News

Nicky Morgan and David Cameron united on free school meals and grammar schools

– Education secretary backs prime minister ‘all the way’ on free school meals for infants –   No truth...

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Features

Lucy Powell, shadow education secretary

For someone who by her own admission “hardly knows” Jeremy Corbyn, you can imagine Lucy Powell’s surprise when she...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

How to help your school stand out online

The internet has become the primary source of information for parents looking for the best school for their child, which...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Answer the call of technology

Much of the debate about technology in the classroom isn’t above the level of tech = bad, textbooks =...

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Nicky Phillips
News

RSCs are not inspectors, says consultant

A former government education policy adviser says that some regional school commissioners (RSCs) who visit schools under a “shadow...

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Opinion

The inspectors can’t make 102 school judgments AND worry about governors

The new governance section in the School Inspection Handbook is more helpful and realistic for governors than it is for inspectors...

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News

What do the statistics say about teacher shortages?

Every school leader struggling to recruit is facing his or her own crisis: empty classrooms require cover ­— and...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Can Corbyn get his way on comprehensives?

How will Jeremy Corbyn’s unwavering commitment to cull the 11-plus and the remaining grammar schools work, politically and practically...

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News

DfE produces no data on achievement of service personnel children

The government produces no data on the educational outcomes of children of military service personnel, despite spending millions of...

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Nicky Phillips