Opinion

Changes in the Financial Handbook for Academies

The focus this year is on transparency, with the 2015 handbook seeking to bring in new rules to ensure...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

AET saves £1m by moving school computer system into cloud

The country’s largest academy chain will save almost £1 million from moving its ICT services to a “cloud-based” service....

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

How to switch to a cloud-based ICT system

The academies programme has shaken up schools’ traditional support systems, particularly in ICT. However, this reorganisation has created opportunities...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Jeremy Corbyn: What does his Labour leadership mean for teachers?

There are those that cheer and those that look on stonily. But Jeremy Corbyn could provide the strong opposition...

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Nicky Phillips
News

More than 30 academies ask permission to employ unqualified teachers

More than 30 academies have been given approval to employ unqualified teachers, despite opening before restrictions were lifted. Free...

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Nicky Phillips
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Examiners are more generous during re-marks, study finds

Examiners are more generous when they re-mark GCSE and A-level papers immediately after the summer results, a talk by...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Schools stretch rules by pressuring parents into making donations

A leading secondary school that asked parents for cash earlier this year appears to have again stretched the rules...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Eye tests in special schools are a must, says sight loss charity

Special educational needs teachers have welcomed calls from a national disability charity for the introduction of free eye tests...

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Nicky Phillips
News

School food plan campaign group urged heads to sign infant free meals letter

A letter published in a national newspaper calling for the government to continue funding free school meals for infants...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips