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Wellbeing in schools: how can school leaders respond to the fact that one in eight students experience mental health issues?
Bernard Canetti, Principal of Brampton College, London’s highest achieving independent sixth form college gives his opinion on the government’s plan to dedicate an additional £31.6 million to the training of more educational psychologists and the...
UNITED FOR BOYS CHARTER AIMS TO CHANGE GLOBAL CONVERSATION ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Family For Every Child calls on organisations across the globe to sign up It is estimated that 1 in 6 boys worldwide experiences sexual abuse. And whilst girls continue to be the gender principally affected by sexual violence (estimated at 1 in 4)...
The UK is getting more inclusive classrooms to ensure no child is left behind at school
More than a million young people in the UK will be taught in more inclusive and accessible classrooms as part of a new initiative from Microsoft. Around 30,000 teachers across the country will receive training on how to ensure every child they teach...
Discovery Education and Probrand Announce Partnership to Help School Budgets Go Further
Discovery Education and Probrand are delighted to announce a new partnership which will give schools access to the latest education technology and help teachers make budgets go further. It’s also an example of how market leading firms in the EdTech...
Olympic and Paralympic Gold Medallists join children and families in launching Travel to Tokyo at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Seven years on from London 2012, young people and families are harnessing the power of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements, to get fit and active together. As the countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games begin, children and families...
Leeds school victorious as animal welfare debate finale heads to Westminster
Six schools from across England qualified for the RSPCA’s 2019 Great Debate finale in London – with Dixons Trinity Chapeltown from West Yorkshire ending up victorious. Six schools from across England have headed to Westminster – with a...
Extreme Networks to Showcase the Classroom of the Future at ISTE 2019
London, UK, June 19, 2019 – Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) today announced it will showcase its advanced networking solutions in booth #1116 at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2019 Conference, to be held June...
RHS School Gardeners of the Year 2019 winners announced
Urban schools win across all three competition categories – RHS Young School Gardener, RHS School Gardening Champion and RHS School Gardening Team of the Year Competition shines a light on the many benefits of school gardening, from learning to...
60% of teachers believe students leave school with poor financial understanding
Two thirds (60%) of UK teachers believe students leave school with a poor level of financial understanding, new research from Nutmeg, the UK’s largest digital wealth manager, has found. The research found that the UK is rated below average when it...
More than half of UK independent schools targeted by cybercriminals within last five years
61% of independent schools in the UK have experienced a cyber-attack within the last five years, according to a new report profiling the increasing cyber security challenges facing the independent education sector. ‘Independent, but insecure? The...
OFSTED Chief Inspector visits National Grid Training site as company receives “Outstanding” three times in a row
On Thursday 13th June, 2019, National Grid hosted a visit by Her Majesty’s OFSTED Chief Inspector (HMCI) Amanda Spielman to their Eakring Learning Centre. The visit gave National Grid the opportunity to share how they are using apprenticeships to...
Teachers are better than exams
Exam season is nearly over. Students and teachers alike will soon breathe a sigh of relief, put away their pens and calculators and enjoy a well-deserved summer holiday. Yet the controversy around the pressures of our ‘testing culture’ rages on. When...