News

EBacc reforms fail to boost A-level languages

Increased uptake in languages at GCSE following the government’s English Baccalaureate reform is not boosting A-level take-up as expected....

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News

MATs’ severance payments nudge £1m

Five of the biggest multi-academy trusts have made non-statutory severance payments to staff totalling £941,316 during the year to...

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News

Count on us and you shall go to the prom, says credit union

Schools that hold proms are being approached to advertise credit union loans for families facing the burden of buying...

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Nicky Phillips
News

We’re sticking with maths and English to 18, says Labour

Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has reaffirmed Labour’s commitment to introduce compulsory English and maths for pupils up to...

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News

Norwich primary searches for four unqualified teachers

A primary school run by Inspiration Trust is advertising for four unqualified teachers with no clear options of how...

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Nicky Phillips
Features

Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor of educational assessment, Institute of Education

Dylan Wiliam looks like a cross between a wizard and a rockstar: domed head, greying beard, twinkling eyes and...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

The education system must change so that knowledge gives way to wisdom, emphasising the application of knowledge as a...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Wanted: home-grown teachers of Mandarin

The Conservatives are promising more Mandarin teachers – and in an ideal world every young person should be able...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

Over the past few years, there has been a grassroots professional rejection of bogus ideas within education, coupled with...

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Nicky Phillips