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A new English project is supporting the needs of teachers to develop skills for teaching young learners with English as an additional language (EAL) in UK schools. The EAL Nexus project, funded by the European Integration Fund, the British Council and The Bell Foundation, has launched a new website to …

Recently, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw, speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, said that “leadership is absolutely critical” in improving behaviour. Thinking alike, and working with Contact Group, providers of best in class communication and data services, former assistant head and director of Sixth Domain, John Roberts has created a …

Gareth Thomas, the 100-times capped former Wales skipper, has announced his support for this year’s Anti-Bullying Week, organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, which takes place on 17-21 November. Gareth, who leads the Balls to Bullying campaign which launched earlier this year, visits schools all over the country to work with …

The Sex Education Forum, hosted by leading children’s charity the National Children’s Bureau, today welcomes the addition of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV and AIDS to the revised draft National Curriculum for science (Key Stage 4) in secondary schools. This will help make it clear to schools that every …

The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has launched frozen food education packs to secondary schools across the UK. The packs have been created to assist food technology teachers and educate pupils on the benefits of frozen food. The frozen food education packs were launched for the current school term and …

National charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is offering free educational fundraising packs to schools and groups across the UK, to educate children about deafness and encourage schools to raise funds for the Charity. Each free school pack contains fun, interactive and educational activities. These include teaching children to spell …

Brake, the road safety charity, and webuyanycar.com have raised more than £20,000 through the joint initiative, Giant Walking Bus. These funds will be directly invested by the charity into future campaigns designed to make the roads safer for the UK’s most vulnerable users, and used to support their work with …

The RAF Association, in association with National Schools Partnership, is launching High Values, a free educational programme aimed at children aged 7-12. High Values will present teachers with the opportunity to teach their pupils about four core values that are crucial to the RAF and the RAF Association: Respect, Integrity, …

Thousands of children in primary schools will be hosting the UK’s first Fairtrade Bakesale Party, to celebrate Fairtrade’s 20th birthday this autumn. The campaign has been launched by the Fairtrade Foundation, and aims to help children learn about global issues whilst raising money to increase the impact of Fairtrade. Using …

The leading education charity Future First is calling on former state school students to sign up as governors at their old school amid increasing concern at the national shortage of adults volunteering to take up the posts. Up to a quarter of school governor positions are vacant in some rural and …