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Are you worried your pupils don’t have the reading speed, comprehension skills, and vocabulary knowledge to complete the Reading SATs paper? You’re not alone if you do. Many of our customers approached us for this exact reason. They’ve implemented Reading Plus as their online reading development programme to help pupils …

Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) technology team helps to manage over £10 billion of spend each year on behalf of public sector customers and in the last 18 months have increased commercial benefits for technology customers from £431 million to £1.2 billion. In this article, Dr Philip Orumwense – Commercial Director …

Fifteen years ago, visionary music teacher and Rocksteady Founder Mark Robinson discovered that teaching music in a band setting, using child-led practices, not only speeds up the rate of musical progression, but can deliver a life-changing impact on children’s’ wellbeing, confidence, and learning. Today, thousands of primary schools love and …

In March this year, just as the UK was emerging from lockdown, the UNBOXED Learning Programme embarked on a mission – to engage millions of young people in combining STEM and the arts to imagine more positive futures for us all. The Learning Programme, available to all primary schools across …

Deanestor, one of the UK’s leading fitout specialists, has delivered a £1.6m contract for one of the highest performing secondary schools in Scotland. Built by McLaughlin & Harvey for East Dunbartonshire Council, the new £40.9m Boclair Academy in Bearsden near Glasgow has created a state-of-the-art learning environment for 1,000 pupils. …

Comment by NIGEL AYLWIN-FOSTER, ReEnergise Projects Ltd Net-zero is a current buzzword, but it’s causing confusion. There are now two interpretations of net-zero in circulation in the energy sector, both of which are relevant for the education sector. They mean different things and require ostensibly different responses, but the responses …

Since the Industrial Revolution, human polluting activity has caused 1.0°C of global warming and an increase to 1.5°C is expected between 2030 and 2052 if emissions continue to increase at the current rate. Despite the UK government’s Net Zero commitments and the Department for Education’s vision to be “the world-leading …

iSpring Solutions Inc., a global leader in the eLearning software and services sector, launched iSpring Quiz Maker 11 – a convenient, functional, and easy-to-learn quiz creation tool with an intuitive interface. Interactive HTML5 and SCORM quizzes and surveys, and publish them to the web or an LMS. It’s possible to …

Governments and institutions around the world are discussing problems with plastic waste on a global scale, it is important to recognise that this is an issue which falls upon every level of society to tackle, local as well as global. There is no better starting point than our own place …

Learning loss may have had a knockon effect on student progression, but innovative technology can help close the gaps in education by reinspiring learners. From capturing students’ interest about a particular topic, to helping them practise skills related to their learning, interactive displays are proving a valuable digital tool in …