Politics

New education centre at UCL launched

More than 120 educators helped to launch a new centre for post-14 education and work by the UCL Institution...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Would you teach differently if there was a gun at your head?

Do our current teaching methods always achieve the goals we hope for – and if not, why not? It’s...

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Nicky Phillips
News

The £3m School Transfer Market: Which academies trust got what, and for how much?

The Department for Education (DfE) has come under fire for paying some academy chains more than £500,000 to take...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘Schools Week hasn’t done the maths on commas’

It isn’t unreasonable to expect an 11-year-old to use a comma as a thousands separator – this is a...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Half of schools fail to offer best teachers a 2% pay rise

More than half of schools have shunned the chance to give their best and most experienced teachers a two...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Durand Academy’s much-hyped free boarding school is in £476,000 deficit – after just one year

England’s first boarding free school has made a £476,000 loss after spending more than £15,000 per pupil, despite predicting...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Why ‘audits’ are for teachers too

Improving classroom practice is a top priority for most school leaders, but how? Sophie Scott set out to look...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Science tests scores plummet for primary pupils

The proportion of pupils achieving expected standards in science has dropped by more than 20 percentage points since the...

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Nicky Phillips
News

One in 12 teachers denied salary rise under performance pay system

One in 12 teachers have been denied a salary increase since performance-related pay was introduced, with nearly 90 per...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips