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Response to new Vocational GCSEs and work experience placements
University should not be the only way to a good, rewarding job, and young people deserve real alternative routes. We welcome today’s announcement of new Vocational GCSEs and the pledge to provide 200,000 additional work experience placements. Here are the areas we believe the government needs to focus on.
A significant step towards enrichment for all
As longstanding members of the Enrichment for All campaign, we believe every child and young person should be able to benefit from sport, arts and culture, outdoor activities, volunteering and the many other experiences that help build confidence, skills, relationships and a sense of belonging.
Education gaps for lowest-income pupils could take centuries to close
Today we publish the Fair Education Report Card 2026 which sets out where progress has been made towards our five Impact Goals, where urgent challenges remain, and our policy asks to government to ensure that no child’s success is limited by their socioeconomic background.
Five conferences, one Collective Voice: where to find the FEA at Party Conferences
This is an important conference season for our Collective Voice. The FEA Secretariat and members will be out in full force across all five major party conferences this year.
Fair Education Alliance response to GCSE, BTEC and A-Level Results Days
Our response to the recent GCSE, BTEC and A-Level Results Days, and the increasing inequalities seen across the country.
Liverpool and Runcorn neighbourhoods get up to £200,000 to improve early childhood development
Kensington & Fairfield in Liverpool and Castlefields in Runcorn have been awarded shared funding worth up to £200,000, as part of our work with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
Response to government announcement on new technical education pathways
Our response to the government announcement on new technical education pathways for 14 year olds.
The Literacy Link network welcomes findings of the reading for pleasure inquiry and calls for long-term investment in National Reading Guarantee
Our literacy thematic collaboration, Literacy Link, highlights the crucial role of charities in delivering Education Committee recommendations.
New PM must make educational equity a defining mission
The Fair Education Alliance is calling on the new government to make tackling educational inequity a defining mission.
Educational inequity demands a collective response
FEA responds to the Education Policy Institute’s Annual Report.
Young people’s reflections on the social media ban
YSG members share their reflections on the governments social media ban for under 16s.
FEA response to the Milburn Review
FEA response to the recent Milburn Review, an ongoing, independent inquiry led by former Cabinet Minister Alan Milburn that investigates why nearly one million young people (ages 16–24) in the UK are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET).
Announcing Liz Robinson as our new Chair of Trustees
Announcing our new Chair of Trustees, Liz Robinson.
Applications now open to join the Youth Steering Group
Applications are now open to join the Youth Steering Group. Find out more about how to apply, or share with young people you work with.
Initial response to the School’s White Paper
The Fair Education Alliance shares an initial response to the Department for Education’s White Paper ‘Every child achieving and thriving’.
Over 180 young people gather to engage with politicians and learn skills for social action
Over 180 young people aged 11-21 who have experienced barriers in education gathered in London at the Fair Education Alliance’s annual Youth Summit – a day designed, curated and led by young people determined to reshape the education system.
A note from our Chair as we look ahead
An update from our Chair, Dr Vanessa Ogden CBE, as we look ahead to what’s to come in 2026 for the Fair Education Alliance.
Making inclusive, high-standard schools a reality for children with SEND
As the government prepares to publish the Schools White Paper, the Fair Education Alliance and the Disabled Children’s Partnership are calling for bold, system-wide reform to make inclusion for all the norm not the exception. Read our shared vision here.
Our response to the National Youth Strategy
We welcome to the launch of the Government’s National Youth Strategy and its commitment to giving young people the agency and support they need to thrive.
Fair Education Alliance, supported by Bloomberg, enlists Metro Mayors as part of £6 million programme to tackle educational inequity
Today we announced the Mayoral Combined Authorities selected for three Collaboration Partnerships, as part of our ‘Neighbourhood to National’ strategy.