Nicky Phillips | Schools Week

Student’s moo-ve it for milk

Children at a Lincoln infant school joined more than 15,000 other pupils across England in celebrating the 15th annual World School Milk day. The global event included more than 30 countries around the world and promotes the importance of drinking milk at school. Pupils at Nettleham infant school decorated their classrooms with bunting and balloons […]

Going for gold: Alice joins young sporting elite

A multi-talented schoolgirl is celebrating sporting success after excelling in javelin throwing this year. Year 11 student Alice Ridley, of Barnard Castle School, County Durham was picked as one of the nation’s elite athletes to compete in the Sainsburys 2014 School Games this year. Taking place over four days last month, the games included former […]

Chopper’s flying visit

Lucky pupils at an Oxfordshire school had an exciting visit from a military chopper. A crew of four landed at Wallingford School and gave pupils an insight into the workings of a military helicopter. The Royal Navy Lynx aircraft took to the air from Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset as part of its […]

Can ‘apps’ help schools communicate better?

There are encouraging signs that the new education secretary is interested in the potential of technology to improve learning outcomes. The use of technology to improve learning has been a hot topic for governments past and present. Almost four years after taking office Michael Gove opened the inaugural meeting of the Education Technology Action Group […]

Recipe for global success

Children at a London primary school cooked up a storm to celebrate the publication of a book with recipes from around the world. With help from their parents and teachers, pupils at Bishop Gilpin Church of England Primary School in Wimbledon produced tasty ideas and photographs for the book, Around the World in Three Terms. […]

Liberal Democrat Party conference preview

Each week during the political conference season we will be inviting a commentator to give their views on what education policies they wish to see announced. Party conferences are odd occasions. Remnants of a previous age, in which political mass-engagement was the norm, they are now attended by a fraction of the population and for […]

Unions angry at ‘behind the scenes’ negotiations by NASUWT

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) said it was “disappointed” and seeking “urgent clarification” today after the NASUWT union alone reached an agreement with the government of Jersey. Three teaching unions – the NUT, Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) – have also written to the island’s […]

Oundle chemistry whizzes strike gold

A set of young chemistry students from a Peterborough school have won gold in the annual Cambridge Chemistry Challenge. The chemists from Oundle School took part in the challenge from January to June where they sat a monthly online challenge, open to people of all ages, from anywhere in the world. The series of challenges […]

Exclusive: Free school ‘forced me out’ for not being top university ready

An MP is to start a ‘vigorous’ inquiry into a selective sixth form’s admissions policy after a number of students were ‘kicked out’ for failing to get high enough grades at the end of their first year. Schools Week has learned that teenagers who do not get certain grades in their AS-levels are being told […]