Opinion

2 ways to switch girls on to engineering

Engineering can be a cool career choice – but ingrained biases mean that girls don’t always agree. One solution...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

How can we make schools more efficient?

Schools lose 80 per cent of their budgets to salaries, but they could be more creative with the remaining...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Features

Nick Gibb, schools minister, DfE

Nick Gibb has three large maps taped to the walls of his Department for Education office. They show regional...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Heads need support of local authorities to clamp down on school place fraud

Scores of local education authorities did not record data or had no investigation policy for tackling admission fraud, despite...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Phonics check uncovers failing disadvantaged pupils

Disadvantaged pupils in wealthy local authorities are not catching up to the reading abilities of their peers, show the...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Pupils with a soft touch

A year 11 pupil from a Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust (GDFT) school has sent a touching message of support with a...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Lucy Harrison, Sally Taylor, Kristal Brookes and Sarah Kerr-Dineen

Lucy Harrison takes over from founding headteacher Mick Quigley as the leader of the Archer Academy, a free school...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Jonathan shines in annual awards

 A 17-year-old student who has battled the odds to further his education was among a host of winners at...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

The Prime Minister mentioning our school in an article made us an open target

What would your response be if, within a month, your school moves from being a shining example of all...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips