Inside Your Ed
This podcast takes a look inside the latest stories from across the education system in England including schools, colleges, universities and apprenticeships. Hosted by Tom Richmond.
Inside Your Ed
Latest Episodes
Should we teach students how to 'fail better'?
With exam season just around the corner, hundreds of thousands of students in schools, colleges and universities are making their final preparations as they aim for a successful outcome and possibly the very top grades.But, as we know, f...
If the student loan system is the problem, is a 'graduate tax' the solution?
“We have concluded the disadvantages are such that we do not support a graduate tax”So said Lord Dearing in his landmark review of Higher Education, or HE funding in 1997, shortly before tuition fees were first introduced.Over a d...
SEND reforms are on the way, but are they the right reforms?
SEND reforms to 'strip away' children's legal protections, charity says. That was according to a recent headline on the BBC website.Needless to say, the Department for Education, or DfE, disagrees, claiming that their planned reforms to ...
What does the Schools White Paper mean for pupils, teachers and leaders?
Normally a Schools White Paper from the Department for Education, or DfE, would attract plenty of attention on its release as it sets out the direction of travel on schools policy for the foreseeable future.But when the new Schools White...
Should struggling independent schools be converted into state schools?
VAT on school fees, the end of their business rates relief, a big hike in employers’ National Insurance contributions, falling pupil rolls. It is no exaggeration to say that independent schools in England have had a very tough couple of years f...