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Jules White

Jules White is headteacher at Tanbridge House School, Horsham and leader of the Worth Less? campaign

September 2021

  • School pupils in class with their backs to camera

    As a head in England, I know it’s not just Covid that will make it tough to go back to school

    Jules White
  • Jules White, headteacher of Tanbridge House school in Horsham, West Sussex.

    Today in Focus
    The big coronavirus questions as a new school term begins

June 2021

  • Social distancing signs are displayed in a school corridor

    English schools need more than superficial soundbites and short-term remedies

    Jules White
    Lack of planning by DfE means opportunity to help students recover from learning lost during Covid has been missed

December 2020

  • Secondary school pupils moving by a window in a school

    Gavin Williamson wants to force schools to stay open, but we headteachers should decide

    Jules White
    Despite a big rise in local Covid cases, Greenwich council was overruled. Ministers should trust us to protect pupils, says headteacher Jules White

September 2020

  • Pupils sanitise their hands at Moor End Academy in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

    The school I run has lost five staff due to Covid-19 test delays. This can't go on

    Jules White
    Headteachers already feel abandoned to face the prospect of staff shortages and whole year-groups quarantined, says Jules White

March 2020

  • School children playing in a school playground

    If the government wants schools to stay open as coronavirus hits, here's what we need

    Jules White
    Headteachers like me are trying to plan with no clear guidance, says Jules White of Tanbridge House School

July 2019

  • Jules White, headteacher of Tanbridge House School in Horsham, West Sussex, leads the Worth Less? campaign.

    Parents shouldn’t be forking out from their own pockets to help fund schools

    Jules White
    Increasing reliance on fundraising penalises poorer areas, writes one headteacher

March 2019

  • Head Teachers Protest Against Budget Cuts<br>LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 28: Hundreds of head teachers from across the country gather for a rally in Parliament Square in central London to demand an end to seven years of austerity cuts, which left school budgets in crisis. Protesters will march to Downing Street where a delegation will hand a letter to chancellor Phillip Hammond demanding sufficient funding for all schools to ensure improved supply and retention of teachers as well as enhanced social mobility for the vulnerable and disadvantaged students. September 28, 2018 in London, England.PHOTOGRAPH BY Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Images

    Headteachers are usually a quiet lot – but this is a crisis, and we’re desperate

    Jules White
    A chronic lack of funding and staff is ramping up the anger. We won’t let politicians off the hook, says headteacher Jules White
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