On Monday I’ll be starting my new job as Director of the New Schools Network. I’m thrilled, for lots of reasons: education reform is my life-long passion, NSN does such fantastic work and it’s the first time I’ll have the chance to run an organisation myself.
This is a piece I’ve been meaning to write for a while, having been inspired by Isabel Hardman’s powerful piece about depression. Two recent events, which I’ll come to later, finally convinced me to do it.