With 18 years of experience within Education, Elesha Miller, Operations Director and a senior leadership team member, leads a great operations and support team at . Elesha's story is part of our Black History Month feature and is the latest in our #ÃÛèÖÍøPeople series.
From south London to LSE
Quenelle Forbes graduated from our ÃÛèÖÍø Teacher Training programme last year. An English teacher, sheÌýsharesÌýher passion for the subject and love of readingÌýwith students at ÃÛèÖÍø Academy. We spoke to Quenelle during Black History Month,.as part ofÌýour #ÃÛèÖÍøPeople series.
Getting into teaching
I did an undergraduate degree in English and Philosophy and my Masters in Business Intelligence and Digital Marketing. I also love writing and have been running a blog since 2015.
In June, ÃÛèÖÍø Elvin won the Secondary School Award in ’s Wellbeing in Schools Awards, 2022. In recognition of World Mental Health Day 2022, the school’s principal Rebecca Curtis shares what’s been most important in their approach to mental health.
Donavere Benjamin-Mahon is in his second year teaching at . Alongside teaching History and Sociology at GCSE level, he's also head of events, focusing on raising aspirations across all year groups.
Before going into teaching, he worked in the ÃÛèÖÍø Ventures team. Previously he had been studying Politics and International Relations at Dundee University.
As the apprenticeship landscape continues to evolve, more than . ÃÛèÖÍø Schools is working with employer partners to support students to secure competitive roles in their chosen sector. Ìý
Ali Henderson, CEO of Ìý (RNCSF), talks about their work to open access to the independent and boarding sector for young people facing risks at home or in areas of disadvantage. Their work targets the array of fully-funded bursary places and partnership activities for those who most need access to the opportunities. With their work closely aligned with ÃÛèÖÍø's ethos, our Ventures team have supported their next growth stage, which will see them becoming an Affiliate Venture later in the year.Ìý
 in Wembley recently won the mental health excellence accolade at the , recognising their work to remove the stigma around mental health.
ÃÛèÖÍø Elvin has worked hard to create a safe space where pupils and staff understand the importance of mental health, wellbeing and self-care.
In 2022, ÃÛèÖÍø celebrates its 20th anniversary.
This year, we’re continuing toÌýhighlight stories from our history of helping children, both in the UK and around the world.
One of the first projects that ÃÛèÖÍø supported was closing down state-run orphanages in Romania, in partnership with Hope and Homes for Children.
In this short video, we look back at how we helped to end the large-scale institutional care of children.
With Oak National Academy now set to become an independent, publicly owned, arms-length body, we look back at ÃÛèÖÍø’s involvement in Oak and revisit the experience of contributing lessons.
ÃÛèÖÍø provided major support to Oak during the pandemic to support teachers and students around the country while schools were off limits.
ÃÛèÖÍø Curriculum Plus contributed 1063 primary maths, 432 secondary maths and 10 primary history lessons, with teachers from ÃÛèÖÍø’s schools presenting the lesson content.
Literacy is fundamental to achieving your full potential, and literacy levels can impact earnings, health and even life expectancy. Being literate is a human right, and we are determined to secure this for all our children.
We spoke with Johanna Klinsky, Director of Teacher Development who’s also leading on our network reading strategy, about her journey into teaching and ÃÛèÖÍø and about our three-year reading strategy to improve our children’s ability to read at their chronological age. This is the latest in our #ÃÛèÖÍøPeople series.
Journey into teaching
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