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David Game College, an independent boarding and day school in the City of London, has launched its teacherless classroom Sabrewing programme – the first of its kind in the UK. The new initiative represents a significant leap in educational methods. No other school or college has delivered a programme that …

With the new Government’s VAT on private educational fees being implemented earlier than anticipated, schools and parents must prepare now for fee changes, say leading audit, tax and business advisory firm, Blick Rothenberg. Gabby Donald, a Partner at the firm, said: “The new Labour Government’s legislation to remove the VAT …

Artwork from pupils at Dame Bradbury’s Junior School in Saffron Walden is to be displayed at the National Gallery this summer, as part of the gallery’s Take One Picture competition. Year 6 pupils aged 10 – 11 were tasked with creating a stop-motion animated short video inspired by Henri Rousseau’s …

More than 20,000 children and young people in 66 schools across Halton local authority in Cheshire are to get mental health and wellbeing support from Thrive. Thrive has been awarded a £300,000 contract by Halton Borough Council to train primary and secondary school educators as Thrive Licenced Practitioners. The three-month …

Mental health issues, term time holidays and lack of impactful government guidance causing rise in post-Covid school absences. In a survey of 498 UK schools, which included Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) and local authority-maintained schools, new research conducted by Management Information System (MIS) provider Bromcom Computers, has found that the …

Would it give your school more flexibility if you knew that a modern, good quality sprung floor is suitable for both multi-purpose sports and most dance disciplines? For new build schools and refurbishments where a new dance floor is needed, the designer or school representative will often ask for a …

When COVID-19 hit, the sudden upheaval to remote learning left the education industry exposed. With a shift to complete reliance on technology, cybercriminals and bad actors exploited the increase in digital adoption, beginning what many experts describe as a “cyber pandemic”. The growing threat landscape Cybercrime is a billion-dollar business …

By Gino Rushton Assistant Head & Year 6 Teacher and Mandy Jones Executive Head Teacher, Criftins Church of England Primary in Shropshire. At Criftins, we all want children to achieve, we need them to believe they can, and we celebrate every step along the way. Our aim is to build …

By Claire Snow, Account Manager, Avaya One of the few positive outcomes from this pandemic experience is the opportunity to rethink the tools we use to communicate and what could be possible if all the separate siloed pieces of technology worked together in an integrated and holistic way. Ask yourself …

The Education Resources Awards 2022 (ERA) website is now open for entry. In this, our 25th anniversary year, the ERA’s are firmly established as the premier annual event to celebrate the outstanding successes of suppliers to the education sector throughout the UK. For 2022 we have added two new categories …