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With the start of a new school year just days away Barnardo’s has launched a workbook children can use to help them through the first few weeks of term. The Change Challenge booklet contains easy to follow exercises to be completed by key stage 1 and key stage 2 pupils to …

Bedford Creative Arts (BCA) has developed a series of teaching resources to help schools in and around Bedfordshire explore the iconic airships of Bedford’s past. BCA’s Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity project, delivered in partnership with The Higgins Bedford, provides a great way for schools to link local, social history to …

The behaviour and attitudes of staff teaching young people at the on-site college of a psychiatric hospital has been praised for being ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. The Government watchdog recently took part in an unannounced inspection of St Andrew’s College which provides education in a secure setting and is located on …

An educational initiative encouraging schoolgirls to become the next generation of investment experts gets out of the starting blocks in Scotland in September. This year’s Growing Future Assets Competition, which aims to introduce senior girls to the world of investment, its impact and range of careers, begins on 6 September …

A science park in north Wales is helping a record number of Bangor University students get their foot in the door and take the first steps in their careers. Anglesey’s Menai Science Park (M-SParc) by Bangor University has helped more than 70 per cent of students interning with businesses at …

Students across the Fylde Coast have been a hive of activity this summer as they help to grow the area’s dwindling bee population. Schools from across Blackpool and Fleetwood have been decorating and installing bee houses in a bid to encourage more insects to visit and nest, while conducting their …

Staffordshire University Academies Trust will be investing over £150k, in academic year 2021-2022, to replace the roofs at four of its academies. This will bring the Trust’s total investment in the real estate across its 20 schools to around £1.5 million over the last three years. All 20 schools have …

Evidence suggests that regular physical activity can have a positive impact on pupils’ mental wellbeing. Increasing activity, both at home and in school, has been shown to make pupils feel better, help improve their performance at school, and develop important skills. Yet over the past year, we’ve seen evidence to …

Fourteen UK schools and almost forty in countries from Mexico to New Zealand have been recognised for their students’ attainment in maths by Whizz Education, provider of the award-winning virtual tutor Maths-Whizz. Richard Marett, CEO, Whizz Education, confirms. “We have launched our distinguished school programme to highlight and reward the …

Warwickshire CCC and Sandwell College have announced a new partnership that will see a new two-year further education course delivered in collaboration with the club’s official charity the Edgbaston Foundation. The programme is designed to support a career in professional sport, delivered from the iconic Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. The …