News

AET turns to ‘plan B’ on outsourcing

The country’s largest academy chain is to press on with cost-saving measures after backing out of a plan to...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Institute of Education merges with UCL

The country’s only university solely for education research and teacher training is to merge with University College London (UCL)....

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

A desperate hunt for the middle classes

Labour’s threat  to end “generous state subsidies” for private schools may be well meaning, but will end up harming...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Survey finds cutting costs a ‘major priority’ for more than half of school leaders

Cutting costs is the major issue facing school leaders, new research released today shows. An annual survey of headteachers,...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Inspections reveal Ofsted’s approach to British values in wake of ‘Trojan Horse’

Snap inspections in the past two months have shed light on Ofsted’s approach to inspecting “British values”. In a...

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Nicky Phillips
News

MPs call for action claiming too many nursery children fall behind in maths

Politicians are calling for a “positive maths drive” as they say too many pre-schools and nurseries are failing to...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Labour to end ‘£700m’ private school subsidy unless state partnership conditions are met

The Labour party would change the law to end ‘generous state subsidies’ for private schools that do not partner with state schools, says...

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Nicky Phillips
Features

Chloe Shaw, teacher, Archbishop Lanfranc Academy

When Chloe Shaw goes to friends for dinner, they like to hide the spoons. As one-sixth of the cast...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

State boarding schools: Finance: ‘Costs have to be split’

All state boarding schools have two sets of accounts: the standard accounts of any state day school and, separately,...

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