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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last 30 years, the academic study of intelligence has been in a process of decline, but recently this has changed dramatically. The main catalyst for this change has been the growth of ...

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

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, ...

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 ...