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YPO, the UK’s largest publicly owned buying organisation, has joined hands with The Roald Dahl Literary Estate to sponsor the 100th birthday celebrations of the world’s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl. Ahead of the ‘Roald Dahl 100’ birthday celebrations on 13th September 2016, YPO has announced a splendiferous opportunity for a …

The founder of a revolutionary music school is sharing his infectious passion for music education in a brand new book, Learn to Play the Rocksteady Way. Through the eyes of children, parents and teachers, Mark Robinson explores the life-changing effect that learning to play music can have on children, demonstrating …

The University of Sunderland has been transforming its City Campus through a series of landmark building projects. The University has close links with industry, and is internationally recognised for its strong track record in pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences, biomedical sciences and environmental sciences. Building on this position, the University has invested …

Foremans Relocatable Building Systems, a member of the Portakabin Group and the UK’s largest supplier of refurbished Portakabin buildings, has been awarded a £1.6 million contract to build a purpose-designed sixth form centre at Higham Lane School in Nuneaton. Higham Lane is the joint highest-performing state-funded secondary school in Warwickshire, …

Portakabin, the UK’s leading supplier of interim modular buildings, has successfully constructed and handed over a complete new 300-pupil interim primary school in Devon in less than four months. Working in partnership with architects and project managers, Atkins, Portakabin provided more than 1,200sqm of primary teaching accommodation for the relocation …

Thousands of secondary aged pupils are expected to tune in to a virtual Shakespeare lesson next week when the BBC and the RSC join forces to deliver Shakespeare: Text Detectives – the first Live Lesson about Shakespeare for secondary school aged pupils. In the month that marks both Shakespeare’s birthday …

Financial education is an area that schools are increasingly developing within the curriculum and there are a plethora of online resources available to aide children’s learning in this area. The Pocket Money board game is a brand new resource that makes maths and financial management fun whilst delivering a very …

Die-hard ski enthusiasts who are willing to travel to the reaches of Australia, New Zealand, Chile or Argentina may find that they are able to ski all year round. However, unless you are willing to travel the world in search of snowy runs throughout the year, your best bet to …

St Albans, 10 February, 2016 – Three teams from St Albans School have outperformed the stock market, securing their place in the semi-finals of the ifs Student Investor Challenge, a national investment competition. Competing against 10,000 other teams from across the UK, St Albans School’s leading team made a virtual …

The National Curriculum is constantly being reviewed and improved, and various subjects are often updated and implemented into schools up and down the country. We have a National Curriculum to ensure each student receives a particular level of education, by outlining structures within each subject on what children should be …