National Volunteers’ Week approaches

National Volunteers’ Week (1 – 7 June 2011) is approaching. Volunteers’ Week is an annual event which celebrates the contribution that millions of volunteers make across the UK. The week…


Contribute to DfE’s National Curriculum Review

…the questions in the Call for Evidence, people will have the chance to shape the new National Curriculum for primary and secondary schools in England. To participate the Department for…


New job opportunities!

We are looking to recruit two separate roles, firstly a Project Assistant position to support the work of Inspiring Governance, the national school governance recruitment and support service, funded by…


David Cruickshank

…May 2022. Prior to this, David spent his entire career with Deloitte, serving mostly international corporate clients, starting in 1979, qualifying in 1982, becoming a partner in 1988, leading the…


Drawing The Future published

…entries have been received (from UK and internationally) and international participants include Australia, Belarus, Bangladesh, China, Columbia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Uganda and Zambia. Read the report here  …



Is Science for Us?

…data from nationally representative student cohorts and longitudinal interview data collected over 4 years from 10 Black African/Caribbean students and their parents, who were tracked from age 10–14 (Y6–Y9), as…


Victoria Quijada

Victoria Quijada

Victoria joined the charity in 2024 and leads our schools team on supporting and engaging thousands of state schools nationally to effectively use the Inspiring the Future and Primary Futures…


A double bill: Apprenticeships and Primary Futures

…Thanks to the following volunteers who took part at Longland Primary School: Austin Brown, Regional Director- International Development, Anglia Ruskin University Louise Prior, British Gas Natalie Foster, British Gas Caroline…


Our story

…2012 Inspiring the Future launched. 2013 Inspiring Women launched to reduce gender stereotyping in the workplace. 2014 Primary Futures launched in partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers. 2016…