Features

Kiran Gill, founder, the Difference

A year ago Kiran Gill was writing angry columns for Schools Week that kicked against the “no excuses” culture...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Why we’ll keep looking at MAT CEO pay

It’s time for our annual chief executive pay league, a story that gets people hot under the collar and...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Ofsted email scam asks people to ‘confirm’ Paypal details

Ofsted has warned the schools community to be vigilant over phishing emails purporting to be from the organisation. The...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

The educational equivalent of the ‘brown shoe effect’

Children growing up in poorer families are less likely to get finance jobs because they don’t “present” themselves well...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

We need to fix existing schools, not just build more

People are getting their knickers in a twist this week about a bunch of separate budget-related things but keep...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Amanda Spielman, chief inspector, Ofsted

Two months into the job and Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s new chief inspector, has shot out of the traps as...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Robots should replace school receptionists, claims think tank

Robots should replace hundreds of workers at the Department for Education, a think tank has suggested, claiming the government...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Beware John Blake, the “Red rebel” with great influence

My memory of early evening, Friday November 14, 2003, is hazy. My brain seems to think it was raining,...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Do we spend more or less on schools than in the past?

Many people believe you cannot put a price on education. They are wrong. For each child doing their GCSEs...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney