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We want to place educational inequity firmly on the national agenda. Our team is available for comment, interviews and information-sharing, and we also have a wide network of partners with specialist expertise.
Topics of expertise include:
Educational inequity and disadvantage
Place-based collaboration
Thematic collaboration: Early Childhood, Literacy, Jobs for Tomorrow
Youth Engagement - young people currently experiencing the education system involved in shaping it’s future
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Latest news
Announcing our new Chair of Trustees, Liz Robinson.
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.
Head of Collaboration Partnerships for South Yorkshire Cathy Sinclair shares her reflections one month into the role.
Meet our new Director of Collective Voice - Rob Doble.
Applications for the FEA Youth Steering Group open soon. Here is why they are central to our work.
Highlights from our Literacy Link Steering Group retreat.
The education landscape is changing quickly. From shifting policy priorities to the rapid rise of technologies like AI, organisations working to tackle educational inequity are navigating complex and fast-moving challenges - often with limited time and resources.
No single organisation has all the answers. But by coming together to share insights, exchange practical knowledge, and explore emerging issues, the sector becomes stronger.
That's the thinking behind FEA's peer working groups, and at the heart of one of our core strategic commitments.
Our Place-Based Collaboration Partnerships are deep, long-term, funded projects to improve life chances for children and young people in partnership with three mayoral combined authorities (MCAs).
Each partnership focuses on a different stage of the journey from childhood to employment, reflecting the priorities of the region while contributing to shared learning across the Alliance.
Here’s an introduction to each Collaboration Partnership from the MCA project leads.
The Schools White Paper is the bold and ambitious commitment to tackling educational inequity that England needs. Its central test now is delivery. We must work in partnership to turn aspiration into sustained, system-wide change.
Sam Butters has announced she will step down as Co-CEO of the Fair Education Alliance at the end of April 2026. Gina Cicerone, Co-CEO with Sam since 2019, will continue to lead the Fair Education Alliance as CEO.