Wellbeing

Special Educational Needs Wellbeing

The Hidden Cost of Outsourced Inclusion

20 January 2026

What Schools Risk When SEN Is Not Owned Internally

Edtech Sustainability Wellbeing

We are Teaching the Tools, Not the Wisdom

20 January 2026

What are we really educating children for? Education has never had more solutions. New platforms. New frameworks. New technologies. New…

Learning Environment Wellbeing

The Quiet Crisis in Inclusion - Who Is Supporting the Adults?

20 January 2026

 Inclusive education has progressed significantly in recent years. Classrooms are more diverse, conversations are more open, and the language of…

Leadership Strategy and Skills Wellbeing

What About The Teachers?

05 January 2026

Inclusion will not survive unless we start designing education around the people who deliver it We talk a great deal about SEN/Inclusion. We talk…

Learning Environment Wellbeing

The Power of Relationships

05 January 2026

‘They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.’ Carl W. Buechner.   The Research Behind…

Early Years Education Wellbeing

From Support to Belonging: Inclusion That Works in Nurseries and Early

05 January 2026

In early years, inclusion is not a separate “strand” that sits next to teaching and care. It is the daily design of nursery life so every child…

Special Educational Needs Wellbeing

“One Size Does Not Fit All” Inclusion Begins with Mindset

05 January 2026

“One size does not fit all.” Six simple words, yet they carry a depth that can change a mindset and, more importantly, change a student’s life.…

Wellbeing

GESS Dubai session: Why Safeguarding Has to Come First in Schools

06 November 2025

Mr. Darren Goodall (MBA) joined the Maarif Education Head Office team in August 2023 as the Director of Child Protection and Safeguarding, providing…

Learning Environment Wellbeing

Reconnecting a Generation: How Outdoor Learning Can Redefine Education

13 October 2025

It’s early morning in the desert. The wind is cool, the sky still blushing with first light. A group of students are gathered in a circle, listening…

Early Years Education Learning Environment Wellbeing

Quality in Early Years Settings: More Than Standards, A Commitment to

02 October 2025

When we talk about quality in early years settings, it’s tempting to focus only on checklists and compliance forms. While regulations are important,…

Learning Environment Wellbeing

Impact: The Hydra of Education

02 October 2025

Impact: the Hydra of education I have been working with a lot of my client schools of late on the impact paradigm in education - and how, in our…

Wellbeing

Belonging by Design

02 October 2025

‘Inclusion is not bringing people into what already exists, it is making a new space, a better space for everyone.’ George Dei For decades, the…

Edtech VR, AI and AR Wellbeing

Do Androids Dream of Dyslexic Sheep? Ethics and Neuronormative Injustice

01 October 2025

Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? has been asking the same question for over fifty years: what makes a person human? In the…

Future Learning & Trends Learning Environment Wellbeing

Fresh Air, Fresh Education

23 September 2025

A learner’s brain structure, concentration, memory, and mood all improve when we spend more time outdoors (Kühn, et al., 2021). Educators can engage…

Learning Environment Wellbeing

Belonging Through Language: Building Inclusive Schools

11 September 2025

One moment that has stayed with me throughout my work with multilingual children happened at Kensington Primary School. A new family had just arrived,…

Future Learning & Trends Wellbeing

School Trends

28 August 2025

The new academic year is upon us, hopefully after the summer, batteries have been recharged and we are ready for the next chapter. With new beginnings…