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Melanie Renowden

Melanie has been the Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute of Teaching since its foundation in 2022. She has spent more than 25 years working in education, most recently as executive director of Star Institute, the learning and development centre for Star Academies. She is currently a member of a school trust in Cheshire.  
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Melanie Renowden

Why Teacher Recruitment is a Matter of Social Justice

At 9.30am on Tuesday 8 October, thousands of people across England were hunched over laptops and mobiles, ready and waiting for a website to open.  Their prize was not Oasis tickets – it was the application window for DfE Apply, the online portal for teacher training. By lunchtime, the National

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