Precious spaces in schools, how can we make them work for everyone?

The aim of this post is to consider the value of small rooms in schools with the intention of starting … More

Education in the time of Covid-19: who gets to decide and when? A call for increased participation in the design and adaptation of education and schools

This is a guest post by Dr Tom Bellfield, a part 2 architectural assistant at SCABAL, an architecture practice specialising … More

A guest post by Dr Siobhan Dytham on the rules and rituals that students develop about space and sitting in school

Moving north from Florence you climb up and up, past Fiesole to a ridge formed by Mounts Calavana and Giovi … More

A list of organisations running architecture schools for children.

Lina Iordanaki is from Piraeus in Greece. Her first degree was in Primary Education and her master’s degree in Literature … More

Anne Prendergast has spent 30 years in media and publishing and is currently media director at Strattons: a bespoke advertising … More

Shane Cryer manages the education sector in the UK and Ireland for Swedish acoustic experts, Ecophon. After a career in … More

Bridget Murray attended primary schools in the late 1970s in Middlesborough, Hertfordshire and Basingstoke, Hampshire (UK) where she also went … More

Hedwig Heinsman is an architect who grew up in the Dutch Flevopolder and now lives and works in Amsterdam. … More

Sue Steggles was a pupil at John Scurr primary school, Bethnal Green in the East End of London in the … More

Pamela Murphy read Geography at the University of Cambridge before working as a University administrator and then training as a … More

Suvani Dave has attended independent primary and secondary schools in Ashford, Windsor and Hounslow. She is currently a student in … More

When I asked Catherine Burke what she would wish for if she could change just one thing in all schools, … More

When I was considering whether to include my own childhood school as one of a series of research visits to … More

Judith Baines was born in 1933 and is a former primary school teacher and Deputy Head. She pioneered progressive teaching … More

Ruth Benn and Rebecca Skelton teach at Sparrow Farm Infants & Nursery school in Feltham, close to Heathrow Airport. Rebecca … More

Georgina (Georgie) Hughes is the Reading Recovery teacher leader for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and also trains teachers … More

Rima Tarar was born in Paris in the early 1990s, where she attended nursery and primary school. One year into … More

Nicky Manby first became involved with Pakeman Primary, a North London state primary school, as a reading volunteer after a … More

Dr Ji Yu, studied for her doctorate in the Education Faculty of the University of Cambridge, investigating the impact of … More

Dr Catherine Burke is a well-known historian of childhood, education and school design whose books include School (2008) and The School … More