Opinion

Baseline assessments are an impossible idea

From next year, an approved reception baseline assessment will be the only accepted way of measuring how well a...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Sir Richard Lambert, Dame Julia Cleverdon, Lewis Iwu and Barry Sheerman

The Fair Education Alliance has appointed Sir Richard Lambert as chair, Dame Julia Cleverdon as vice-chair, and Lewis Iwu...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Teacher training providers must check UCAS website daily or face financial penalties

New teacher recruitment rules that will pit providers against each other in a race to fill places have been...

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Nicky Phillips
News

All 154 teaching school alliances evaluated so far have passed the test

More than 150 teaching school alliances that have gone through a review of their success have passed the government...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Mary Bousted: ‘Don’t tell me I have low expectations’

Teachers care passionately about their pupils and strive to close the education achievement gap, but their job becomes more...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

More school sixth form closures as funding reality bites

Warnings over the viability of school sixth forms as post-16 funding cuts begin to bite are becoming a reality...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Ofsted SEN area reviews should focus on exclusions

A headteacher has called for the high exclusion rates among pupils with special educational needs to be the one...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Education Fellowship Trust says Ofsted criticism of its management is “out of date”

Ofsted says that a multi-academy trust’s “poor financial management” is a “major distraction” to driving up standards in its...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Pupils forced to stay in teachers’ homes during exam season

Increases in requests for exam access arrangements have led to a rise in the instances of schools having to...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips