Opinion

How does being a charity affect a school?

The Education Secretary wants private schools to earn their right be considered a charity. But many state schools are...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Students learn to support peers

A group of 32 Nottingham Girls’ High School students will now be better able to support their peers after...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

Hampshire team head for life in the pit lane

Next time it’ll be champagne, but for now a St George flag and punches in the air marked success...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

Duke keeps an eye on lessons

Crown Wood primary in Bracknell got a royal seal of approval last week when the Duke of Gloucester officially...

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Nicky Phillips
News

DfE seeks refund on £30,000 iPhone pilot

The Department for Education (DfE) has spent more than £30,000 on iPhones this year as part of a discontinued...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Edu select committee launches crowdsourcing for 2015 agenda

The education select committee has started to receive responses after kicking off a new way of crowdsourcing public views...

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Nicky Phillips
News

DfE volunteers begin Workload Challenge analysis

Teams of Department for Education (DfE) “volunteers” have started logging teacher responses to the Workload Challenge. The challenge, launched...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Hunt private school partnership plan falls short of widening admissions

The shadow education secretary announced that a Labour government would make the sector’s business tax relief dependent on their...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Want to know why teachers are banned? Dig deep . . .

It’s not easy to find out how many teachers were banned last year for sexual offences against children. It’s...

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