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The Education Excellence Everywhere White Paper: Everything you need to know

Nicky Morgan today revealed her white paper for education to drive “Education Excellence Everywhere”. Here is everything you need...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

Morgan’s primary assessment video misses the point

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has released a video to explain the government’s plans for primary assessments. Brian Lightman has watched it,...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Teachers won’t welcome an ‘apprenticeship’ route into the classroom

Last week we had a poke at Nicky Morgan for being in slow-motion. Slo-Mo, we nicknamed her, and said...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Editorial: Nicky Morgan needs to change the record on times tables check

Once upon a decade ago, I told my friend that if a DJ at a regular event we ran...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Moral character is built by more than sport

Research suggests that widely held beliefs about the character building nature of sport are wrong, with students who take...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

National teaching service should deliver dedicated teachers, not ‘superheroes’

Things have turned upside down. Too often, teachers and school leaders roll their eyes as ministers announce their latest...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

The case against allowing grammars to expand

Only 38 per cent of adults would support the building of more grammar schools. That’s what a YouGov Poll...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

‘Extending childcare must not become another burden on schools’

Extending out-of-hours childcare is a good idea in principle – but the government needs to clarify its proposals, including...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Finding NiMo’s sparkle is easy. Her policies less so.

Anyone who ever endured the pain of sweating over a piece of work only to have it disappear off...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips