Tom Bennett

Tom Bennett OBE is the founder of researchED

Friday

September 22, 2023

After Covid, it’s not surprising kids aren’t coming back to school

From our UK edition

The Education Act of 1880 made it compulsory for all children in the UK to attend school between the ages of 5 and 10. The 1918 Education Act saw that rise to 14; in 1944 it went to 15. In 1972, the age crept up to 16, and finally in a gasp of heroic ambition,

Friday

August 4, 2023

Tom Bennett

Is Sadiq Khan trying to make London’s schools more dangerous?

From our UK edition

London’s schools are about to become less safe. The city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, has decided to appoint Maureen McKenna to join its violence reduction unit (VRU), with a view to reducing crime by ‘driving down exclusions in schools’ while ‘increasing a sense of students’ belonging’. The VRU has equally noble aims: ‘we believe violence is