The Evening Standard's education editor and deputy campaigns editor. All views are my own.

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Joined February 2009
A sad day as another great reporter (and dear friend) departs
I am leaving the Evening Standard after 18 years. What an amazing time it has been being part of this team. There is nothing like a newsroom. I leave with the best memories and friends and hope the Standard goes from strength to strength. Now for the next chapter…
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I am leaving the Evening Standard after 18 years. What an amazing time it has been being part of this team. There is nothing like a newsroom. I leave with the best memories and friends and hope the Standard goes from strength to strength. Now for the next chapter…
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An honour, a privilege and a great sadness to send the final front page of the Evening Standard to press this morning. Messy desk essential. @standardnews
The last ever front page of the Evening Standard.
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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich is free. This is a day of great joy and relief for Evan, his family, WSJ colleagues, and all those who campaigned so hard for his release. It is also a great day for press freedom. Follow the story here (no paywall) wsj.com/articles/evan-gershk…
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🇬🇧 School's Out: The Truancy Crisis ▫The Standard reveals the ‘monumental efforts’ schools across the capital are making to bring children back to the classroom ▫@_AnnaDavis ▫is.gd/j89Pbr #frontpagestoday #UK @standardnews 🇬🇧
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With data revealing that more than a quarter of secondary school pupils in parts of London regularly fail to attend, I spoke to @_annadavis @eveningstandard on the persistent issue of school absenteeism. Read here: bit.ly/49H103l
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📼 The declining number of children in the capital is threatening London's schools. But why is this happening and how could it lead to "ghost schools"? @_AnnaDavis explains
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School closures are creating “ghost areas” across London as so many families with children are leaving #frontpage It comes after new research revealed that 8,000 fewer children will need school places in London over the next four years
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#TheStandardPodcast How London's school ‘ghost areas’ destroy communities Headteacher’s warning as families leave city Councils blame low birth rate, Brexit, Covid, cost-of-living Plus! Phones crackdown Insight with ES education editor @_AnnaDavis 🎧pod.fo/e/21f28a
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London schools at risk of closure as families flee the capital, report warns | Evening Standard standard.co.uk/news/london-s…
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