The Group in the Media

London & South East Education Group regularly appears in the media, with colleagues from all the organisation contributing to various articles, comment pieces, and news stories.

September 2025

15 September: MATs are Labour's secret weapon to deliver greater inclusion | schoolsweek.co.uk | Click here

9 September: East Sussex school renamed after joining trust as new sites secured in Newhaven and Hailsham | sussexexpress.co.uk | Click here

July 2025

14 July: The schools are still deciding on two two-week half term | bbc.co.uk | Click here

8 July: London South East Colleges shortlisted for prestigious Ethnicity Award | FE News | Click here

3 July: Grove Park School in Crowborough is renamed Acre Wood Academy as it begins ‘an exciting new era’ | sussexexpress.co.uk | Click here

1 July: Missing education special report | cypnow.co.uk | Click here

June 2025

18 June: How trusts can work towards net zero despite recent cuts | schoolsweek.co.uk | Click here

16 June: Volunteers' Week - How we're bucking the trend and recruit great governors | schoolsweek.co.uk | Click here

6 June: Volunteers' Week - Firms urged to back working-class talent as £19 billion growth lost annually | The Sun | Click here

6 June - Volunteers' Week - It’s the good, the bat and the snugly this Volunteers’ Week | FE Week | Click here

1 June: LSIF is reshaping FE, turning competition to collaboration | FE Week | Click here

May 2025

25 May: South London's exceptional learners and teachers celebrated | FE News | Click here

13 May: Teeing off for a brighter future | LASER | Click here

8 May: Why every primary school child should have access to outdoor learning | CYP Now | Click here

April 2025

29 April: Inclusion must extend beyond FE students to staff | FE Week | Click here

11 April: From regular training to buddy systems - top tips to help autistic people into work | The Sun | Click here

9 April: This is what greater collaboration between further and higher education in England should look like | Wonk HE | Click here

1 April: Rewarding volunteering: Good for me Good for FE and NCFE pilot microcredentials | FE News | Click here

March 2025

4 March: London South East Colleges recognised as exempary employer for third year running | FE News | Click here

5 March: Collaboration was ouy way of solving a local SEND crisis | FE Week | Click here

6 March: Policy must better promote local SEND collaborations | schoolsweek.co.uk | Click here

19 March: The Power of Teaching and Learning in FE | FE News | Click here

February 2025

3 February: Nido Volans Lambeth Opening | FE News | Click here

12 February: Children and Young People Now Conference | CYP Now | Click here

January 2025

31 January: AI and Governance | FE Week | Click here

31 January: KS5 - focus on reforms to make that key stage more inclusive | schoolsweek.co.uk | Click here

In the Media