FXP Festival is working with Cambridge-headquartered global technology leader, Arm, to deliver an Extended Challenge for students in Year 9 who participated in this year’s FXP, a games design and development competition which took place at Cambridge Regional College, 7 – 9 July 2018. FXP Festival is linked to the …
Read More »Young people in Greater Manchester to benefit from £500,000 investment in careers education
Tens of thousands of Greater Manchester’s young people are set to benefit from over £500,000 of investment aimed at improving careers education and helping them identify the best career opportunities. The city-region will become one of just 20 ‘Careers Hubs’ across England, designed to help young people develop relationships and …
Read More »Bromley schoolboys ‘peak’ at adventure challenge
Staff and pupils from a Bromley school have returned from a gruelling week away undertaking the Three Peaks Challenge. Bickley Park School took 26 boys – aged 12 and 13 years old – to test their own abilities in terms of motivation, team, and leadership skills. As part of the …
Read More »IB students around the world celebrate their results during the IB’s 50th anniversary
In the year that the International Baccalaureate (IB) celebrates 50 years of delivering education for a better world, 4,923 UK students receive their Diploma (DP) and Career-related Programme (CP) results today, joining a community of more than 1.7 million lifelong learners. This year’s students achieved an average diploma score of …
Read More »Dragonfly Tea and Henley Literary Festival launch nationwide children’s writing competition and pledge support to Beanstalk
Children aged five to 15 across the country are being invited to enter the Dragonfly Tea Story Competition, with book vouchers and a prize-giving at one of the UK’s leading book festivals on offer to the winners. 2018 marks the fourth consecutive year the Berkshire-based tea company has teamed up …
Read More »Volunteers transform Heaton School’s field
Volunteers have helped transform school grounds at the Heaton School to improve the learning environment for students. Heaton School in Heaton Moor is Stockport’s Secondary Special School for young people with severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, autism and complex medical needs. The school caters for students aged …
Read More »Defra-backed project to plant 1 million trees with schools
Trees for Learning is a major project to encourage schools to plant trees within school grounds and local green spaces. It forms part of DEFRA’s pledge to support schools to plant 1 million trees by 2020. Working with the Woodland Trust, who are leading on delivery targeted at some of …
Read More »Jonathan Gillespie, headmaster at ST ALBANS SCHOOL, wins IDPE Senior Leadership Award 2018
Schools’ development teams are transforming the lives of young people every day. The IDPE 2018 Development Awards celebrate the most creative, the most effective and the most influential work in schools’ development. This is a unique opportunity for the sector to celebrate success of both individuals and teams working in …
Read More »It’s time to make your move
Active Wellbeing Week Monday 2 July – Friday 6 July 2018 A well-rounded health and wellbeing policy should aim to encourage active lifestyles; assist employees to strike a healthy work‑life balance; support people to achieve their personal goals; provide networking and teambuilding opportunities; and improve workplace morale and performance. According …
Read More »Science students invited to showcase research at the University of Oxford
14 secondary school students from across the country have been invited to showcase their research on particle physics at a scientific conference being held in the Physics Department at the University of Oxford. The Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) partnered with researchers at the University of Oxford on a …
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