Guest blogger Sarah Donachy, Head of Sixth Form at ARK Globe Academy one of our partner schools, talks us through how honesty, humour and challenging our pupils are key features of building a good relationship in school.

All our work is grounded in changing social mobility so which postcode you were born into does not determine your future. Anita explains why here.

Carol Dweck's Growth Mindset is a big influencer in our coaching programmes. Rebecca discusses here the differences between a fixed and growth mindset.

Our Globe Academy coachee Dawid  who is looking into a career in coding caught up with Campbell Morgan, founder of Folissimo and SiteChef, a=two web development companies,  and asked him his about his ups and downs about university and coding!

This week, our coach Abby from Kings College London managed to catch up with our coachee Trae from Globe Academy. School life, bullying and overcoming adversity all came up. Have a look!

Working in partnership with London is Fem and IDEA, we ran a public debate on feminism: how best to create change. IDEA UK's Programme Manager Alex Helling gives his take on the event. What do you think?

Can education learn from the world of sport? Two of our most successful sport coaches profess to believing marginal gains brought them success. Do you think, as educators, we can transfer that learning to the classroom?

Launching our debate series, in partnership with IDEA during May-June. To kickstart, we have worked with London is Fem to present you 'Feminism and Activism: how to create change?'.

Year 12’s across the country are starting to think about what to study and where.  At CoachBright HQ, we know how picking the right course at one of the 300 plus educational institutions in the UK is a tough decision and quite a few factors are in play.

Identifying a target is vital because it allows you to structure your time and approach to your studies before you begin. Why not divide your goals into three categories: long term, short term and immediate.

Education is a topic often spoken about in the media and the academic world.  However, most often it is in a negative way, focusing only on students’ poor performances or grades within standardised tests and exams.  What rarely gets the attention of mainstream discussions is informal education, in all its various forms.  I

CoachBright attracted me immediately because of its student led focus. I wasn’t interested in going into a school and telling kids what to do – they get enough of that from curriculums and teachers. The idea that CoachBright tutors would facilitate and support rather than instruct really resonated with me on a personal level.  For me, education should be about allowing pupils to explore topics which interest them, and that’s what CoachBright is all about.

As widely accepted interpretation of the term ‘success’ dictates, a pupil’s ‘success’ is measured by their level of attainment; the higher their grades, the better they fare in the pursuit of much contested University places. Ultimately, the more esteemed the institution of higher education they attend, the better their prospects of employment. Moreover, the calibre of an individual school and its teaching staff is also gauged by overall percentage of A*-C achieved annually. 

In my first tutoring session with Tim*, a 14 year old, I asked him what he thought of school. ‘I hate it… I’m bored… it doesn’t excite me’, he told me.