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Nick Timothy, director, New Schools Network

People who run the New Schools Network (NSN) tend to move on to bigger, brighter, bluer things. Its first…

Nicky Phillips
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Sharon Hodgson, shadow children’s minister

Sitting in her parliamentary office more than ten years after first becoming an MP, what would Sharon Hodgson tell…

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Nicky Phillips
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Glenys Stacey, chief regulator, Ofqual

It is five years since Glenys Stacey, lawyer-turned-serial-regulator, took the helm as England’s first ‘chief exams regulator’ and she…

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Nicky Phillips
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Fiona Ritson, English teacher, King Edward VII Academy

English teacher Fiona Ritson is the sort of person you can rely on in an emergency. The batteries on…

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Nicky Phillips
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Brian Lightman, former general secretary, ASCL

Two weeks ago, just before an education debate in a small room near Westminster, a murmur whipped round the…

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Nicky Phillips
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Angie Browne, principal, Steiner Academy Bristol

Steiner schools have a somewhat controversial reputation. Based on the ideas of Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian occultist who died…

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Nicky Phillips


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Lord Storey CBE, Liberal Democrat Lords principal education spokesperson

Mike Storey is no stranger to power, or education. The Liberal Democrat peer has run two schools, led Liverpool…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Joyce Matthews, author and leadership development specialist

What will Joyce Matthews do next? The school leadership development specialist and samba player is thinking about her next…

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Nicky Phillips
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Steve Lancashire, chief executive, REAch2

Steve Lancashire is the first person I’ve met who’s wanted to be a headteacher from his school days. As chief…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Natasha Tiwari, founder, Elevare London

The Christmas lights are off in London’s corporate quarter, but at least one person is home. Natasha Tiwari, the…

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Nicky Phillips
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Joan McVittie, retired headteacher, Woodside High School

Dame Joan McVittie has already saved me twice by the time we are in her tiny car and zipping…

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Nicky Phillips
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Roy Perry, chair, Local Government Association

History may have been the school subject Roy Perry enjoyed the most. But the new chair of the Local…

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Nicky Phillips

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