News

Largest academy chain offloads eight schools

The largest academy chain in the country has transferred eight schools from its control, blaming their “geographic isolation”. The...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Teachers undecided on who will be best for education

More than half of school leaders are undecided about which political party is best equipped to improve the education...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Europe’s biggest arms firm BAE takes on failing academy

– Furness Academy in special measures since March 2012 – Campaigners uneasy about curriculum changes ’to suit needs’ The...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Purdah stops school visit

Maintained schools hosting visits from politicians in the run-up to elections could be breaking the law, but academies have a...

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Nicky Phillips
Features

Peter Campling, education consultant, playwright and former head

Former secondary head Peter Campling has been watching the first rehearsal for his latest play. It concerns a vexing...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Free schools: what to ask

Labour’s views are based on a reality that has long dissolved; free schools are no longer for white middle-class...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

Secondary education is too exam-focused. There is also too much specialisation too early (after GCSE), too little variety between...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

Differences between children’s performance at school are not just due to differences in parenting and home life or differences...

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Nicky Phillips