In this blog post, two headteachers share their experiences of building thriving school libraries which nurture students’ wellbeing and love of reading. The effectiveness of school libraries ...

Early in my career, I had an amazing mentor – a senior librarian who had been working in school libraries for 26 years. She supported young people with everything, from reader development ...

Reading for pleasure (RfP) is declining internationally, yet research indicates its value both academically and psychologically. School libraries and librarians have a pivotal role to play ...

What if the most important room in a school isn’t a classroom, but the one that unlocks every other door to learning? In schools with well-funded and professionally staffed libraries, ...

In this blog post, we think about how artificial intelligence (AI) might open space(s) for Right Action by expanding individualistic human discernment, and by moving towards ...

This blog post explores navigating ethical issues when examining the influence of neoliberal performativity on primary teachers’ work in physical education (PE). The sophisticated ways in ...

Mark Court has served as headteacher at Kings Heath Primary School for the past four years. Kings Heath Primary is a large and vibrant school at the heart of the Kings Heath community in ...

Gavin Clark is headteacher of Preston Lodge High School, Scotland. He became a Modern Studies teacher in 1992, and having worked in Fife, West Lothian and then Dunbar Grammar School, in 2009 ...

Victoria Dilly is chief executive officer of the School Library Association – a national organisation that supports everyone who works in school libraries through training, advice, ...

Kumar Jayantilal is a lecturer in education at University College Birmingham. He worked as a qualified primary school teacher ...

Northern Ireland is a post-conflict society, yet it remains deeply divided. The school system is a complex network with sensitive and contested policy issues, and up to 94 per cent of ...

We’re educators, not just babysitters. But no one listens.’ This remark, shared by a participant in my doctoral research on the experiences of leadership in early years, captures ...