Whizz Education has been nominated for two Bett Awards: for Class Aid or Education Support, and Primary Digital Learning Product – Numeracy & Maths. Emma Ringe, Schools Director, Whizz Education explains: “Whizz Education has more than 15 years’ experience partnering with schools to improve learning outcomes in maths. We adapt …
Read More »Celebrating 30 years of inspiring young engineers: applications open for esteemed engineering scholarship programme
The search is on for the next generation of engineering talent, with applications now open for students to apply to the highly respected Arkwright Engineering Scholarship programme. The fully sponsored Scholarship, part of children’s education charity, The Smallpeice Trust, aims to widen access and provide young people from all backgrounds …
Read More »Searching for the School Librarian of the Year
The School Library Association (SLA) is inviting nominations for the School Librarian of the Year Award. Nominations are free of charge and are welcome from anyone working in a school library including those who are not members of the SLA. For the first time, this year the School Librarian of …
Read More »SET Beccles School becomes Health and Wellbeing Lead school for Suffolk
SET Beccles, part of the Seckford Education Trust (SET), has become one of only 50 schools in England to be selected as a lead school for Health and Wellbeing by the Youth Sport Trust. The move will see SET Beccles join a national network of schools, all working towards enhancing …
Read More »Forest Hill School becomes only school in London to win prestigious LGBTQ+ award
Forest Hill School has achieved the Stonewall School Champion Gold award. Currently the only school in London with Stonewall Gold status under the revised programme – and one of only two secondary schools in the country – the award gives recognition to schools tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, and …
Read More »Education Scotland Strategic Director joins Digital Schools Awards Scotland
Digital Schools Awards Scotland has expanded its team with the appointment of Alan Armstrong, former Strategic Director of Education Scotland, who will help guide and implement the ongoing strategy to promote digital innovation and learning in Scotland. Armstrong, who retired from Education Scotland in April 2021 after a 40-year career …
Read More »Gower College Swansea apprenticeship scheme named best in UK
Welsh-based further education institution, Gower College Swansea, has scooped a top accolade at a national awards ceremony. Gower College Swansea won Apprenticeship Programme of the Year at the annual Tes FE Awards, which recognises the best further education organisations supporting learners across the UK. The college was commended for developing …
Read More »Dagenham school wins gold mental health award
All Saints School in Dagenham has landed a gold standard award for its outstanding mental health and wellbeing provision. The school has been awarded the School Mental Health Award by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools after being found to be excelling in all eight areas …
Read More »Dunblane student selected for engineering excellence scholarship
Dunblane High School student Jessica Francis has been selected for the prestigious national Arkwright Engineering Scholarship due to her outstanding abilities in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). With a love of coding, sixteen-year old Jessica started to teach herself to code when she was just seven using the Scratch …
Read More »Finalists selected for The Education Resources Awards 2021!
Brilliant Marketing Solutions and BESA have announced that the finalists have now been selected for The Education Resources Awards 2021. The finalists cover 22 categories – including 2 newly-created ones, which reflect the changing landscape of the last 12 months. According to Brilliant and BESA: “Our judges were highly impressed …
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