Education

Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it
Letters

Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it

An anonymous teacher responds to the education secretary's recent opinion piece, written for Big Issue
'I have not been to school since I was 13. The system is failing kids with special education needs'
Katie Nellist
Katie Nellist

'I have not been to school since I was 13. The system is failing kids with special education needs'

Letters: People need to know their rights – why aren't they taught in the school curriculum?
Letters

Letters: People need to know their rights – why aren't they taught in the school curriculum?

Big Issue is heading into schools to inspire the next generation to dismantle poverty
Education

Big Issue is heading into schools to inspire the next generation to dismantle poverty

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools
Homelessness

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Our kid-friendly version of the child poverty strategy teaches all children empathy and compassion
education secretary Bridget Phillipson meets children at a breakfast club
Bridget Phillipson

Our kid-friendly version of the child poverty strategy teaches all children empathy and compassion

There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
Image of child in school
Lisa Mainwaring

There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty

Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works
Diane Johnson

Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works

I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms
Cara Roughani and her son Jayden.
SEND

I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
Children in a classroom
SEND

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
Gaby and David Boast and their daughter Nellie.
SEND

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children
The hosts of Autism Dadcast, Gaz Hitchin (left) and Andy Williams (right).
SEND

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own
Sara and her daughter Ava.
SEND

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own

My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support
Elizabeth Padilla
SEND

My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support

Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good
Sharon Smith and daughter Tanzie.
SEND

Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good

My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support
Kimberly Hind and son Harvey
SEND

My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support

Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: 'It nearly killed us emotionally and financially'
Big Issue has spoken to a number of families with children with SEND who have struggled to navigate the system.
SEND

Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: 'It nearly killed us emotionally and financially'

Domestic abuse is getting worse. Education alone isn't enough to stop it
Laura McCarthy

Domestic abuse is getting worse. Education alone isn't enough to stop it

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened
Sadiq Khan serves dinner
Free school meals

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened

'I'm happy to pay for uni, but I'll never clear my debt': Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

'I'm happy to pay for uni, but I'll never clear my debt': Graduates hit out at student loans crisis

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Young people drop out of school when no one seems to care. Labour's plans could change lives
A stock image of teenagers in a school class.
Jack Reynolds

Young people drop out of school when no one seems to care. Labour's plans could change lives

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
autumn budget

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on

Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK
dania and hayat
Gaza

Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK

Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country
Letters

Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country