Aylsham High School

Like many of the nicest people in education, Duncan Spalding is under the impression he couldn’t possibly be important…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Paul Gosling, president, NAHT

Paul Gosling, new president of school leaders’ union NAHT, tells Jess Staufenberg the government must prioritise getting exhausted headteachers…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Steve Crocker, president, Association of Directors of Children’s Services

It’s a baptism of fire for Steve Crocker, as he takes the reins at the Association of Directors of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg

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