Opinion

Questions for new CEOs

Becoming chief executive of a multi-academy trust (MAT) or federation is an exciting step forward for many headteachers and...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Trinity free school: How many pupils do they have now?

After revealing last year that a new free school in south London had opened with only 17 pupils, Schools...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Our 4-step plan for dealing with ‘life after levels’

The removal of the old assessment levels is a huge opportunity to transform teaching and learning. Follow these steps...

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Nicky Phillips
News

IQ may mean achievement gap can never close

An academic researcher has suggested that academic achievement “gaps” between different groups of pupils cannot be closed as differences in...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Religious free schools lose out in latest application round

Fewer religious free schools are being approved by the Department for Education (DfE), shows an analysis of the latest...

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Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘Teachers aren’t talking about peer-to-peer learning, they’re stressed about year 11’

A growing divide between those who spend their day talking about the profession and those who spend their day...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Let’s replace levels with questions, says top academy advisor

Don’t replace levels with re-hashed levels is the advice given to teachers by Ark’s head of education research, Daisy...

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Nicky Phillips
Politics

Training to ease college transition

Staff are being offered one-day training courses to help make the transition from school to college smoother for young...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Southern free schools dominate new list

Nick Timothy, director of the free school group New Schools Network, this week said the north needed more free...

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Nicky Phillips