Ellen Peirson-Hagger

School food standards are mandatory – so why doesn’t every school comply?

My @tes feature, with insight from @turnerschoolsuk, @DixonsAcademies, @PioneerEduTrust, @foodgov, @livinghealthy, @Shona_Goudie, @ajjolley, @GoodFoodAndFM, @sfmtweet and @LACA_UK

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A decade on since the introduction of the current School Food Standards, why are so many schools failing to meet them? And what’s the point anyway, if they’re not monitored? My @tes feature

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This academic year, councils will spend £2.1bn to send pupils with SEND to independent schools. Is a model of partnering a local authority and a MAT the way forward?

My @tes feature on @OrmistonAcads’s newly opened Freston Junction tes.com/magazine/analy…

Ever since the decoupling of AS and A levels in 2015, AS levels have been in decline. In less than a decade, the number of AS level entries has fallen by more than 95 per cent.

But some schools do still offer AS. They told me why, for @tes tes.com/magazine/analy…

This year, A-level maths became the first subject to surpass 100,000 entries. But is it fit for purpose?

My @tes long-read, with insights from @dmthomas90, @jenniemaths, @andynoyes7 and teachers at @InspirationEast and @es_6thform tes.com/magazine/analy…