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What does a fully-Conservative government mean for schools?

At a certain point last night I grabbed our election supplement and flipped nervously to the Conservative education pledge...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary (again)…’

I would secure all-party support to launch a ten-year programme to spread technical education throughout the whole education system....

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary (again)…’

Money is not the sole salvation in achieving quality education for all children. However, cutting the money available can...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary (again)…’

Secondary schools have become an increasingly diverse and rather chaotic gathering. It seems to be held together (more or...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO UNLEASH GREATNESS IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM

For too long the relationship between government and the teaching profession has been strained. Ministers have imposed frequent changes...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

If I were education secretary…

I should keep at the back of all my policymaking the remembrance that what goes on beyond the world...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Do the education manifesto pledges stand up?

It’s the election next week and all the parties have waved their education banners long and hard. But the...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

If I were education secretary…

To deliver the best possible education for all children we need motivated, well-paid and respected teachers. School budgets must be sufficient...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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