Stone King - Quick Reads

8/13/2026 9:11:43 AM

Permanent exclusions - governors' decision-making back in the spotlight

By Richard Freeth

The High Court has recently reviewed the decision-making of a governing body when considering the reinstatement of a pupil who has been...

8/11/2026 8:24:11 AM

By Ciara Campfield

Of course, everyone agrees on the importance of lifelong learning. Politicians agree, employers agree, universities agree, think tanks...

8/6/2026 3:55:11 PM

By Ciara Campfield

Andy Burnham has long argued that public spending should deliver more than a contracted service. It should create social value,...

8/3/2026 12:20:46 PM

By Ciara Campfield

When I first read the Government's Rewiring the State announcement, I wasn't thinking about mayors, governance structures or...

7/10/2026 9:14:51 AM

By Benjamin Pike

If your land or building hosts a telecommunications mast on its property, it is important to understand how legal changes that came in in...

5/28/2026 3:10:55 PM

By Richard Freeth

The Department for Education (DfE) has published an updated version of the statutory guidance on suspensions and exclusions. The guidance...

5/22/2026 11:12:45 AM

By Surinder Dhillon

Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters apologises for saying AI would eliminate ‘lower-value human capital’ after his comments drew...

3/11/2026 9:27:12 AM

By Ciara Campfield

For the first time in a long while, it feels as though education, social care, community economics, and national resilience policy are...

2/24/2026 12:35:14 PM

By Lee Coley

Quite rightly much of the focus on ‘Every child achieving and thriving’ has been on its proposed reforms of the SEND system and the...

1/30/2026 11:46:44 AM

By Oliver Daly Craig Vincent

A recent article from Personnel Today highlights a crucial message for HR leaders: many organisations are underestimating the scale and...

1/15/2026 2:55:02 PM

By Ciara Campfield

Public services today face high demand, limited budgets, and deep social challenges. We see it daily in the work we do at Stone King as a...

12/17/2025 4:13:19 PM

By Lee Coley

At a press conference yesterday, Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform UK, suggested looking to churches that are ‘redundant' five days a...