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How can we make schools more efficient?

Schools lose 80 per cent of their budgets to salaries, but they could be more creative with the remaining…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

2 ways to switch girls on to engineering

Engineering can be a cool career choice – but ingrained biases mean that girls don’t always agree. One solution…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

The Prime Minister mentioning our school in an article made us an open target

What would your response be if, within a month, your school moves from being a shining example of all…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Will Lucy Powell be a great shadow education secretary?

It’s too soon to say and she got off to a slightly shaky start, but three speeches in and…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

How to help your school stand out online

The internet has become the primary source of information for parents looking for the best school for their child, which…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Answer the call of technology

Much of the debate about technology in the classroom isn’t above the level of tech = bad, textbooks =…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

The inspectors can’t make 102 school judgments AND worry about governors

The new governance section in the School Inspection Handbook is more helpful and realistic for governors than it is for inspectors…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Can Corbyn get his way on comprehensives?

How will Jeremy Corbyn’s unwavering commitment to cull the 11-plus and the remaining grammar schools work, politically and practically…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Independent schools do change lives

The abolition of the assisted places scheme and grammar system has contributed to a decline in social mobility As…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips

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