Features

Steve Lancashire, chief executive, REAch2

Steve Lancashire is the first person I’ve met who’s wanted to be a headteacher from his school days. As chief...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Academy contracts are not fit for purpose – so how do we change them?

Academies have been given different freedoms depending on when they signed a funding agreement or what they managed to negotiate with...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Councils charge £6k ‘penalty fee’ to schools for academy conversion

Hundreds of schools across the country are facing a penalty, payable to their local council, if they choose to...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Pupils increase coffee intakes as Costa closes school sites

Adults rushing to work with a coffee have been joined by teenagers turning up at school with a cup...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

‘Complexities’ hold up Durand Education Trust investigation

An investigation into management at the Durand Education Trust is still ongoing, the charities watchdog has admitted. The Charity Commission...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Teacher references: A classic moral hazard for schools

Schools and staff waste hours on references for departing teachers that at best can be described as ambiguous. Do...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Kimberly Morton, Ian Stockford and Patrick Hayes

Kimberly Morton is the new head of Cobholm Primary Academy in Norfolk. She was assistant principal of her childhood...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

£100,000 funding boost for trust

A multi academy trust (MAT) in Bradford has been given £100,000 by a charity, funded by a private equity...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Ife debates his way into national team

Ife Grillo, a state school pupil from east London, has secured a place on the English national debating team,...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips