With modern interiors and offering plenty of natural light, garden buildings are becoming increasingly popular throughout the UK – with January to May 2022 witnessing a record 500% increase in sales. However, the benefits offered by garden buildings don’t have to be limited to a residential setting. In fact, these spaces can …
Read More »New Chair of Trustees appointed at NASBTT
The Executive Leader of Suffolk and Norfolk School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees at the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT). Anna Richards (left), who has worked in ITT since September 2014 and been a NASBTT Trustee since December 2017, …
Read More »Cheshire College student aces academic programme by University of Oxford
Cheshire College – South & West A Level student Bethany Wallace (left) has successfully completed the 12-month Oxnet Intensive Academic programme in Philosophy and World Religions. Led by Pembroke College, Oxford, Oxnet is an established initiative run collaboratively between participating colleges at the University of Oxford, Durham University, the University …
Read More »New research shows significant differences in access to school libraries between North and South of England
One in seven state primary schools does not have a designated library space and over three-quarters of a million children in the UK do not have access to books that we know enable better educational outcomes and greater well-being, according to the largest ever survey of the state of primary …
Read More »A quarter of children are bullied frequently as anti-bullying campaigners call on adults to set a better example
In a survey of nearly 30,000 pupils in England conducted by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and analysed by Goldsmiths, University of London, almost 1 in 4 children (24%) told researchers they were being frequently bullied face-to-face, with the situation even worse for those with SEND (31%) or those in receipt of …
Read More »Stronger Than Hate: Cheshire pupils win international anti-hate challenge
Four students from a Cheshire secondary school have won a major anti-hate challenge organised by the University of Southern California (USC) Shoah Foundation and global edtech leader Discovery Education. The students from Sandbach High School, were awarded top prizes in the UK category of the international Stronger Than Hate Challenge …
Read More »Highcliffe school joins HISP Multi Academy Trust
A Christchurch secondary school and sixth form has joined a multi academy trust (MAT) in a bid to expand facilities, resources and to improve investment in staff training. Highcliffe School has partnered with HISP Multi Academy Trust to receive access to its extensive school improvement network and to receive funding …
Read More »Free cybersecurity toolkit for schools launched
Hacking, phishing, malicious software and distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks are on the increase according to the National Crime Agency. With more and more schools falling victim to cybercrime and pressure mounting on governors and school leaders to implement appropriate controls, edtech charity LGfL-The National Grid for Learning has launched …
Read More »Multi-award-winning school band launches its bid for further music success while bucking the trend in the downturn in GCSE music
A multi-award-winning Shropshire school band has launched its bid for further national music success. Wrekin College’s Jazz Band and Concert Band are already in rehearsals to try and clinch yet another prestigious platinum award at the National Concert Band Festival. The Jazz Band already has a hat-trick of the gongs …
Read More »Proportion of headteachers highly anxious about work more than doubled at pandemic peak
Headteachers experienced substantial increases in anxiety about work throughout the pandemic – with increases much greater than for more junior teaching staff – and with potential consequences for future recruitment of senior leaders, according to a new study by UCL researchers. Released today as an academic working paper, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the …
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