As part of a national drive, Hounslow Council is encouraging professionals to come forward and foster children and young people in our care.
People foster for a number of reasons, but it’s overwhelmingly because they want to make a difference to a…
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Facing the Cyber Threat in the Education Sector
Cyber security has long been a challenge for the Education sector, but with the recent increase of cyber attacks against academic institutions, awareness and action is urgently needed now more than ever.
Schools and universities can be lucrative…
Head Teachers Role in Controlling Legionella in Schools
Author: Craig Morning, Senior Consultant, Water Hygiene Centre Ltd
If you are a Head Teacher what are your responsibilities in relation to preventing or controlling Legionella in your school?
To answer this question, it might be easier to split…
North East engineering firm helps to Kick Off careers in MEP design
Newcastle’s Black and White Engineering (B&W) is opening its doors to budding engineers by joining a key initiative to provide career opportunities to young people across the region.
The PlanBEE Kick Off programme is led by Ryder Architecture…
Lesson Planning for Stress Management
Learning to DeStress at School can set Teachers (and Students) up for Success
Meghan Crowley, Senior Program Associate with The Monday Campaigns and a former sixth grade teacher with a master’s in Health Education degree from Teachers College,…
Universal Design for Learning: Change the lesson, not the student
Every teacher understands that children approach learning in different ways. Celebrating that difference rather than ignoring it is absolutely essential to creating impactful lessons that engage every student. Based on scientific insights into how…
How to enhance your Literacy Teaching?
Since 1972 the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) have been dedicated to raising the literacy achievement of children by putting quality literature at the heart of all learning. CLPE are an independent UK based charity with an…
7 ways to reduce deadline panic, according to an education expert
Deadlines can be challenging and stressful in the best of circumstances- especially when your assignments are all due in the same week! We spoke to education expert Richard Evans, founder of The Profs, who outlines 7 ways to reduce deadline panic…
7 Halloween half-term activities, as recommended by an education expert
It is already October, which means that Halloween is just around the corner, and so is the half-term! Although this is exciting news for children, some parents might strive to find the right challenges that will keep their kids engaged and…
Eleanor Bradley, MD Registry and Public Benefit at Nominet says:
“Covid-19 has undoubtedly shone a light on the importance of digital skills, with the pandemic catalysing a digital transformation in the world of work. This is evident in the many organisations embracing technological innovations in order to…
8 year old Kaylie smashes school’s lockdown reading target with animal fundraiser
Renaissance believe that every pupil can be a successful learner and their portfolio of education technology products, from Accelerated Reader to myON news, empower teachers to help their students to reach their full potential.
Eight year old…
Top five tips for robust MAT budgeting
Creating a budget for a group of schools across different phases and local contexts, with the potential to also be spread across multiple local authorities, is by no means an easy task.
The sheer variety of areas that require in-depth…
Implications for MAT in-year forecasting and budgeting
The unprecedented situation facing Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) in responding to Covid-19 took another unexpected turn when the Department for Education (DfE) announced it had cancelled “all but the most essential data collections” to “help reduce…
MAT budgeting: to centralise or not to centralise?
Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) have come a long way in the past few years and there are a growing number of Trusts that have started the financial centralisation journey. The Kreston Academies Benchmark report, published in January, highlighted that…
How can we equip trainee teachers to support Looked After Children?
As a teacher I was always frustrated with how to support Looked After Children (LAC) better than I was. I felt as though I lacked information and that I needed to have a greater understanding of how to support them, but at the time I did not know…
How to create playgrounds full of learning opportunities
Marco Boi, Founder and CEO of PlayinnovationTM discusses the importance of playgrounds in primary schools and how they can create plenty of learning opportunities…
Learning Outside the Classroom (LOTC) provides children with exciting, engaging and…