Sammy Wright

Author and Head of School at Southmoor Academy

Sammy Wright is Head of School at a large secondary in Sunderland. He sat on the government's Social Mobility Commission from 2018-21, becoming a key voice in the debates over exam grades during the pandemic. He has taught for twenty years at schools in Oxfordshire, London and the North East. His debut novel Fit won the Northern Book Prize.

Aug. 27, 2024

Grades. Our obsession with them fails everyone.

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Guest: Sammy Wright