At Football Beyond Borders, we exist to confront a growing crisis in education - one that disproportionately robs vulnerable young people of their right to thrive. In 2022/23, suspensions and exclusions in England’s schools surged by over 20%, with 32 million days of learning lost - equivalent to every pupil in two cities the size of Liverpool missing school for a year. Behind these numbers are real lives, futures, and systemic inequities we are determined to dismantle