Opinion

Are we really ready for the new, ‘more rigorous’ Maths GCSE?

The principles underlying the changes to GCSE maths are sound. But the practicalities are less so. For a start,...

Joanne Morgan
Joanne Morgan
Opinion

Can you leave school when you turn 16?

Businesses benefit in all sorts of ways when they take on a young apprentice. It’s now financially easier too...

Jade Kent
Jade Kent
Opinion

We need more pathways to higher technical skills

Pushing the academic path at the expense of technical education has stretched the link between education and the economy...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The proposals will have a tangential impact on attainment in the state sector

When it comes to education policy it is generally true that the efficacy of a particular policy has an...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Why does Labour now see independent schools as the saviour of the rest

When I hear politicians championing their latest plan to improve state education I turn my mind back a year...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The private system would still be idealised as something to aspire to

At the heart of the education debate are questions about values, what we mean by a “good” education. I...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Schools Week editorials

Edition 36 editorial Harpenden Free School is changing its name to Harpenden Academy. As a paper that started life...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

State boarding schools: Governance: ‘A multitude of extra requirements’

Strong governance and leadership are as essential in a state boarding school as they are in any other school....

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

State boarding schools: What are they? How do they work?

State boarding schools are an unusual hybrid. They sound a bit like private schools (they’re not), they sound as...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney