Opinion

Thoughts from after the election

The Conservatives have a clear majority. So what is the reality for school leaders, governors and teachers? Many of...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

It’s a chance to hit the accelerator

There are the challenges of securing sufficient places, teachers and funding, but with a majority government and an experienced...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

The system could be given the freedoms to be great

It looks like a busy five years for Nicky Morgan: 500 new free schools, an extra 17,500 maths and...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

ASCL runs seminars on radicalism in schools

The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) will run a series of seminars this summer to help school...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Alfie’s school raises money for hospital

A school in Essex has raised £300 for the hospital that helped to save the life of one of...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Licensed to repair . . . in a UTC

A group of computer science students at Watford University Technical College (UTC) have turned into tech wizards who can...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Politics

Go online to test your pupils’ fitness

A free online portal allowing schools and parents to test a child’s fitness levels has been set up. The...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Girls shun ‘geeky’ computing AS-levels

New figures have revealed stark gender divides in certain AS and A-level subjects. But while the well-publicised gaps in...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Westminster’s newest schools sector MPs

Former teachers, a schools inspector and the chair of governors at a free school are among the new MPs...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips