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Recent events
Back to Basics or Bold Reform: What Do Schools Really Need?
On 30 May 2026 the New Schools Network hosted a panel event at the Nevill Holt festival to discuss the future of school reform.
Featuring:
Baroness Morris, Co-Chair of Area based Education Partnerships Association and Secretary of State for Education (2001-2002),
Lord Gove, Editor of The Spectator and Secretary of State for Education (2010–2014),
Stephen Bush, columnist and Associate Editor at the Financial Times.
Meg Powell-Chandler (Chair), Director of New Schools Network
Alternative Provision and the Schools White Paper: What Next?
On 19 May 2026 the New Schools Network hosted a panel event to launch our Doing things differently: AP free schools in practice report.
Featuring:
Laura Trott MBE, Shadow Education Secretary.
Lord Storey, Liberal Democrat Peer, Deputy Leader of Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
Nic Brindle, CEO the YES Trust and founder of Fermain AP free school.
Dennis Simms, Youth Endowment Fund, former AP head and author of IntegratED’s AP Quality toolkit.
Meg Powell-Chandler (Chair), Director of New Schools Network
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