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Sam Gyimah, junior minister for childcare and education, DfE

Sam Gyimah has just moved into David Laws’ office in the Department for Education’s Sanctuary buildings – a fact...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Hold a child’s hand and walk him through the curriculum

The curriculum starts off as a document: it’s then up to teachers to turn it into something that will...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Mind the gap: your guide to the national reference tests

The new national reference tests (NRTs) are a subject of much discussion, rumour and anxiety. Announced by Ofqual last...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Our specialist approach to alerting our pupils to extremism

The emergence of extremist ideologies should be taught within academic disciplines such as history. Only then will pupils understand...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

How much pay can be withheld if you go on strike?

You are not entitled to be paid for the time you spend on strike, but the amount docked will...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Cuts force councils to tear up free bus passes

Government cutbacks are forcing councils to reduce their provision of free and subsidised transport for pupils to the legal...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Clerks share top honours at governors’ awards

A photo finish proved impossible so there was a dead heat for the best clerk in this year’s National...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Developing great teaching: eight lessons from new research

Good CPD focuses on subject or topic-based pupil issues and outcomes, uses collaborative problem-solving approaches over several months and...

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Nicky Phillips
News

Uptake of three-day ICT ‘GCSE’ soars 2,000 per cent

The number of pupils entering a fast-tracked ICT qualification – worth a GCSE and taught in just three days...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips