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Primary schools ease overcrowding with outdoor classrooms and canopies
One in eight primary school pupils is now in a ‘supersize’ classroom of 31+. Many schools are tackling the problem with an easy and convenient solution –outdoor canopy classrooms and covered play areas. Lack of space in primary schools is a growing...
New Nordic Schools releases Kwizie to help teachers instantly create engaging and inspiring quizzes with AI
Kwizie instantly creates and grades quizzes from any text-based resource, giving insights into each student’s level of understanding and saving teachers endless hours. ESPOO, Finland (April 21st, 2022) Finnish education company New Nordic...
SEARCH IS ON TO FIND BRITAIN’S BEST MONEY TEACHER: INTERACTIVE INVESTOR LAUNCHES PERSONAL FINANCE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2022
Win money for your school by helping us identify Britain’s best personal finance teachers £25,000 prize pot to be shared amongst winning schools £50 vouchers for the first 250 teachers who enter To nominate a teacher, email teacher@ii.co.uk Teachers...
Tackling the Digital Divide: How UK schools are dealing with digital poverty.
Paul Finnis, CEO of Learning Foundation and Digital Poverty Alliance As we learn to live with the virus and establish a new way of life that allows children to continue their education, the true impact of the pandemic is only just emerging...
National Traineeship and Apprenticeship organisation is named Highly Commended Partner of the Year
Qube Learning, one of England’s leading independent recruitment and training providers who directly contracts with the government’s Education & Skills Funding Agency to deliver high quality interventions to economically inactive young people aged...
How to use Pupil Premium Funding for Social and Emotional Support
Exploring the growing need for social and emotional support as part of educational recovery in the wake of the pandemic is crucial. Here we examine the kind of interventions that will help deliver such support to children, helping build resilience...
Play Action International launches nationwide appeal to deliver toys for 50,000 Ukrainian refugees
Award-winning children’s charity, Play Action International, has today announced the launch of its ‘Play Box Appeal’. With the UK expected to host up to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees, the appeal aims to support at least 50,000 Ukrainian children...
It is time to inspire a generation of financially capable future employees
Sharon Davies, CEO of Young Enterprise Financial education has the ability not just to transform the lives of young people across the UK but the economy more broadly. As we begin to emerge from the economic and social consequences of widespread...
UK digital literacy to receive major boost as 57k BBC micro:bit coding devices donated to primary schools
The Micro:bit Educational Foundation alongside partners Nominet and the Scottish government will donate 57,000 BBC micro:bits across UK primary schools Support from the Scottish government will see every primary school in Scotland...
Premier Advisory Group appointed by DfE as official adviser for free school proposers
Premier Advisory Group (PAG) has been appointed by the Department for Education as sole supplier of free school application support. The contract starts on 1st April 2022 and is for up to three years. PAG takes over from New Schools Network...
SMART Technologies and Kooth join forces to transform student and teacher wellbeing
SMART partners with Kooth to bring vital mental health resources and support to more students The partnership is an education industry-first for supporting students and teachers with their mental health At least 17% of six to 16-year-olds now suffer...
New resources launched for schools to help make sure school uniform is affordable
The Children’s Society is launching new resources today for all state primary and secondary schools to help them navigate the changes set by new school uniform laws. These resources were developed in partnership with the Child Poverty Action Group...
