Ruth joined Schools Week as a Reporter in June 2025 after working as a Local Democracy Reporter in Berkshire. During this time, she covered the general election, led coverage of Bracknell’s SEND crisis, the delayed rebuild of two local hospitals, and exposed awful social housing conditions. She gained her MA in Newspaper Journalism from City University, London, and studied Politics and International Relations at UCL.
She is interested in covering the forces reckoning with Schools, including social media and online safety, extremism, and the rise of right-wing misogyny.
When she’s not working she loves reading and cooking, and spending time with her family’s three dogs.