“Schools around the UK are, unfortunately, too willing – sometimes too keen – to overlook or exclude these students. Seeing this, I and my company, Employability Solutions, decided to provide a full-time alternative education for this marginalised group of people” – Claire Cook, CEO of Employability Solutions. Click here to read more.

Claire Cook, 37, lives in Liverpool with her two children, Lucia, 11, and Samuel, five. She is chief executive of Employability Solutions, alternative education centres in Liverpool and Huddersfield, which she founded with her business partner, Nadia, in 2012 to help 14-19-year-olds improve their career prospects. Click here to read more.

Mandy Jamieson, a mother whose teenage son lost his life in a stabbing has spoken out against the senselessness of knife crime as his killer is sentenced. Click here to read more.