Teachers fear pupils without internet at home are becoming socially excluded and falling far behind

  Many of the half a million pupils across the UK who don’t have internet at home are becoming socially excluded from their classmates and are falling far behind in their school work, teachers have warned.  An online YouGov survey of ...

Aldi and Team GB launch their new Design a Lorry Competition

To celebrate the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics, Aldi and Team GB are challenging young people aged 5–14 to get creative and design an Aldi lorry that celebrates fresh, healthy food. By taking part in the competition, students have the chance to see ...

Rubbermaid Commercial Products launches campaign to promote hand hygiene in schools

Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) has launched ‘Hands Up For Hand Hygiene’: a campaign aimed at encouraging school-aged children to become more aware of the importance of good hand hygiene, now and in the future.   Effective hand hygiene is ...

Statement From The Children’s Society On Ofsted Report Of Sexual Harassment In Schools And Colleges

  In response to the Ofsted findings of the prevalence of sexual harassment in our Schools and Colleges, Iryna Pona, Policy Manager at The Children’s Society, said: “These worrying findings lay bare how a culture of sexual harassment and abuse ...

Experts offer schools FREE drug & alcohol awareness seminar

  The UK Addiction Treatment Group is offering all schools, colleges and universities across the country the opportunity to engage pupils in an exciting, FREE awareness seminar on the dangers of drugs and alcohol.    The programme, led ...

Maths Summer Learning Challenge Launched

  10 June 2021:  Whizz Education, provider of the award-winning virtual tutor Maths-Whizz, has launched an exciting summer learning challenge for all 5–13-year-olds.  This new initiative is open to all schools and parents, designed to ...

Olympic Gold medallist Sally Gunnell and school kids team up to launch Olympic-inspired campaign between the British Red Cross and Team GB

Olympic legend Sally Gunnell has today, Monday 7 June 2021, visited a school in Brighton to launch a new Olympic-inspired campaign between the British Red Cross and its official partner Team GB, encouraging schools to get involved with a brand new ...

Investing in a Distance Learning Solution: The Future of Educational Technology

By Nadav Avni, Chief Marketing Officer at Radix Technologies With vaccination programmes in place and Coronavirus infections rates dropping, economies are reopening, people are going back to work, and students are back to school. Educational ...

Academies Put Teacher Wellbeing First Trust Invests in Digital Partnership to Support Staff

A Multi Academy Trust is leading the way in supporting teachers during the pandemic by investing in a new digital partnership which puts wellbeing first.    St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust – a family of 25 schools in ...

Teach Active to launch the UK’s largest active learning day

As part of the Youth Sport Trust’s National School Sport Week (19-25th June 2021), Teach Active is set to host the largest active learning day for schools on Wednesday 23rd June.   On this day, English and maths lessons in primary schools ...

Acer UK adds even more value to the Acer STEM Rewards Programme.

  Acer UK is launching a new promotion to deliver the best value and service to schools, colleges and universities, offering a free extended warranty on two of the most popular products available for the education sector.   From 1st June ...

ONE IN TEN HEADTEACHERS SET TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR

Research by Wesleyan – a specialist financial services mutual for teachers – has found that more than one in five (21%) headteachers at schools in England have accelerated their retirement plans over the past 12 months, with nearly one in 10 (8%) now ...