All England Blogs

By Keziah Featherstone @keziah70 When I was younger and at the start of my career, I fought for myself and I fought for the kids. Having spent the vast majority of my career serving communities experiencing substantial and layered disadvantage,...

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By Sue Prickett @ruralSBM The role of School Business Leader (SBL) in schools is often overlooked when describing the make-up of Senior Leadership Teams. Since the growth of the SBL sector joining social media channels, at last colleagues are...

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By Kirsty P. @TeacherBusy I've been teaching for 12 years; I've worked in two schools but visited many. I've been a teacher, a Head of Year and now a Lead Practitioner. Here's some things that have happened to me during the last 12 years in my...

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by Emma Sheppard @maternityCPD Trigger warning: this blog focuses entirely on pregnancy and motherhood, which some readers may wish to avoid. It was a day of vindication for The MTPT Project when, in November 2021, WomenEd, with ASCL, NAHT and the...

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by Rachel Fenn @NoSchoolSexism End Sexism in Schools is a grassroots organization founded in 2020. We are united in our mission to see schools become places where all children can achieve their potential, without being limited by gender stereotypes....

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By Sam Fuller, Director & Founder of The Wraw Index Navigating the Covid-19 pandemic has dialled up the pressure on employees in all sectors, but for those working in education the challenge has been unprecedented. Now, as schools break for the...

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by Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt Two of WomenEd’s campaigns are about the representation of women in leadership roles in education, with a particular focus on women with an ethnic heritage. We know the stats show men are disproportionately...

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by Lynn How @Positive_Y_Mind www.positiveyoungmind.com Could you be a great educational leader if you had more flexibility? I see leadership potential in women everywhere I turn in education. Unfortunately, many of these are woman who have...

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by Julia Skinner and Lizana Oberholzer @TheHeadsOffice @LO_EduforAll During a recent presentation for WomenEd’s Global Unconference, we discussed the challenges and key considerations that governing bodies and trustee boards need to make when they...

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by Tara Harding The menopause can trigger both anxiety and panic attacks, followed by fatigue. However, there is no need for women to feel helpless as there are some remedies available. This article will shed some light on what to expect when these...

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by Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt We started WomenEd because women's voices on twitter were often silenced, harrassed or our views were not valued. It's one of the reasons we included a mic in our logo. So we encouraged women to tweet and to...

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