Education adviser Ruth Swailes considers sending toddlers to school from the perspective of her 30-year experience

When education consultant Ruth Swailes found she’d been ‘blacklisted’ by the government, she took decisive action

Ruth Swailes lost her husband to cancer a year ago. This latest post in her series was written on 6...

Last week, Ruth Swailes returned to the pottery studio where her late husband Pete used to work

When Ruth’s husband was diagnosed with cancer, friends she’d made via Sure Start rallied round. But what about today’s young...

In the final part of her series on grief and loss, Ruth looks back on the experience of losing Pete,...

Ruth Swailes reflects on what her experience has taught her about life and it's many gifts in part five of...

In part four of her series on grief and loss, Ruth Swailes reflects on the importance of hope and positivity

Ruth Swailes reflects on what the New Year meant with her husband's terminal cancer diagnosis in part three of her...

Ruth Swailes shares what she learned following her husband Pete's terminal cancer diagnosis, in part two of her series on...

Ruth Swailes gives us a very personal account of her journey through grief and loss in the first of a...

Covid is still an issue in many schools, with teachers and staff at breaking point, and Ofsted inspections have resumed...