News

RSCs urged to step in on poor provision for special needs

Regional schools commissioners are being called on to take responsibility for rooting out schools providing poor special educational needs...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

EXCLUSIVE: Baseline assessments could be scrapped over comparability concerns

A multi-million pound policy piloted in thousands of primary schools this year could be scrapped over concerns regarding its...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Primary assessments a mess? Unions should propose a radical alternative

The schools sector is up in arms about primary assessments – both baseline and the standardised tests. I deliberately...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Recruitment agency slammed for ‘Teach First only’ job advert

A teacher recruitment agency has posted a “potentially discriminatory” job advert asking for Teach First only applicants. The ad,...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Features

Brian Lightman, former general secretary, ASCL

Two weeks ago, just before an education debate in a small room near Westminster, a murmur whipped round the...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Segregation is holding our children back

Next month a report on segregation will be published for the prime minister. Hopefully it will mark the point...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

DfE appoints experts to buy ‘best value’ free school sites

Four specialists have been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to buy sites for future free schools –...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Teachers must learn to tame technology

There are powerful tools already available in schools. Staff must realise they don’t need to upgrade, they need to...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Cuts to mental health services mean schools do more in-house

Self-harm, exam stress, insomnia, and eating disorders are the main problems affecting young people today, professionals say. This week...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips