Chris Edwards
Headteacher of Brighton Hill Community School who created a volunteer male mentoring scheme to support boys missing father figures and to improve educational and social outcomes.
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Feb 17, 2026 • 14min
Lost Boys: Is demonising teenage boys part of the problem?
Jason Farrell, Sky News home affairs editor who documented a mentoring project, and Chris Edwards, a headteacher who set up a volunteer male mentoring scheme. They discuss boys falling behind at school and the rise in absent fatherhood. They explore how labeling boys harms them, community mentors stepping up, and social media and cultural influences on young men.
