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Fair Education in 2025: England’s Report Card
Today, we launch Fair Education in 2025: England’s Report Card — a shared milestone in our journey to ensure every child and young person thrives. The Report Card highlights the inequalities that continue to hold young people back, and the actions we can take together to close these gaps.
Neighbourhood to National: Our new strategy
Our new strategy, From Neighbourhood to National, is rooted in systems change - tackling not just policies and practices, but also the resources, relationships, power and mental models that hold inequity in place.
By taking this system-wide approach, through our three core strands – Collective Voice, Collective Action and Collective Strength – we can bring lasting change.
Young people shaping education: Meet the new FEA Youth Steering Group
We’re excited to welcome the new Fair Education Alliance Youth Steering Group, a dynamic mix of returning and brand-new members bringing diverse experiences and fresh perspectives. From reflections on their first training day to honest insights about the pressures of GCSE Results Day, these young voices remind us why youth engagement is central to our mission to tackle educational inequity.
A-Level Results Day - every pathway should be open to all
This Thursday, thousands of young people across the country will receive their A-Level results and take their next steps into higher education, apprenticeships, employment, or other routes. It’s a moment of both excitement and uncertainty, and, too often, inequity.
Summer Reads: What’s inspiring the FEA team
A curated summer list of powerful reads, podcasts and reflections on systems change, place-based approaches, and collective action — handpicked by the FEA team to inspire fresh thinking ahead of our new strategy launch.
Why wellbeing must be central to how we measure success
At the Fair Education Alliance, we believe no child's success should be limited by their socioeconomic background, and that success must mean more than just academic results.
As we shape our new 2025–30 strategy, we’re exploring what it really means to measure wellbeing - and how schools and systems can better understand and respond to what young people need to thrive.
From silence to support: why grief education must start now
Innovation Award winner Jenna Maudlin, founder of The Firefly Project, shares why grief education must start now to support young people’s wellbeing.
Body respect is a ‘we’ issue – why schools matter
Innovation Award winner Molly Forbes, founder of The Body Happy Organisation, shares why body respect is a we issue, and why schools matter in changing the conversation.
Stephen Twigg: Joining the FEA Board of Trustees
New Trustee Stephen Twigg shares why he’s excited about joining the FEA, and the experiences that have led him here.
Connecting national government to school communities: lessons from Accrington Academy visit
Last week, our CEO Gina Cicerone and Head of Communications Chris Haldane joined Sarah Smith MP – the Government’s Opportunity Mission Champion – and Fair Education Alliance members on a visit to Accrington Academy in the Hyndburn constituency.
More men in care: why it matters - at home and in Early Years
Charly Young, Innovation Award winner and founder of The Early Years Movement shares her thoughts on why we need more men in care.
Tough choices in a tough context - a missed opportunity?
Our response to the Spending Review
Collaboration in Action
Jake from Jamie’s Farm shares the collaboration that has taken place to enable six FEA members to develop a new pastoral CPD programme.
Fair Education Alliance welcomes expansion of Free School Meals to children on Universal Credit
The Fair Education Alliance has welcomed today’s announcement from the Government that all children in households receiving Universal Credit will be eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) from the start of the 2026 school year.
Calling for mental health reform in schools: a youth voice in the House of Lords
Fair Education Alliance Youth Steering Group member, Israa, shares her thoughts on mental health reform in schools.
Communities in the lead: opportunity, inequity and the power of local change
At the Fair Education Alliance, we’ve long recognised the power of place. Over the past five years, we’ve explored how systems-level, community-led collaboration can transform outcomes for children and young people. Read more about how we’re putting place at the heart of our strategy going forward.
Shaping our future together
Yesterday, we hosted our final member workshop to shape our strategy for 2025-30. What did we learn from the workshops and our member survey?
Applications now open to join the FEA Youth Steering Group
At the Fair Education Alliance, we believe that creating a fairer education system requires young people to be leading the change alongside adults. We are excited to announce we are recruiting 12 new Youth Steering Group Members!
How to deepen your involvement with the Fair Education Alliance
Digital Communications Manager, Beki Tovey, shares some practical ways to connect more deeply with the FEA and play a bigger role in shaping our collective impact.
Launchpads, not Barriers
We often talk about closing the gaps from cradle to career—and one of the biggest strengths of our alliance is the diversity of our members, tackling educational inequity at every stage. In this post, we zoom in on access to higher education.