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Dylan Wiliam urges teachers to use a variety of learning preferences

The battle over whether or not teachers ought to use “learning styles” in the classroom took a new turn…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Education Bill: the school clauses explained

Education secretary Nicky Morgan carried out a second reading of the Education and Adoption Bill in Parliament on Monday, here…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Rise in male STIs prompts call for school LGBT sex education

An “alarming” increase in the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among gay men shows that school education about…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Only two teaching schools are in poorest areas

One of the coalition’s major engines to improve teacher training retention will not help many of the schools most…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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School productivity will be ‘key report’ for new education select committee

A report on school productivity will be a priority for the education select committee, says its new chair Neil…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Army recruiter considers appeal to access pupil data

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) sought to appeal a rejected information request made with the intent of accessing sensitive…

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Nicky Phillips


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Lancashire primary school wins approval for punishment-free policy

A Lancashire primary school has won many admirers for its sanction-free approach to pupil learning . . . and…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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At last: Nicky Morgan’s definition (almost) of what is a coasting school

Schools will be defined as coasting based on performance over three years, and on their pupils’ progress, not simply…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Schools builder wins contract to refurbish new DfE offices

A construction company that lost its preferred contractor status for five London schools after failing to agree costs is…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Teachers offer internships to help their own kids get ahead

Teachers are offering work placements in their schools on a new website that lets parents swap internships for their…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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One in three disadvantaged schools struggling to recruit

More than a third of schools across the poorest regions are having to cover posts in science and maths…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Local authority starts consultation to merge schools amid academy fears

A local authority is proposing to merge two schools in what appears to be an attempt to stop one…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott