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Around 8,000 of London’s frontline professionals working with young people are being offered training in mental health support and safeguarding. The scheme aims to help young Londoners, particularly those affected by gang-related crime, thanks to £1.4m from the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC). The Mental Health and Safeguarding …

Jeans for Genes Day is celebrating its 20th year of fundraising for children with genetic disorders on Friday 18th September 2015, and this year a host of celebrities are backing the campaign including Kate Moss, Amanda Holden and SpongeBob Square Pants. Jeans for Genes Day is a fun and educational …

The winners of the Let Teachers SHINE competition, run by the education charity SHINE, were announced at an awards presentation held last week at the Capita SIMS Annual Conference. Teachers across the country had the opportunity to win a grant worth up to £15,000 to develop their idea to support …

The daughter of a woman who lost her life in the first suicide bombings in Britain ten years ago has spoken out about her ordeal in the days following the attacks. 52 innocent people were killed and over 700 injured on the 7th July 2005 when four bombs were detonated …

A caterer, an actress and an accountant were among professionals going back to their old school to inspire the current generation to academic success and career confidence under a scheme setting up ‘old school tie’ networks in state schools and colleges. Sixteen alumni returned to Parliament Hill School, Highgate Road, …

This year Wrong Trousers Day celebrates the charity’s 12th year of bringing this national fundraising event to support sick children in hospitals and hospices! Anyone can join in, just donate £1 for your chance to wear your weirdest and wackiest trousers for a day. We want to see everyone getting …

Following its success in 2015, Futures is returning to Bett 2016, providing inspirational ed-tech start-ups with the opportunity to showcase their products and services to more than 35,000 visitors. As the new purpose-built home for the world’s most inspiring ed-tech start-ups, Futures was launched at Bett 2015, in collaboration with …

Randstad Education has announced the content of the very first free to attend CPD conference for supply teachers. The CPD conference will be made up of a Keynote session followed by sessions which are chosen by the delegates. There are 3 parallel workshops giving delegates the opportunity to select one …

Apps for Good, the free education programme dedicated to closing the digital skills gap, has announced 18 teams of students as finalists in the Apps for Good Awards, to be held on 18 June at the Barbican in London. The national Apps for Good Awards celebrate the next generation of …

Only 104 secondary school headteachers in the UK are from Black Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds in the UK– that’s just 3%. With some schools seeing 70% of students from a BME background, this means that the staff makeup simply does not reflect the student body. A new, government-backed scheme aims …