Politics

Solar energy for schools scheme

A scheme to make it easier for schools to install renewable energy has been launched by solar developer company...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Gove was ‘despised’, says Nicky Morgan’s new mental health tsar

Michael Gove was a “despised” and “divisive” education secretary who refused to acknowledge the link between mental health and...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

ICT teachers struggling with transition to computing

Teachers are struggling to deliver the computing curriculum, says the chief of the professional body chosen by the government...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

College awarded top sporting status

Ellesmere College in Shropshire has been named as one of only nine schools in the world to achieve a...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

What pupils are REALLY allowed to eat at school

Schools must follow food standards and provide free meals to all infants. But dig into those standards and you’ll...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Writing assessments for 11-year-olds brought forward to end of May

Primary school teachers must hand in their final assessments of year 6 pupils a month early, piling on the...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

The feminism A-level debacle shows how biased we are about ‘best thinkers’

Women have been thinking, campaigning and contributing to politics throughout history, just as men have. It is therefore self-evident...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

School efficiency tool criticised as ‘dodgy’ metric

A new government tool allowing schools to compare their efficiency could be used to “beat schools around the head”,...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Government spends £3m in scramble to get 400 ‘master’ computing teachers

Ministers are unlikely to fulfil a pledge to provide 400 master teachers to lead the computing curriculum revolution for...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips