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Teachers quitting due to poor pupil behaviour: education recruiter responds

Following new research which shows that almost two thirds of teachers (63%) have considered quitting the profession due to poor pupil behaviour, an education recruiter has highlighted how an effective workforce planning strategy can have a positive impact on attrition. According to the paper, It Just grinds you down, which was published by influential think […]

Principals by CH&CO spreads festive cheer with a Christmas community pop-up at a Margate primary school

Principals by CH&CO, in partnership with Northdown Primary School, Margate, is hosting a Christmas pop-up restaurant for the school and local community during the festive period. Taking place on Thursday 20 December, pupils of the school and their families, plus members of the wider community, are invited to come along and share a delicious lunch […]

EduCare launches online Bereavement and Loss training course in partnership with Winston’s Wish

Safeguarding and duty-of-care training specialists, EduCare, has launched its Dealing with Bereavement and Loss course. Produced in partnership with Winston’s Wish, the UK’s first childhood bereavement charity, the course will help users to understand what needs to be in place to support everyone involved with bereavement in school or college. Dawn Jotham, EduCare’s Pastoral Care […]

Ensuring that disadvantage is not a barrier to success

Author: Donna Tandy, Academy Improvement Partner at Focus Trust, a charitable multi-academy Trust based in the North West of England made up of schools from across West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. _______________________ It has recently been reported that as many as 2,000 schools will still be underfunded in seven years’ time and, with backlash from […]

Raynes Park High School in partnership with the Wimbledon Club opens brand new AstroTurf hockey pitch for training purposes and international hockey games

Raynes Park High School in partnership with the Wimbledon Club has opened its new £500,000 AstroTurf hockey pitch. The new pitch is not only being used for school matches, but also elite hockey games. The Wimbledon Club funded the new pitch and is paying for its ongoing maintenance. Kirsten Heard, Headteacher, Raynes Park High School, […]

Together, Prowise and Wizenoze increase the relevance of the internet in the classroom

Birmingham – Wizenoze and Prowise join forces. With the collaboration, Prowise enables users to gain access to The Web for Classrooms, through the free education software Prowise Presenter. This innovative technology provides relevant, reliable and readable online information that is suitable for an educational environment and offered at the appropriate level for students. The Web […]

DULWICH CHRISTMAS STAR: ALLEYN’S PUPIL WINS NATIONAL SPACE CHALLENGE

A Dulwich pupil is reaching for the stars this Christmas, after winning a national science competition for primary schools. 10- year-old Lottie from Alleyn’s Junior School scooped the top prize in the junior category of the Empiribox ‘Win a Star’ competition, which invited children across the country to invent an alien – and take their […]

ViewSonic leads the charge in next gen EdTech at Bett 2019

Open, agnostic, secure platforms prioritise ease of use and contemporary pedagogies to create engaging learning environments. Drawing from 30 years as innovators in visual display solutions, ViewSonic will be showcasing their total solutions for education, including ViewBoard, their front of class interactive digital whiteboard and myViewBoard, a hybrid cloud software platform, that in combination provide […]