Politics

PE teacher fights his way to Las Vegas

A PE teacher from Essex will fight for Team UK in the biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) event in...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Why we’re all on board in the north east

Heads in the north east say that teacher recruitment is one of their greatest problems. So its regional network...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Church leaders sign academies agreement

Catholic and Church of England leaders will have the final say on whether 5,500 schools under their control become...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

Helping hand from school alumni

Thousands of state school pupils across the south west will soon be able to connect with successful alumni to...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Character education: teaching through subjects

Dr Tom Harrison, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham What have you been working on? The...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

Angela Watts, Chris Hatherall, Tom Middlehurst and Bill Watkin

Angela Watts, deputy headteacher of King’s Oak Primary School in Bedford, is the new principal of Ruskin academy in...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Church academy trust to absorb non-faith schools

The Church of England is planning to take over four non-religious schools in the north east as part of...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

Science lessons go live . . .

A primary school in Essex has brought practical science lessons to life, literally, as pupils watched in their classroom as...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Small sixth forms risk closure

New rules restricting the ability of academies to open sixth forms could prompt the closure of existing post-16 institutions,...

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Nicky Phillips