Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

Over the past few years, there has been a grassroots professional rejection of bogus ideas within education, coupled with...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

Integrating private schools would bring down the Berlin Wall that grossly favours the 7 per cent on one side...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Free schools: what to ask

Labour’s views are based on a reality that has long dissolved; free schools are no longer for white middle-class...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

I would ask to stay in my job for the rest of the government’s term and in that time...

Debra Kidd
Debra Kidd
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

Secondary education is too exam-focused. There is also too much specialisation too early (after GCSE), too little variety between...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

Differences between children’s performance at school are not just due to differences in parenting and home life or differences...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

If we can’t take politics out of education, can we at least minimise it?

“Get politics out of education” is a heartfelt cry heard in many forms. But can it work? A general...

Russell Hobby
Russell Hobby
Opinion

The complicated ‘truths’ of the SAT resit debate

The Conservatives will force year 7 pupils to resit their SAT exams if they don’t achieve a level 4...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

“If I were education secretary I would…”

I would first recognise the excellence in state schools throughout the country. I would do this by indicating what...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips