News

Widnes success story

Trips to the Harry Potter Studio Tour and the zoo are some of the ways a secondary school in...

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Nicky Phillips
News

David Laws cleared to act as adviser to academy chain Ark

Former schools minister David Laws has been given government permission to join education charity and academy chain Ark as an...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

Sir Jim’s rockets to the finish line

A team of kit-car racers from Sir James Smith’s School, Cornwall, rocketed to victory in this year’s Greenpower International...

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Politics

Prince charms primary pupils

Prince William has congratulated the first primary schoolchildren in Birmingham to complete a new award scheme in his name....

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Year in review: a headteacher’s perspective on 2015

It’s all very different from the Michael Gove years (and they weren’t great), with layers of “extra things” now...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

When a toothbrush becomes a robot

A bite-size syllabus based on ice cream and toothbrushes has been launched to get pupils interested in engineering. University...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

Umbar Sharif, Aidan Sadgrove and Sharon Weir

Umbar Sharif is the new principal of Ormiston Six Villages Academy, Chichester. She was deputy headteacher at Highbury Grove...

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News

Schools reported for hack attacks and data breaches avoid ICO punishment

Dozens of schools that breached data protection rules have walked away without punishment, despite being reported to the information...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

Warning: bursting bananas ahead

A science teacher’s flame throwers and bursting bananas left Plymouth pupils on the edges of their seats. Delivered by...

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