Case study: How the Howden Pupil Wellbeing Prize is changing lives at The Prince of Wales School

When The Prince of Wales School in Dorchester was named a winner of Howden’s Pupil Wellbeing Prize 2025, it wasn’t just a moment of celebration, it was an opportunity to make an immediate, lasting difference. The school received £6,000, recognising its deep‑rooted commitment to inclusion, emotional wellbeing and placing pupils first. The funding has already…

Inclusive education in focus: BCE responds to the government’s SEND reforms and funding boost

At Big Creative Education (BCE), we welcome the government’s recognition of the challenges within the SEND system and the commitment to increasing funding for education providers and local authorities. Many young people require support in class and this is something we take very seriously at BCE. Half of our young people, talented creatives, have SEND,…

When schools go into huge debt just so our children can receive a hot meal, something is deeply wrong

As school budgets tighten and the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, one of the most urgent, yet under-discussed, pressures in our schools is on their catering provisions. According to Seb Godwin, co-founder of Procure Education, the root problem doesn’t always lie with suppliers, but with how contracts are funded, procured, and managed. Far too often,…

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