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Lesley Powell

Lesley Powell is CEO of the North East Learning Trust

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The missing middle: why we agreed to chair the KS3 RISE Alliance
Key stage 3 has been neglected in the drive for improvement – but now the government has launched an initiative to make it a more meaningful phase of education, write the co-chairs of the scheme
Secondary
13 March 2026
KS3 missing years