There are moments when something cuts through the constant noise of education. Not a policy update or a new framework, but a story that stays with you and quietly reshapes how you see the world. A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I curled up on the sofa to watch a film that had been recommended to me just before our Future of PE East Anglia Conference. Ben Holden from Wanna Teach PE mentioned it almost in passing and said it was right up my street. He wasn’t wrong. The film w

Celebrating the educators, leaders and partners transforming children’s mental wellbeing and life chances TL;DR • A celebration of the Global RISE Up community • Welcoming new schools, educators and partners • Spotlight on outstanding practice at Winston Churchill School and Greenside Primary • Welcoming Paul Collin to the Future Action team • How to connect with the RISE Up community One of the greatest privileges of our work is the brilliant people we get to meet along the

Why Feel • Connect • Move • Think helps departments respond to the curriculum review There’s a shift happening in Physical Education, and PE departments are already responding to it. It’s not about scrapping schemes of work or chasing the next framework. It’s a quieter, more honest change, one that’s asking PE departments to look carefully at who PE currently works for… and who it doesn’t . The emerging PE curriculum review is pointing us in a clear direction: Core PE must re

Interim Impact Highlights | February–November 2025 In under one academic year, schools across the Wirral are seeing measurable improvements in children’s wellbeing, behaviour and readiness to learn , driven by relationships, movement and trauma-informed practice . Since February 2025, the Wirral RISE Up programme  has partnered with 13 schools  across the borough to embed approaches that help children feel safe enough to regulate, connect and thrive . Funded and supported by