Opinion

Coasting concept is ‘fatally flawed’ for comprehensive and grammar schools

A school will be deemed to be coasting if 60% of its pupils fail to achieve 5 GCSE grades...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News, Opinion

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

The Ins and Outs of Selective Secondary Schools: A Debate

This ambitious book says that it aims to evaluate the modern scope of secondary school selection in all its...

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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

Here’s what politicians REALLY think about education

If you ask politicians, of all parties, to tell you what they really think would improve education – what...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

11 Things You Might Have Missed In Ofsted’s ‘Most Able Students’ Report

Headlines today are focusing on Ofsted’s disappointment at schools over the progress of ‘most able’ students. Having a go...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

David Cameron “strongly” backs grammar school expansions

The prime minister has given his strongest backing yet for the expansion of grammar schools. Speaking at an event...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

When MPs debate grammar schools — Our 10-point guide to today’s Westminster motion

In Parliament this morning, Conservative MP for Gainsborough Sir Edward Leigh, proposed a motion to end imbalances in grammar...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

A desperate hunt for the middle classes

Labour’s threat  to end “generous state subsidies” for private schools may be well meaning, but will end up harming...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips