Opinion

What would make an all-academy system work?

The schools landscape could look very different from how it does today, quite quickly, if the government’s vision for...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Top schools now profit from the struggles of the weaker

School improvement funding has moved from allocation based on need to survival of the fittest, says Kiran Gill As...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

To reduce teacher workload, the DfE should lead by example

The timing of the publication of the workload principles and the recommendations will do little to change policy, says...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Super heroes don’t solve problems, they punch people

Watching Nicky Morgan getting beaten up by her own party over forced academy conversions, I suddenly realised the fatal...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘It’s all about the money’: The REAL reason behind forced academisation

Why are the Conservatives intent on making every school into an academy? It’s not about standards, it’s all about...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

The government has abandoned the reception progress measure, but schools should not

I’m struggling to get caught up in the heat of debate over the government’s recent decision not to use...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

Education white paper’s ‘policy fantasies’ don’t address the real issues facing schools

The 2016 White Paper finishes the messy reforms began in 2010 to create a fully school-led system.  I announced...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

The ‘Workload Principles’: A one-page guide to the most useful parts of the workload reports

After surveying 21,000 people and taking a year to mull over the results what did the groups tasked with...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

‘Teachers are being treated like crash test dummies’

Levels created a misleading set of criteria from which teachers taught in limiting ways. But people were too optimistic...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips