Background In recent years, Manchester City Council has made two major commitments that have connected young people in the region with saving the planet and have united to propel the…
Manchester Young Carers held an event at HideOut Youth Zone in Manchester on 28th March 2023 to support and celebrate the young carers in the city. It was part of…
The Football Academy on TV I was recently watching the reality TV programme The Football Academy on BBC2, which follows the young boys, girls and para-players at top side Southampton’s…
Background Manchester Communication Academy (MCA) is a mixed, non-selective school serving local children in the Harpurhey area of Manchester and is part of the Greater Manchester Academies Trust group of…
Background Northampton Academy is a non-selective school for 1,700 11 to 18 year-old students. The academy has been very progressive in adopting character education alongside traditional academic teaching and is…
Overview In this article, we go into the detail of how Melland High School, a Special Educational Needs school for 11 to 19 year-olds in the very diverse area of…
So, Are You Good at Forecasting? Ok then, let’s see. What will be your exact bank balance at the end of the month? Yes, well I’m not so good at…
Over 30 schools and youth organisations from the Manchester region attended an event at the Manchester Central Convention Centre to celebrate the achievements of ‘2022 Our Year’ for Manchester’s young…
Two of my favourite books are Nicholas Nassim Taleb’s “Antifragile” and Daniel Kahnemann’s “Thinking Fast & Slow”. I love these books as they provide lenses through which to view the…
DISCLAIMER: As with all our blogs, this post is written as much to explore our own thoughts as it is to state a viewpoint, in traditional Montaigne fashion. It’s not…