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The Millennium Point Trust has announced it has given over £3.25m in STEM support to organisations across the West Midlands over the last 12 months. Commercial activity that takes place in the Millennium Point building feeds back into the Millennium Point Charitable Trust. This enables the charity to donate to, …

Four primary school pupils across Hertfordshire, one from each key stage 2 year group, have been named winners of the Hertfordshire Heroes Christmas Art competition after their artwork was selected by a panel of by military personnel at Northwood HQ, Hertfordshire. Organised by Hertfordshire County Council, the 10th annual competition …

Pupils at a Coventry primary school are hoping to provide comfort to local people suffering from Covid-19 after creating more than 30 handmade faith packages. Year 5 pupils at St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School, part of the Romero Catholic Academy, have created 32 prayer bags to provide comfort to people …

Key stage 3 teachers are being given a helping hand to kick-start their New Year with better organisation by downloading a ready-to-use scheme of work bringing green skills and the “engineering in everything” into the classroom. Engineering industry charity Enginuity has launched a vertical farming-themed Skills Miner educational game in …

Schools with a high proportion of pupils who receive Free School Meals (FSM) have a higher teacher attrition (leaving) rate compared to schools with a lower proportion. They also have higher teacher turnover and vacancy rates and spend more money on supply teachers. These are just some of the insights …

Amazon and digital education charity, the Learning Foundation have launched Tech4Schools, a new scheme that provides low-income schools serving disadvantaged communities with new devices, digital skills training and tech support. The scheme is funded by Amazon, and will be rolled out in collaboration with charity In Kind Direct, who will connect schools with …

A new initiative designed to showcase the impactful and essential work of Teaching Assistants has been launched by one of the UK’s foremost educational charities. The campaign All I Do, created by the leader in vocational and technical learning NCFE, features real Teaching Assistants reading out public opinions about the …

nasen – the National Association for Special Educational Needs – is inviting expressions of interest from schools in England to take part in the Assistive Technology Training Test and Learn Pilot, announced yesterday by the Department for Education. The pilot, which is funded until August 2023, will involve staff from …

The Department for Education (DfE) has released further details of its National Education Nature Park, created to teach children about climate change and improve biodiversity across the country. Esri UK is providing a digital mapping platform and expertise in biodiversity mapping to help underpin this exciting initiative, first announced at COP26 by the Education Secretary. The …

Young people, their parents, and even the Government are increasingly looking to schools to cover environmental topics like climate change. Yet a survey conducted by Twinkl found that while 92% of educators felt that teaching about climate change was very important, 70% said they lacked the confidence to do so. …