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Record number of teachers in England’s schools
Nearly 48,000 full time equivalent teachers joined English schools in the 2022/2023 academic year, with 2,800 more teachers now in classrooms than last year This follows a range of recruitment and retention initiatives, including our bursaries...
Major funding boost to support rollout of quality skills training
Students to benefit from £48 million investment to expand high-quality alternatives to traditional degrees Colleges and schools to receive share of £140 million to transform their facilities Part of a significant ongoing Government investment...
NEW RESEARCH FROM BOOKTRUST FINDS ALMOST A QUARTER OF CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS ARE MISSING OUT ON THE BENEFITS OF READING IN THEIR FIRST YEAR
20% of parents and carers say they don’t read with their child due to lack of time; and 28% say they don’t find reading with their child easy; but 95% see reading as important for their child. New findings underpin the importance of investment...
DATA REVEALS SURGE IN TEACHERS WHO CAN’T AFFORD TO PAY INTO THEIR PENSION
The number of teachers opting out of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) because they cannot afford to continue contributing has risen by more than two-thirds over the last year, new data has shown*. Figures from the Department for...
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: DISCOVERY EDUCATION PROVIDES RESOURCES TO PRIMARY SCHOOLS
On the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, Discovery Education – the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place – is providing primary schools with dynamic digital...
Schools & Academies Show London 2023
In light of every-growing challenges and opportunities within the education sector, ongoing strikes and an impending General Election in 2024, we were delighted to see thousands of education leaders descend on the ExCeL in London to attend the...
School run safeguarding a ‘key concern’ for parents but only two fifths of schools have a policy in place
Kura announces free safeguarding software to schools in response to research With 22% of schools not having a policy in place, Kura has also developed a set of transport safeguarding guidelines that all schools can implement to instantly...
Flying the flag for British higher education
By Iain Sloan, senior solutions consultant at Ellucian In education, as the well-known saying goes, change is the only constant. I’ve been working in the higher education sector for two decades and this has never been more apparent than in the last...
Institutions Around the World Improve Digital Accessibility for as many as 1.2 Million Learners in 24 hours
Changing mindsets and lives, one-day accessibility competition generated more than 89,000 files fixed – Anthology, a leading provider of education solutions that support the entire learner lifecycle, today announced the results from its fourth...
School run safeguarding a ‘key concern’ for parents but only two fifths of schools have a policy in place
Kura announces free safeguarding software to schools in response to research With 22% of schools not having a policy in place, Kura has also developed a set of transport safeguarding guidelines that all schools can implement to instantly...
Global EdTech Company Discovery Education Opens New HQ in Bath
Discovery Education – the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place – has unveiled its new UK and International headquarters in Bath, Somerset. The new offices in Palace Yard Mews...
Legionella Risk – Contractor Competency for Schools. – words by Roy Sullivan
To seek reassurance that a contractor is competent to carry out the work they have been requested to undertake; background checks are essential. Assessing competence is far from easy. Most of the time the Local Authority or school must...