The UK’s College of the Year, Fareham College is one of 52 colleges nationally, and one of only nine in the South East, chosen by the Department for Education to pilot T-levels: a new technical qualification intended as a vocational alternative to A-levels. From 2020, Fareham College will offer T-levels …
Read More »Pupils across the country set to attempt new Guinness World Record to raise awareness about environmental impact of plastic
More than 6,000 primary school pupils at schools across the country are currently signed up to take part in the Plastic Bottle Boat Challenge. The pupils’ aim is to set a new Guinness World Record to highlight the impact plastic waste is having on oceans and the environment. The Plastic …
Read More »Woodland learning course for children to branch out
Forestry Commission Scotland’s (FCS) Forest Kindergarten training has received full SQA accreditation, meaning it could be rolled out to educational institutions across Scotland as early as August. The Forest Kindergarten programme was developed by FCS in 2009 and is designed to equip early years teachers with the knowledge, understanding and …
Read More »Old Trafford Community Academy creates memorial meadow in memory of victims of the Manchester Arena attack
Children at a local primary academy have paid tribute to the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing by creating a memorial meadow garden and a mural depicting the history of Manchester. Located just a few miles from the site of the tragic attack, Old Trafford Community Academy’s 425 pupils were …
Read More »A coming together of cultures at Durham School
Durham School pupils and children from Russia have been exploring each other’s cultures. Youngsters from St Petersburg and Moscow spent a busy week in Durham with their counterparts from Bow School, which included a ‘Mini World Cup’ ahead of the real thing in Russia this summer. During their stay the …
Read More »Leading charity launches new service to help schools support health and wellbeing
Leading charity Aquarius has launched a brand new service to help schools utilise the pupil premium to provide specialist support for young people affected by mental health issues and problems arising from alcohol, drug and gambling misuse in the home. Figures from NHS Trusts across England reveal that over 100,000 …
Read More »Fantastic free World Cup teaching resources to inspire pupils’ writing
The National Literacy Trust and Walker Books have teamed up to launch a series of fantastic free teaching resources, posters and bookmarks to inspire Key Stage 2 pupils to get writing ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton, the authors behind the best-selling …
Read More »Epsom College bids to become the world’s first school team to sail an autonomous boat 4,000 miles across the Atlantic
Epsom College is in a race to become the first team to sail an autonomous boat across the Atlantic. The global challenge, which has been running since 2010, features teams from Universities, Engineering Institutions and the US and French Naval Academies, but Epsom College stands alone as the only school …
Read More »Adobe Bolsters Its Commitment to Primary & Secondary Schools with new Creative Cloud offerings and Investment in Professional Development
We, at Adobe, are inspired by the educators we meet around the world who use technology to improve the way students learn and build creative problem-solving skills. Our research showed that this is important to nearly every educator and policymaker, because jobs which require creative problem-solving are less likely to be impacted …
Read More »Education trust expands with new leaders as part of long-term vision
A successful Multi-Academy Trust in Northumberland has almost doubled its membership and made a raft of senior appointments after welcoming three local schools as partners. The Three Rivers Learning Trust is now a Mixed Multi-Academy Trust as two Northumberland first schools and a middle school have joined to form an …
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