Welcoming the Government's Education White Paper, ‘Your child, your school, our future', the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) is pleased that the importance of good school leadership is being recognised as a vital part of the 21^st century schools system.

The Secretary of State for Education, Ed Balls MP, today chose Fulham Cross Girls' School to launch nationwide plans for chains of schools under single ‘super-heads'.

Last year local parents had their say on plans to bring Fulham Cross Girls' School together with its close neighbour Henry Compton School.

Over a number of years I have been in the privileged position in my role as an Education adviser for Inclusion, and more recently as a freelance education consultant, to witness first hand good and outstanding practice in the Every Child Matters (ECM) outcomes, existing within early years settings, schools, academies and pupil referral units throughout the UK. 

Young people across the UK, aged 11-21, are being given the opportunity to have their say in the fight against knife crime through an open access film competition with a difference: The Life Channel Young Filmmakers' Competition 2009.

As the UK faces up to the harsh realities of the current recession, David Fairhurst, Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer, McDonald's, champions the value of lifelong learning in the workplace and explores the role employers can play in everyday young people's educational opportunities.

A story made the papers last month, of a girl who dropped out of school aged 16 and went on to have four children. Nothing remarkable there, one may think, except that 14 years later, she has received an offer to study medicine at Cambridge and expects to get four straight As at A level in order to take up her place.

When building schools for the future it is clearly essential that the quality of the build and design is such that the school can withstand all that the future has in store. But instead of grabbing a golden opportunity to provide inspirational learning environments - the criticism was that some of the new schools were badly laid out and shoddily built.

Corby Business Academy in Northamptonshire, designed by world-renowned architects Foster + Partners, houses five faculties in individual atrium hubs. Monodraught natural ventilation Windcatchers, mounted on the roof to draw fresh air into the classrooms and other spaces, were among the energy saving features chosen by the Architects.

Educational technology specialist, Promethean, has formed a training partnership with FantastICT, which marks the creation of the first Promethean Authorised Learning Centre. Through the appointment, FantastICT will offer a full-range of Promethean accredited training courses to schools throughout England and Wales.

Matrix Display Systems has collaborated with Local Authorities and schools across the UK to pilot the use of visualiser technology. Three hundred schools trialed Elmo visualisers in their classrooms for a ten week period to see how it aided teaching primary and secondary school children in a range of subjects.