Politics

US politics presentation for Norwich pupils

Pupils at City Academy Norwich have given their thoughts on the some of the world’s biggest issues. As part...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Stomp! beats a path to Rickstones’ door

New Rickstones Academy pupils received a masterclass in dustbin banging and crashing from the former stars of West End...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Transparency is needed from schools commissioners, not marketing

Six months ago I sat in a room in Oxfordshire full of top school leaders – mostly chiefs of...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Featured: Windmill Academy pupils speed to science success

The world’s fastest accelerating vehicle took centre stage at Windmill Academy as a reward for pupils who won an...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Forget the local school model, we need to break the housing price influence

The evidence is clear: local schools favour well-off parents, while more enrolment in publicly-funded private schools increases equity. The...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Maths teachers get highest bursaries – but drop out more

Maths had the largest drop-out rates among trainee teachers despite offering the biggest bursaries, Schools Week can exclusively reveal....

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Teaching Leaders programme to double in size

The government is more than doubling its support for a social enterprise offering professional development to middle leaders in...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

‘Meet the System Leaders’: The 8 largest academy chains and their Ofsted performance

Sir David Carter’s plan for a tiered hierarchy of academy chains may not be very detailed, but these are...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Sir David Carter: National schools commissioner dodges transparency questions

The new national schools commissioner, Sir David Carter, is keeping quiet about plans to make his office more open,...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips