News

Hands-on science was the theme of this year’s Science Week at St Mary’s Senior School in Colchester, with a practical session in the labs every lunchtime from Monday 12 to Friday 16 March as well as many other exciting activities throughout the week. The week began with a visit from …

ukactive has launched a major new consultation that will shape the future of children’s physical activity across the UK. Chair of ukactive and former Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has called for everyone from children and physical activity providers to social workers and policymakers, to feed into a new report focused …

Young people and students in Suffolk and Norfolk now have an exciting new mobile app www.icanbea.org.uk to provide them with career guidance and advice on the latest job opportunities, news and industry updates. The Mason Trust is a charity founded in 2008 by well-known businesswoman Yvonne Mason that helps young people …

One in ten children experience a mental health difficulty and now Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, the body overseeing the devolution of the area’s health and social care budget is launching a rapid schools pilot, with the help of world-class athletes, to support the emotional wellbeing of pupils. …

As the Chancellor delivers his Spring statement today, school leaders’ union NAHT is warning that young people with the highest needs are paying the most acute price for the government’s decision not to fund schools fully. Today, NAHT publishes figures from its annual survey of school budgets. The survey showed …

The major skills shortage facing manufacturing and technology businesses would be relieved by attracting more women into STEM sectors, according to the female head of Birmingham’s Millennium Point – which majors on access to STEM education in the Midlands. Millennium Point hosted HRH Prince Harry and his fiancée Meghan Markle …

Responding to a report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on children and young people’s mental health needs, Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, said: “Action to tackle the crisis in children and young people’s mental health is long overdue and this …

Former state students in Oldham are to help transform current students’ opportunities and give them a better start in life by going back to their old schools in an initiative to build an alumni network in schools and college in the town. The programme, run by the education charity Future …

Historic England has created a new free online resource designed to help teachers explore the story of Britain’s prehistory with their pupils. Spanning the entire period from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, the interactive timeline gives teachers a vivid visual representation of how Britain’s landscape and inhabitants changed …

At Write Your Future we are developing academic research into the importance of handwriting, and creating resources to support teachers in the classroom. We’d love to hear your views, to understand how we can help children write more often and more effectively. To tell us what you think about the …