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Capita has been awarded a new contract to deliver a programme for culture change and promote flexible working practices in English schools. Boosting flexible working is a key pillar of the Department for Education (DfE)’s strategy to recruit new teachers and help retain the existing workforce, with the aim of …

Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – has become the first organisation in the engineering and construction sector to establish a programme with Governors for Schools, a national education charity that finds, places and supports governors on school and academy boards. The programme will see Atkins professionals work …

If yes, then you should book a place on the Education and Training Foundation’s Teaching T Levels in Schools course taking place on Friday, 24 March 2023. This course is fully-funded, so is free for you to attend. The course is aimed to help school staff develop their pedagogical practice …

Lenovo has today announced the latest Lenovo Education portfolio with new hardware, software and services solutions designed to inspire and enable learning anywhere; and built to help students and teachers embrace the next-level of hybrid learning. The latest Lenovo Education portfolio includes: • New Windows 11 and ChromeOS laptops designed …

A programme designed to improve children’s physical literacy and activity levels has been launched nationwide to support primary schools in measuring the impact of their PE delivery. Wow Active tracks pupil progress through a series of fun and inclusive challenges and supports every child to achieve their personal best. Using …

City of London Academy Shoreditch Park forms a part of The Britannia Project, a project to regenerate a thriving London community with new facilities and amenities, including new housing, a new school and community leisure facilities. Built to cater for the anticipated expanding population, the new development forms a harmonious …

By Jamie Southam, Head of Sports and Specialist Structures at Smart-Space “At Smart-Space we promote a number of beliefs that tend to raise eyebrows but really please our customers. We honestly believe you should build a sports hall from the inside out, spending as much of your budget as you …

Are you worried your pupils don’t have the reading speed, comprehension skills, and vocabulary knowledge to complete the Reading SATs paper? You’re not alone if you do. Many of our customers approached us for this exact reason. They’ve implemented Reading Plus as their online reading development programme to help pupils …

Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) technology team helps to manage over £10 billion of spend each year on behalf of public sector customers and in the last 18 months have increased commercial benefits for technology customers from £431 million to £1.2 billion. In this article, Dr Philip Orumwense – Commercial Director …

Fifteen years ago, visionary music teacher and Rocksteady Founder Mark Robinson discovered that teaching music in a band setting, using child-led practices, not only speeds up the rate of musical progression, but can deliver a life-changing impact on children’s’ wellbeing, confidence, and learning. Today, thousands of primary schools love and …