"Children cannot learn, grow, or thrive if they are cold, hungry, and living in inadequate housing. No child should have to endure such hardship. This is why ending child poverty must become a national priority."
#ASCL2025
@goldsmithcn.bsky.social
Senior Policy Advisor at Impetus / Co-founder of Class Divide / Brightonian
"Children cannot learn, grow, or thrive if they are cold, hungry, and living in inadequate housing. No child should have to endure such hardship. This is why ending child poverty must become a national priority."
#ASCL2025
π Introducing The Solutions Council
Our Who is Losing Learning? Problem Report revealed the extent of lost learning in schools, highlighting the urgent need to support all young people to thrive. We brought together teachers, parents & education leaders to tackle the challenge.
youtu.be/8ZBRP1gU8F8
Really ace piece in TES on how thr SEND system could look and feel different for children and schools
13.03.2025 13:30 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The Who is Losing Learning? Coalition tackles the scale of lost learning, highlighting its disproportionate impact on pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Our next report, based on evidence from school leaders, parents and experts, will set out solutions to this issue.
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Launching 18 March
Young people sitting and talking in a boardroom.
A young person speaks to a volunteer.
A young person listens to a volunteer.
A woman speaking and giving advice in front of a laptop.
π¬ βI loved every moment of it.β
Doesnβt get much better than that for career experience feedback!
We hosted a Career Insight Day with Orbit Partners last week, giving young people from our partners a look into the finance & consulting sectors.
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28.02.2025 11:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A really important op-ed in @schoolsweek.bsky.social by Edward Timpson. We should know where every child is being educated because at the moment too many children are 'lost to the system' #inclusion #education @thedifferenceed.bsky.social schoolsweek.co.uk/the-schools-...
28.02.2025 10:44 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A month into her role as our CEO, we sat down with
Susannah Hardyman who shared her passion for supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
youtu.be/DxWutQbfaUw
Read full blog π to explore why she joined Impetus as CEO & her vision for leading us forward.
impetus.org.uk/news-and-vie...
π€ 'The key to unlocking the potential of disadvantaged young people lies in providing them with fair access to the best schools'
Check out @divideclass.bsky.social new podcast episode The Progressive Test if you live in #Brighton and #Hove and/or are interested in the positive case for #school #inclusion and integration #education #inequality shows.acast.com/63ec9997d524...
14.12.2024 09:08 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Yesterdayβs data from the ONS shows a staggering 946,000 young people aged 16-24 in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET).
In addressing this, @brgadsby.bsky.social, our Head of Policy and Research, commented: