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Responding to last night’s statement from the Prime Minister, Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union, said: “The Prime Minister’s statement that it would be “madness” to risk a second spike in transmission of the Coronavirus highlights the need for extreme caution. Regrettably, the Prime …

– Supporting UK families to homeschool with confidence during COVID-19 – In response to the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, ClickView, the world’s leading producer of educational videos, is taking action. For the first time, all curriculum-aligned videos and resources produced by ClickView since 2014 will be freely available. This will help …

Children’s education charity, The Smallpeice Trust, and the RAF have joined forces to donate engineering-based ‘Think Kits’ to the schools remaining open to support vulnerable children and students of key workers, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this time of need, many UK schools are continuing to provide emergency learning and …

Wildlife charity WWT has launched its new online ‘wild’ home learning hub to help hard pressed parents teach their primary school aged children key parts of the science curriculum. New resources, covering different conservation science themes, will be released weekly on a Monday morning during lockdown. WWT has 70 years’ …

By AJ Products Working from home means you might miss out on walking or cycling as part of your commute and gives you even more excuses not to get up from your desk. Exercise isn’t just good for your physical fitness; it can also have an impact on your mental …

The Copyright Licensing Agency has announced that following consultation with its Members and educational publishers, it has temporarily increased the copying limits in its Education Licence from 5% to 30%. These changes will last until schools re-open or 31 July at the latest, in order to give teachers and students …

In the Golden Age of technology, automation is seen as the inevitable future and no one can deny that smart tech has made our lives a lot easier. But what does automation mean for recruitment? From targeted ads, CV scanners, application trackers, and psychometric testing, there is a lot technology …

Nick Gibb, the schools minister, has today confirmed that pupils will receive A-level results on August 13th, and GCSE results on August 20th, going back on an earlier statement that the intention was for students to receive their grades “before the end of July”. As it now stands, the dates …

Suitable for all ages from 4-19, STEM Learning has carefully selected more than 300 activities and materials available from its bank of over 14,000 free resources to support parents and carers with home learning, with a particular focus on STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and maths. STEM Ambassador Tim Peake …

From today, six new productions will be available for teachers and pupils to access at home via the National Theatre Collection in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing and ProQuest. The six productions complete the National Theatre Collection, which consists of high-quality recordings of 30 world-class productions drawing from 10 years of …