Now in its fourth year, our exclusive partnership with the Rathbones Folio Prize offers a unique opportunity for five talented First Story alumni to be mentored for an academic year by five acclaimed …
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
How we are navigating COVID-19 to keep supporting young people
First Story hasn't stopped working through the pandemic. This autumn term, new programmes are running in partnership with schools in London, East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, where we are …
Summer 2020 Virtual Residential
Our annual summer residential programme provides an incredible opportunity for a small number of First Story participants who've shown great promise during the academic year, to further develop their …
Post-pandemic, how could literacy education change?
First Story recently teamed up with the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), Drivers Youth Trust (DYT), and the Fair Education Alliance (FEA), to organise a virtual roundtable discussion …
School closures have highlighted the gulfs in inequality between young people
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, more than ever, that there are fundamental problems with the parity of access to education in the UK. Our CEO, Antonia Byatt, writes about how the gap has become …
Covid-19 Update
With current government advice in mind, First Story's Chief Executive, Antonia Byatt, responds to the uncertainty surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19.As schools close this week, I wanted to update …
