Opinion

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO UNLEASH GREATNESS IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM

For too long the relationship between government and the teaching profession has been strained. Ministers have imposed frequent changes...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

If I were education secretary…

I should keep at the back of all my policymaking the remembrance that what goes on beyond the world...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Do the education manifesto pledges stand up?

It’s the election next week and all the parties have waved their education banners long and hard. But the...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

If I were education secretary…

To deliver the best possible education for all children we need motivated, well-paid and respected teachers. School budgets must be sufficient...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

If I were education secretary…

As the chief executive of a multi-academy trust, my team of three executives and myself spend nearly all of...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

‘If I were education secretary…’

The education system must change so that knowledge gives way to wisdom, emphasising the application of knowledge as a...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Wanted: home-grown teachers of Mandarin

The Conservatives are promising more Mandarin teachers – and in an ideal world every young person should be able...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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