Surviving or Thriving? School

In an exclusive interview the National Audit Office tells Money Box it hopes its investigation into Capita will begin a process of improvement. It's the latest development in a near year-long scandal that has seen tens of thousands of former and current civil servants face long d ...  Show more

In this special episode of Money Box Live, we look at what is going on with Capita, which administers millions of people's pensions. Widows left without, newly retired people with no idea when they will get their money, just some of the cases being sent to the Money Box inbox.The ...  Show more

Three weeks into the new academic year, we look at how schools help children to settle in with Jessica Townsend, Assistant Head of EYFS at Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai and Annette Drake, Head of Senior School, Repton Dubai. We also speak with Zurich International’s David ...  Show more

Back-to-school supplies are getting more expensive … so why are parents and teachers at public schools expected to foot the bill? Today on the show: An economist explains how the cost of school supplies fits into the larger history of public school funding, and what one school di ...  Show more

If you could invent a new kind of school what would it look like? What skills would you teach children, and how would the school be run?On this edition of People Fixing The World we visit the Mechai Pattana School in Thailand which was founded by the campaigner Mechai Viravaidya ...  Show more