Opinion

Forget the local school model, we need to break the housing price influence

The evidence is clear: local schools favour well-off parents, while more enrolment in publicly-funded private schools increases equity. The...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘My child was supposed to go to grammar school – we shop at Waitrose!’

When Joanne Bartley’s daughter failed her 11-plus, her opportunities contracted drastically. She has done well, but now faces a...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Grammar to admit pupils who fail 11-plus but convince ‘review board’ of worthiness

A grammar school wants to boost numbers by offering places to pupils that fail their 11-plus – as long...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Open super-selective schools to extend elite education into state sector, says former Gove adviser

A system of super-selective schools in English cities could extend “elite academic education” to the state sector, a former...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Year in review: A school business manager’s perspective on 2015

The pace of change has made it a tough year for schools, academies and their business managers. But it...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Features

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...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Secondary moderns must have a voice, too

Grammar schools are back in the news with Nicky Morgan’s approval of a Kent school’s expansion. But they’ve never...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

The future of England’s school system: 9 things we learned from today’s Westminster Education Forum

Some of the most powerful figures in education got together in the same room today to debate the future...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

‘Bring back grammar schools,’ Siemens boss tells Nicky Morgan

England should open more grammar schools, the UK chief executive of Siemens has told Nicky Morgan. Juergen Maier, who...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford