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Pyjamarama 2024: Registrations are open for the ultimate reading day!

BookTrust, the UK’s largest children’s reading charity, is inviting primary schools, nurseries, community groups, families, and libraries to jump into Pyjamarama 2024.   Pyjamarama is back this year on Friday 17 May  Join in the fun and raise money to help more children discover the magic of reading  Registrations now open for BookTrust’s brilliant annual community […]

More MATs pooling GAG and reserves to look after “financially weaker schools” or “target additional resource”, according to new report

New research published reveals how Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) are pooling funding and the opportunities and challenges facing leaders around centralising their operations.   GAG Pooling and Centralisation in MATs: 2024 Update has been developed by MAT finance specialists CJK Associates and IMP Software, who partnered to conduct a survey in November and December last year […]

BRITISH SCIENCE WEEK SPARKS STEM REVOLUTION FOLLOWING GCSE RESULTS DECLINE

  This British Science Week (8 March to 17 March 2024) a group of experts working across the education sector are calling for a STEM learning revolution – hoping to improve upon last year’s disappointing science GCSE results and highlight the exciting opportunities these subjects offer. To understand more about the results being achieved by pupils […]

POIGNANT NEW SHOW ABOUT GROWING UP EMBARKS ON SPRING TOUR ACROSS THE NORTH

  Unfiltered, funny, and thought-provoking new production devised and performed by young people, for young people Tour dates in Ashington, Newcastle upon Tyne, Burnley and Ellesmere Port this Spring Part of the national Grow Up! Project creating radical, transformative change through youth theatre.   A brand new thought-provoking contemporary theatre show capturing the lived experience […]

Immersive Learning Resource from Discovery Education Surpasses 1 Million Downloads

Discovery Education today announced that its no-cost, augmented-reality (AR) learning resource—Sandbox AR—has surpassed the 1 million download milestone in the Apple iTunes store. In 2023, Sandbox AR was named was named Best XR/VR/AI Product as part of the GESS Education Awards and was the winner of the first prize in the Hardware, AV, AR/AV, Robotics and Digital Device […]

New free resource to support SEND pupils facing bereavement

  Just launched, the informative, free online resource Bereavement and pupils with SEND, from leading charities, LGfL – the National Grid for Learning and Child Bereavement UK, provides insights and strategies for both mainstream, and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision, for supporting SEND pupils facing bereavement. Commenting on the launch, Bob Usher, Content […]

Charity offers secondary schools a lifeline to tackle mental health issues and absenteeism among autistic pupils

Latest figures show nearly 20,000 autistic pupils were persistently absent from state secondary schools, and four in five experience mental health issues1.  As the Government aims to tackle school absence rates, national charity Ambitious about Autism says poor mental health and a lack of support are major contributing factors.  With over 70,0002 autistic pupils in […]

Micro:bit Educational Foundation and BBC Children’s and Education invite school children from across the country to survey their playground using the power of the micro:bit

Primary school-aged children across the UK are set to be involved in a national, citizen science project to survey their playgrounds using the micro:bit, a pocket-sized computer.   Launched by BBC Children’s and Education and Micro:bit Educational Foundation, the initiative follows the free giveaway of hundreds of thousands of BBC micro:bit devices in the 2023 […]

Hundreds of primary schools to get lightning-fast broadband under government’s ‘Project Gigabit’ rollout

BT wins £26 million contract to connect over 650 primary schools in hard-to-reach places across England with gigabit broadband, as part of the UK Government’s ‘Project Gigabit’ programme.  Some schools will see speeds that are up to 500 times faster*  The schools, many in rural locations, will be gigabit-capable by December 2025.  The programme, joint […]