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By Jo Kerkham, Head of School and Snowy Owls Class Teacher Brisley Church of England Primary Academy, part of the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust (DNEAT) is based in mid Norfolk. We have three classes: Reception/Year 1 and Year 2 (Tawny Owls), Year 3 and Year 4 (Snowy …

Logitech Scribe is an AI-powered whiteboard camera that can display, in real-time, a perfect view of the board to remote learners. It is leading the way in the classroom of the future by making lessons more accessible, an essential innovation in education technology as hybrid learning becomes more pervasive. Scribe’s …

Premier Modular, one of the UK’s leading offsite construction specialists, has been awarded a place on the £1.6bn NHS Shared Business Services modular construction framework. Premier was successful in all seven lots applied for and scored highly in the top quartile of modular specialists. The NHS Shared Business Services framework …

Research by Wesleyan – a specialist financial services mutual for teachers – has found that more than one in five (21%) headteachers at schools in England have accelerated their retirement plans over the past 12 months, with nearly one in 10 (8%) now planning to retire before the end of …

As the final term of another school year begins, there is a whole host of preparation in place for children as they move classes, forms and even schools for some. Come September, a whole new group of children will enter the education system. But what many of them don’t know …

There was justifiable apprehension leading up to 25th May 2018, when the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) came into effect, with a flurry of activity as schools and organisations worked diligently to ensure the correct policies and procedures were in place. Three years on, many of the existing …

Offsite construction specialist, Premier Modular, has delivered a new £2m special educational needs facility at Nethergate Academy in Nottingham – an Ofsted Outstanding special school for children with autism, learning difficulties and disabilities. The school is sponsored by Greenwood Academies Trust. The main driver for Nottingham City Council’s decision to …

The LGBTQ+ resources help students aged 11-16 to build their understanding of the LGBTQ+ community, explore the contributions of LGBTQ+ Army personnel past and present, the impact of examples of exclusion and inclusion on their lives, and explain how we can all become better allies to other communities and groups. …

Schools have been hit especially hard during the pandemic – closures, online teaching, little interaction between teachers, students or parents and increased stress. At the same time parents’ evenings, an important means of engaging with parents, have been badly disrupted with no in-person meetings at all. Many schools explored other …

Designed to help teachers and students work productively. Home schooling has suddenly become a big part of life for staff and students everywhere. And for them to achieve the best possible educational outcomes while remote learning they need reliable technology that’s quick and simple to use. That’s where the hardworking …