ChargeLite

formally ClassBuddy

The range consists of three trolley solutions, a desk and wall unit, and a standalone locker: all boasting the same purpose of simultaneously storing, charging, and updating devices in volume.

In support of helping to bridge the digital divide, many campuses now ensure all students have equal access to devices by loaning them to students. ChargeLite supports this operation by providing a more manageable, efficient loaning process.

Charging in volume
ChargeLite allows up to thirty-two devices to be simultaneously charged, with maximum efficiency. The range is conveniently fitted with standard UK 3-pin or Euro sockets, which utilise the device’s own cables and AC adaptors.

Charging in volume saves time and enhances the chances of devices being ready to use, which in return increases productivity and improves students’ learning experience.

Increase device security
Like all LapSafe® products, ChargeLite is built to withstand the test of time, these robust solutions are built in a steel construction, with neat cable management. Doors are secured with either a keyed lock, PIN Code lock, or MIFARE® lock to ensure both quality and functionality.

Update in volume
Each device can be connected to the network which enables updates to be conducted simultaneously and remotely, this saves a significant amount of time and improves device management.

Save vital space
Limited space seems to be a recurring problem for campuses. Rather than having devices laid out across the classroom occupying all the plug sockets, these compact, self-service solutions ensure devices can charge whilst being secured away in a dedicated area. The saved space can then be used more effectively.

Reduces device replenishment
Many of our customers have expressed how without a secure storage space, devices would often get damaged or go awol, ChargeLite immediately provides a solution for this; the lifespan of devices can increase by being in a safe space and the advantage of being able to manage updates in volume.
This is a huge saving on the budget and supports a more environmentally friendly approach, as less replenishment of devices means less ‘tech waste’ going to landfills.

Overall, ChargeLite improves device management, enhances learners’ experience, and saves on vital space and budgets.

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ViewSonic aims to achieve a 42% reduction in carbon footprint by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Other key initiatives within the company’s ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) strategy include aligning with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 4, 12, and 15. These goals focus on providing equitable quality education for all, ensuring responsible product life cycles, and promoting the restorative management of ecosystems.

“We believe that technological advancement and environmental stewardship can and must go hand in hand.” said Clifford Chen, General Manager of the Presentation Group at ViewSonic. ” As a leader in the Interactive Display market, this represents a pivotal step towards a more sustainable and responsible future in the technology sector. It’s a testament to our unwavering dedication to environmental and social responsibility.”

In the pursuit of reducing environmental impact, ViewSonic’s series of ViewBoard interactive displays are designed with recycled materials and incorporate energy-saving features. The Carbon Footprint of ViewBoards has fallen by up to 24.43% compared to the previous generation. These interactive displays are registered with EPEAT® and certified by ENERGY STAR® 8.0, signifying that the devices meet high environmental performance criteria for product longevity, circular design, and energy efficiency. Each ViewBoard also comes with a comprehensive report detailing its carbon emissions and overall environmental footprint.

Energy Conservation
Engineered to minimize power consumption without compromising performance, our interactive displays feature various modes designed to reduce carbon footprint. In Energy-Saving Mode, the device automatically powers down when no signal is received for a specific amount of time. After an hour of inactivity, it enters Stand-By Mode through an Eco-mode setting. For scheduled poweron-and-offs, users can customize their preferred times using Manager Advanced. To access more information about the overall power consumption of our devices and for more precise savings, users can utilize ViewSonic’s Energy Savings Calculator.

Product Longevity
Prioritizing longevity and serviceability, ViewBoards are designed with a modular and upgradable framework, enabling easy component replacement, and accommodating technological advancements without the need to discard the entire unit. For instance, users can enhance their interactive displays by incorporating a slot-in PC to extend the product lifecycle or accessorize with sensors to reduce overall power consumption.

This forward-thinking approach not only extends the product lifecycle but also fosters a circular economy by encouraging the reuse and repurposing of materials. Through the Recycle and Disposal Program, which allows users to return obsolete devices directly to ViewSonic, we responsibly collect, recycle, and dispose of these devices, minimizing environmental harm and maximizing the reusability of materials for newer models.

Social Impact
ViewSonic will participate in various technology tradeshows, including BETT 2024 in London, United Kingdom, from January 24th to 26th, 2024, and ISE 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, from January 30th to February 2nd. The aim is to raise awareness about sustainable technology in educational institutions and corporate environments. Through this participation, the company hopes to actively engage with these sectors to encourage the adoption of devices that are environmentally conscious, promoting a positive impact on the planet.

For more information about ViewSonic’s ethos on sustainability, please visit ViewSonic ESG website.

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“Educational institutes need mats that are durable and effective at keeping water off slippery floor surfaces,” said Richard O’Connor, Marketing Director at First Mats. “With our new Logo Mats, they can be a great eco-friendly choice too.”

These Logo Mats are ideal for schools, nurseries and other educational institutions, as they offer a vast selection of 151 vibrant colours and high-resolution print finishes. This ensures logos and branding remain vivid and eye-catching while maintaining eco-friendly credentials.

First Mats’ new Logo Mats are created from discarded nylon waste, such as fishing nets, effectively transforming waste into a valuable and usable resource. The backing material is a phthalate-free rubber with a 34% recycled nitrile rubber content, perfect for high-traffic commercial entrances such as those in educational institutes.

Richard adds, “Our eco-friendly Logo Mats offer a unique opportunity to infuse school and college branding with environmental responsibility. It’s about helping our clients achieve their sustainability targets without compromise. With these mats, durability, functionality, and a commitment to the environment go hand in hand.”

The use of ECONYL® is enabling organisations worldwide to significantly reduce the global warming impact of nylon. ECONYL® decreases the environmental footprint of nylon by up to 90% compared to materials derived from oil, making it a truly sustainable choice.

To explore the new range of eco-friendly Logo Mats, visit https://www.firstmats.co.uk/pages/logo-mats

Learn more: ViewSonic highlights at BETT video.

ViewSonic is committed to implementing its Ecosystem as a Service (EaaS) strategy by providing innovative visual solutions across hardware, software, services, and digital content. After being ranked first in the global interactive display market in Q4 2022 by the FutureSource, ViewSonic debuted the new 21:9 5K 105” ViewBoard at the BETT show, coupled with a conferencing camera to deliver high-quality audiovisuals, ensuring the best learning outcome in a modern learning environment.

In-class learning with digital content
With increased digitization, educators are faced with new challenges, particularly in developing and implementing content for a digital curriculum. Therefore, ViewSonic launched Originals, the newest feature for the myViewBoard platform, to provide teachers with pre-made content which enables them to create interactive digital lessons, in-class gamification, and social-emotional learning from collaborations with partners. Furthermore, the myViewBoard Manager and environment sensor box support schools in managing devices remotely and to foster an optimal learning environment.

“ViewSonic believes that technology can expand what’s possible in classrooms. The digital transition is the key to the future of education, which is why we’ve designed a range of advanced solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into learning environments of all kinds,” said Clifford Chen, General Manager of the Presentation Group at ViewSonic.

To name just a few, the company has worked with the Bardwell Primary School in Suffolk and the Heathfield Primary School and saw phenomenal educational outcomes. How the ViewBoard and myViewBoard solutions improved the digital learning environment with the former was phenomenon. The latter utilised myViewBoard Manager to help schools’ IT staff manage all ViewBoard displays remotely.

A virtual campus for online learning
With the increasing trend of hybrid learning, ViewSonic brings the benefits of in-person learning to a 3D world. Combined with intuitive controls and diverse features, the UNIVERSE – a virtual learning platform has been launched in 2022 to enhance student engagement, encourage collaboration, and foster a sense of belonging. It also helps schools to get attendance back and allows educators to teach in a more simple, interactive, and fun way.

Check out the interview with Peter Claxton, Senior Director, EdTech Solutions Europe, ViewSonic : ViewSonic at BETT 2023

ViewSonic joins hands to work with academics, partners, and teachers to increase the online learning experience. It has helped students of St. Joseph’s R.C. Primary School to foster a more immersive learning experience. In this 3D campus, teachers and students created their own avatars to interact and collaborate with others as if they were in a real classroom.

This year, new features were introduced to the UNIVERSE, including the Thematic Classroom, a more visualised way of learning for students in specific topics, and the advanced management tool for teachers to improve efficiency, and the Portfolio tool, which enables educators to access class insights such as test results, attendance, and participation records with ease to streamline class management.

Another highlight at the show was ViewSonic’s foldable 135” All-in-One LED Display Solution Kit connecting to a 24” smart podium at the show. The solution demonstrated how teachers can write and touch intuitively on the smaller display and project their work. The innovative foldable screen significantly reduces the packaging size, making transportation more convenient, easy to move between locations, and ready for immediate use. It made a perfect display solution for a range of short-term usage scenarios, such as lectures, events, and hybrid classrooms.

Looking ahead in the next half year of 2023, the company is confident of seeing its expanded EdTech solutions would help more and more educators seamlessly work together to build a whole digital-friendly teaching and learning environment. All of these are designated to drive the best education outcomes and get each child to be the best out of themselves.

“ViewSonic is dedicated to offering innovative visual solutions from hardware, software, service, to digital content. We will continue to implement our Ecosystem as a Service (EaaS) strategy and work with partners across the industry to create a digital education ecosystem that is truly transformative,” said Clifford Chen, General Manager of the Presentation Group at ViewSonic. “At ViewSonic, we believe that technology can expand what’s possible in classrooms. The digital transition is the key to the future of education, which is why we’ve designed a range of advanced solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into learning environments of all kinds.“

As a leading EdTech solutions provider, ViewSonic’s ViewBoard interactive displays and myViewBoard software suites are being adopted by educational institutions around the world. Ranging in size from 24” to 105”, the company’s ViewBoard is one of the most popular interactive displays in the world; in Q4 of 2022, ViewSonic was ranked first in the global interactive display market, while the beginning of 2023 saw the myViewBoard ecosystem swell to over 8 million users.

ViewSonic’s display at BETT 2023 will offer attendees the ability to experience a range of EdTech solutions across different scenarios:

Taking in-class learning with digital content into the future

A teacher will use ViewSonic’s ViewBoard IFP8652 4K display and the company’s whiteboarding software to showcase how diverse pre-made digital lesson content from ViewSonic Originals, an online resource exclusively designed for interactive displays, can be used to create engaging learning experiences in the classroom. While more and more educational institutions are digitising, ViewSonic Originals makes planning and running lessons easier by offering thousands of pieces of content within a user-friendly database.

The company’s latest environmental sensor, Sensor Box, will show how educational institutions can harness technology to optimise conditions such as air quality, humidity, temperature, and automatically switch displays on and off, allowing schools to adhere to the UK Green Building Council guidelines. Additionally, demonstrations of myViewBoard Manager Advanced software will provide insights into how IT departments can remotely manage an entire school’s displays—including multimedia broadcasting, permission management, and addressing technical issues, all of which avoid interrupting classes and allow students to focus on learning.

A new “UNIVERSE” in online learning

Recognised by two distinguished EdTech Awards recently, ViewSonic’s innovative UNIVERSE virtual learning platform opens up new opportunities in online learning. Attendees at BETT 2023 will be able to experience how UNIVERSE allows participants to engage in interactive classrooms with new 3D educational content and create unique learning spaces. The platform addresses some of the key challenges faced during online learning by increasing student engagement, encouraging collaboration, and fostering a sense of belonging among students.

Going hybrid with advanced audiovisuals

To show how higher education can be advanced using hybrid setups to ensure the best learning outcome, ViewSonic will be displaying the 5K 105” ViewBoard IFP105S, which features a 21:9 ratio display and multi-touch capabilities. Attendees will be able to see how students in-class and in other locations can collaborate simultaneously with a breeze.

Further, the series is flawlessly complemented by ViewSonic’s new Live Mosaic View feature for their latest VB-CAM-201-2. Powered by AI technology, Live Mosaic View can provide close-ups of participants and readjust the view based on each attendee’s activity, ensuring that attendees and speakers are automatically framed and focused, offering a more immersive experience for hybrid meetings.

Visit ViewSonic at BETT 2023, North Hall, Booth NL21, ExCeL London. To find more info and arrange a meeting with ViewSonic’s educational experts at BETT 2023, please visit: https://www.viewsonic.com/uk/bett2023

Scientists predict that if we stay on our current course, the repercussions will be catastrophic, affecting things like where we reside, how we grow food, and other necessities for our well-being.

We are witnessing an exponential increase in pollutants due to the world’s continued industrialisation, which harms the climate, human health, agriculture, ecosystem biodiversity, air quality, food, water, and economic security for many.

The great news is that there are currently practicable and economically viable methods and technologies to combat climate change. By putting them in place, we can enhance millions of people’s health and way of life while also achieving numerous global sustainable development goals (SDGs). 

Artificial intelligence is one such modern technology which can be researched and used for the environment’s benefit.

Every industry is impacted by artificial intelligence, which has changed essential fields like medicine by assisting doctors in diagnosis, treatment, and research. AI has also allowed scientists to make significant advancements in studying climate change.

Artificial intelligence and advanced analytics can be utilised to manage complex issues connected to reducing climate change and enhancing adaptation and resilience. If we want to attain net-zero emissions by 2050, the use of AI in climate action must be significantly increased.

Artificial intelligence as a tool is ideally suited to assist in managing these intricate problems. It can help all stakeholders adopt a more insightful and data-driven strategy for reducing carbon emissions and establishing a greener society because of its capacity to collect, complete, and interpret vast data on emissions, the greenhouse effect, and more.

AI may be used to measure emissions both at the micro and macro levels, as well as to reduce emissions and the effects of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). It also has the potential to support initiatives in climate research, modelling, finance, and education.

Here are some concrete benefits of artificial intelligence in the fight against climate change:

Agriculture and food production

To allow for early identification of plant disease and concerns, to provide coordinated nutrition to livestock, and typically to optimise farm inputs and returns based on supply and demand.

AI-augmented agriculture uses automated data collection, decision-making, and corrective actions via robotics. This strategy aims to improve the agriculture sector’s resource efficiency by reducing the consumption of water, fertilisers, and pesticides that harm significant ecosystems and boost resistance to climate extremes.

Environmental surveillance

Recent severe weather occurrences, including floods in Indonesia, wildfires in Australia, hurricanes in Bangladesh and India, and green snow in Antarctica, have wreaked havoc worldwide. All of these situations highlight the necessity of swift climate change mitigation.

AI can be utilised to enhance weather forecasts and interventions to prevent such occurrences. Among other things, AI can improve danger forecasting for geographically based long-term events like sea level rise and immediate, intense occurrences like hurricanes. 

The emerging discipline of climate informatics uses artificial intelligence to revolutionise weather forecasting and advance our comprehension of the impacts of climate change. This also involves the control of exposure and susceptibility, for example, through creating infrastructure that can lessen the effects of climatic hazards.

Energy efficiency

Additionally, AI applications could maximise the deployment of renewable energy sources by supplying solar and wind energy into the electrical grid as needed, increasing power storage, and designing more energy-efficient structures. 

On a lesser scale, it might assist families in reducing their energy consumption by automatically turning off lights when not in use or rerouting electricity from electric cars to the grid to fulfill expected demand.

Waste management

When it pertains to trash management, AI is crucial. One function they provide is intelligent trash cans. Cities may modify and enhance the routes, times, and frequency of waste collection thanks to IoT sensors that monitor the availability of trash cans across neighbourhoods.

Given that AI-powered devices operate at speeds far faster than human labour, automated sorting is a situation where AI has an instant and significant advantage.

Clean transport

CO2 emissions from transportation are a significant contributor to the atmosphere. Another way that AI contributes to climate action is by using electric vehicles, intelligent buses, and other green alternatives to fossil fuels.

The technology aids in providing effective and environmentally friendly transportation, even though it does shift attention to a variety of new issues, such as how electric car costs must be decreased, battery charging times must be shortened, and capacity increased.

Disaster response

To identify weaknesses and improve disaster preparedness, AI can be used to analyse models and complex data of meteorological events and catastrophes in a region.

The synchronisation of emergency information capabilities can also help deliver early warnings and prioritise responses. Disaster simulations can also incorporate cutting-edge intelligence and analytics to choose the best response plans.

Wrapping up

All hands must be on deck to combat climate change. Due to technological advancements, it is now feasible to use emerging technologies to address some of the most significant global issues. It’s time to use AI to save the world and urgently and efficiently reduce emissions.

In this article, we will discuss why it is essential that you should have a locker facility in school or an institution.

Why School Locker?

Having a locker in a school or institution offers a surprising range of benefits for both students and faculty that are practical in nature. These include:

Security

The most important thing that lockers provide for students and faculty is security.

With an increasing number of students carrying mobile phones, tablets or even laptops, lockers for schools have become more critical than ever. This is valid in keeping cases of theft and damage to a minimum.

The added security of school lockers is not only beneficial to students, either, as the presence of a personal locker gives parents peace of mind that their children’s costly belongings are secure throughout the day.

Ultimately, investing in school lockers helps prevent the unfortunate and often stressful situations when expensive items go missing. So it is well worth making the upfront investment in return for happier students, teachers, and parents.

Lockers Space provides a win-win balanced scenario where all benefit from our unique concept.

Health and Safety

It is no secret that lugging heavy textbooks and laptops around can take its toll on your health! This can lead to severe as well as bad posture.

Giving students a safe space to store their things when not needed will help lighten the load and alleviate some of these health concerns. Being free from any niggling aches and pains will also help students focus their attention on their studies.

Privacy

Privacy is important. Whether you are a student, teacher, parent or professor, privacy is something we all see as valuable.

The concept of privacy creates boundaries that teach students about mutual respect.

It defines value in their belongings, thoughts and ideas and builds trust by giving them access to a space that’s theirs and theirs alone.

A locker plays an essential role in guaranteeing privacy by creating a place in schools where students can house their personal belongings.

Though security is undoubtedly the most significant benefit that comes with installing lockers for schools, the advantages and lessons learned to extend far beyond matters of security.

A locker provides a place where students can learn essential life lessons like trust, respect, and independence – and can also help them physically and creatively. 

Personalisation

With students juggling school rules and uniforms, having a space to inject a little personality into can be a breath of fresh air!

Schools will still need to have some basic guidelines concerning locker use (e.g. no graffiti or contraband). Despite this, giving students the freedom to decorate their lockers with photos, posters, and so on can positively affect their well-being.

This is particularly true for students who might be struggling socially.

Responsibility and Respect

One key lesson that school lockers teach children is the responsibility of looking after their possessions and the importance of their belongings – a lesson that will stay with them later in life.

Lockers in schools teach students to respect their possessions and their peers.

When students realise the lockers that protect their valuables are also responsible for safeguarding their peers’ possessions, it fosters an understanding that we each value our belongings.

Whether you’re thinking of investing in small steel lockers or lockable laptop storage, highlighting the connection between students’ belongings and the value of these items will make a lasting impression.

If you want to know more about free lockers for schools, check out our innovative solution – it will help your budget and be a win-win situation for parents, students & teachers.

Click on the Locker Space website https://www.lockerspace.co.uk

At Locker Space, we speak to schools on a regular basis who would love to provide a locker for their students, as well as many schools who are desperate to replace the old, worn-out lockers they currently have in place. However, they often find that due to a lack of capital budget and the high cost of new lockers, they can’t afford to purchase the number of lockers they really need, if any at all. That’s where we come in! We strongly believe that students shouldn’t be deprived of a school locker and therefore have created a locker rental package specifically for the UK’s education sector. For some schools, budget may not be the sole reason preventing them from acquiring new lockers, as space can also be an issue. We are very creative at Locker Space, and you might be surprised where our lockers can be installed.

The lockers are provided free of charge to all size schools, colleges, and universities. The lockers are owned by Locker Space and are available for parents/students to rent on an annual basis with Locker Space being responsible for their maintenance and digital code locking management. You can choose your locker and its location online via our safe and secure bespoke booking system – the rental cost for a student locker is £36 per year, allowing student use for the whole academic year from September through to July. Please note all bookings terminate at the end of the school year in July. The locker’s cost can be pro-rated so we can provide installation at any time of the year.

The lockers are designed and manufactured in UK. They are protected with Elite GUARD anti-bacterial powder coating, which fights bacterial contamination. It is 99.9% effective against MRSA and E-coli.

It is also shown to exhibit zero growth for fungi and moulds.

To enquire about the free supply of lockers for your school, college or university call us free on 0800 043 0015 or visit www.lockerspace.co.uk

A member of the team would love to learn more about your requirements and provide a no obligation free site survey.

Maisha Mema’s vision is “to create a conducive environment for the children in the program through learning and activities so that they will be brought up to be useful citizens of Kenya in terms of getting an education and a job.”

Michael Kyavoa, Teacher, Maisha Mema, explains: “We have worked with Whizz Education since 2016 for our children to access the award-winning virtual tutor Maths-Whizz.  Currently, we have 113 licences, so children, mainly from Play Group to Grade 5 (6-14 years), use Maths-Whizz on a regular basis, funded by St. Olav VGS in Stavanger, Norway, whose generous contribution also covers our WiFi.

“All beneficiaries of Maisha Mema attend public school during the day. When they return in the afternoons, we then work with them to ensure they understood their lessons and anywhere where they found challenges, can be set on Maths-Whizz.  This reinforces learning and really helps build confidence when they are in school.”

90% of Maisha Mema’s students who made 2.5 progressions or more, since the beginning of the academic year, have achieved accelerated progress. 

“Our Whizz Education Success Partner, Matt Jones has been incredible.  He has provided several meeting and training sessions with all of our staff over zoom. He is always available to help and answer any questions.

“One area we have found most helpful is that Maths-Whizz enables us to monitor the progress of each child and groups of learners too.  This is a good point of reference for our teachers.  Every teacher has their own password and log in to access detailed information.  This enables us to drill down into subtopics so we can clearly assess strengths and weaknesses.  The data empowers us as teachers to step in and support individuals, groups of learners or a whole class on a particular topic.  In this way it helps guide our lesson planning on a daily basis.

“The Teachers Resource aspect of the solution is also very helpful.  This is a library and tool containing lesson plans and guides which we can use to plan lessons on specific topics.

“The virtual tutor itself is really well received by the children.  They love the games, animals and animation, and genuinely enjoy working through the programme.  It means there is not a ‘formal’ classroom feeling and learners are active in making progress by themselves.   One of the best aspects of Maths-Whizz is that it pitches the learning at the level of the individual child.  It automatically assesses and tailors online lessons to match knowledge and ability.  We often use it to recap on our normal lessons and yet, everyone is working at their own level and pace.

“Because we use an English version of Maths-Whizz, incidentally, we have found this helps children with their English too!   As well as reading, the sounds help them with their pronunciation.

“Following the COVID lockdown, we were allowed to let five children at a time access our Maths-Whizz room although we still couldn’t teach.   This helped them keep up to date with their maths learning as much as they possibly could given the circumstances.

“Maths-Whizz is now helping us prepare students’ learning for the new CBC curriculum which has been introduced, as they eventually work towards a new national exam when they reach Grade 6.

“Overall, working with Whizz Education and being able to access the virtual tutor Maths-Whizz has helped our learners so much.  Ultimately, the knowledge they have acquired will help our children get jobs in the future and improve their life outcomes.”

If you would like to sponsor or donate to Maisha Mema please visit: www.maishamema.org

For further information about Whizz Education please see:  www.whizz.com

The show’s return to London provided the perfect opportunity for the sector to continue moving from recovery to re-discovery. The event brought together over 3,000 attendees, 150 inspirational speakers and 140 leading education suppliers and provided the perfect meeting and networking space for senior leaders from schools to meet and discuss how to overcome the biggest challenges facing schools in the UK.

As the country continues to move beyond the effects of the pandemic, the education sector is still suffering from staff shortages, funding challenges and now has added pressures from pupil and staff wellbeing issues. Therefore, the Schools & Academies Show is positioned to tackle these challenges through showcasing good practice case studies, innovative suppliers and interactive networking and meeting spaces.

Headline Sponsor Lyfta presented an insightful presentation; ‘Nurturing Children for Our Changing World: The Amazing Power of Diverse Human Stories’ and stated: “We were delighted to take part in the show and have the opportunity to meet sector leaders and staff, while sharing our message and vision with many schools that were not familiar with Lyfta.

“Lyfta provides a powerful and accessible way for students to experience human diversity, and for educators to build cultural capital and nurture the vital skills and values children need to thrive in our changing world. We invite students to explore and connect with real human stories from across the globe, through interactive 360° spaces and powerful short films.

“By taking part, we were able to share some of our work and our mission with Headteachers, MAT Leaders and wider Senior Leadership Teams and it was a great experience to see so many representatives from the sector in one place throughout the day.”

The show is heavily supported by the Department for Education (DfE) and the organisers were delighted to bring back the popular Government Education Village which provides visitors with the chance to speak directly with representatives from multiple teams at the DfE as well as see a variety of live sessions and project demonstrations by the department.

This focus on insightful content and good practice was carried through the entire event, with the following themed stages on offer:

• School Improvement Theatre
• Trust & Trustees Theatre
• Business & Finance Theatre
• EdTech Theatre
• Safeguarding & Wellbeing Theatre
• SEND Theatre
• Leaders’ Town Hall

As well as the 30+ hours of CPD-certified content on offer, over 140 exhibitors took part offering a wide variety of services, products, and solutions for every aspect of running a school. Discovering new suppliers, meeting with current service providers, and finding new and exciting services is one of the key benefits of the show and without this support from the sector, the show would not be such a huge success.

Stephen Morales, CEO, ISBL and Chair, GovNet Education Advisory Board stated: “It’s always a privilege to part of one of the sector largest national events. Being able to interact with such large numbers in attendance, both in the margins of the sessions and as speaker provides me with a real sense of the mood of our sector, their challenges, their concerns, and their aspirations.

“As ISBL’s CEO I believe events like this are essential to the sectors ongoing evolutions and as a professional institute we look forward to supporting the Schools & Academies Show again in Birmingham in November.”

If you would like to find out more about how you can join the leading education suppliers already benefiting from exhibiting at the shows, then please contact info@schoolsandacademiesshow.co.uk.

About the event:

The Schools & Academies Show is the UK’s leading education policy event, tackling the biggest topics and changes across the sector in order to ensure better outcomes for pupils and staff and is organised by GovNet Education.

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