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Charities "more vulnerable than ever" as far right threats spiral
As far-right and anti-immigration sentiment has grown in the UK, charities have been forced to increase and introduce radical safeguarding measures to…
 • The Lead and Ella Glover
The fourth emergency service: How teachers became the last line of defence
Exclusive: Schools are increasingly compensating for rising levels of poverty experienced by children at home, according to stark new findings shared…
 • Natalie Morris and The Lead
No coats, no breakfast – the realities of child poverty in schools
The Lead in Conversation: Experts and former teachers discuss the "harrowing" findings of a new fuel poverty investigation.
 • Natalie Morris and The Lead
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"It's the Hunger Games": SEND children are being failed in mainstream schools
The government has pledged more money to improve special needs education – but desperate families say the whole system needs overhauling.
 • Tiger-Lily Snowdon and The Lead
Misogyny in schools is an epidemic – robust sex education will help the next generation fight back
Plus: The Lead North is up for a national journalism award for our original, in-depth, local stories.
 • Natalie Morris and The Lead
"We're expected to do the impossible": Why are so many teachers quitting?
A lack of funding and rising workload are leaving teachers and students disillusioned - but figures show the tide could be turning.
 • Ella Glover and The Lead
The Lead Untangles: Will reform of SEND provision just be a cost-cutting measure?
We examine a system in clear need of change - but whether those changes are being done for the right reasons
 • Lauren Crosby Medlicott and The Lead
Higher Education is in financial crisis – and a closure could ruin a northern town
Plus: Defections and scandal in this week's Reform Watch, everything our team recommends in the latest The Lead Digest, and more from the North of…
 • The Lead and Kevin Gopal
A year of Labour in power - the report card, part I
We rank how Keir Starmer and the government is performing against a progressive agenda on the economy, NHS, housing and education and you give your…
 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
SEND Crisis: Councils push children with poor mental health back into mainstream schools
Parents warn of lasting trauma as local authorities facing financial meltdown withdraw support from children too unwell to attend school - report Sarah…
 • The Lead Editors and Lauren Crosby Medlicott
School children are being punished for speech delay
The strict behaviour policies means children who can't follow the explanation of complex and unnecessary rules are constantly being punished.
 • Hannah Fearn and The Lead
Schools are still hiding the violent truth of the British Empire
Historian Paula Akpan on what's missing from the curriculum. Plus: The Black women of history erased from the record books + an exclusive extract of…
 • The Lead
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