Opinion

If I were education secretary…

As the chief executive of a multi-academy trust, my team of three executives and myself spend nearly all of...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The practicalities of making students study English to 18

More teachers will be needed to teach students who don’t really want to be there. . . and just...

Gwen Nelson
Gwen Nelson
Opinion

While some children get Apple Watches – others go hungry

Half of my facebook timeline are excited about a £500 Apple Watch; the other half are despairing over news that teachers...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

If you’re poor, you won’t turn up to school

School-Home Support can offer practical help to schools, families and pupils. Pupils like Dana, 7, who was missing 30...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Closing the science gender divide in schools

The latest statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show that the school science gender divide...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

To Google, or not to Google: that is the question

Exam time is looming. As the weeks of revision draw to an end, thousands of students will soon be...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Leadership that goes on behind the scenes

The many hidden leaders within schools can sometimes be hard to spot. Here’s how to look out for them...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

The education system must change so that knowledge gives way to wisdom, emphasising the application of knowledge as a...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Wanted: home-grown teachers of Mandarin

The Conservatives are promising more Mandarin teachers – and in an ideal world every young person should be able...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips