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From the archive: ‘Parents are frightened for themselves and for their children’: an inspirational school in impossible times – podcast

Wednesday 18th March 2026

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2022: Austerity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state. How hard do staff have to work to give kids the chances they deserve?

By Aida Edemariam. Read by Lucy Scott