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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.

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.  

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.

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. 

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.

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.  

Innovation Award winner Jenna Maudlin, founder of The Firefly Project, shares why grief education must start now to support young people’s wellbeing.

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.

New Trustee Stephen Twigg shares why he’s excited about joining the FEA, and the experiences that have led him here.

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.