Jaguar Land Rover helps Birmingham students to achieve career goals…
Birmingham-based secondary school Erdington Academy and Jaguar Land Rover have announced a new partnership which will aim to support students with preparing for future careers. As a member of the Business in the Community (BITC) scheme which partly focuses on helping students to make the most of their potential, the car manufacturer has joined forces […]
Career Teachers and TalkingCV collaborate to increase candidate employment chances…
The education recruitment company Career Teachers has teamed up with TalkingCV to provide job-seeking educators with exciting new employment opportunities. Specialising in providing teachers and support staff to schools throughout the Greater London area, the company has recognised the importance of creating a video CV to showcase passion and enthusiasm in an increasingly competitive job […]
Guest Blog, John Aguilar: Celebrating diversity, language and culture…
Here in the UK, languages have always been ‘in shortage’. Reports repeatedly highlight (and often note as ‘alarming’) the deficit of language learners and teachers. Unfortunately it seems that the importance and the wonder of being able to communicate in a second, third or even fourth language is overlooked, particularly by children of an impressionable […]
New investment will help Kingswood to continue delivering strong character education…
A trusted provider of curriculum-mapped, out of classroom learning to UK and overseas schools, Kingswood has announced plans to expand its network of award-winning outdoor activity centres designed to develop important life skills. Made possible through significant investment from Bridgepoint Development Capital, the move will allow half of UK schools to be able to access a Kingswood centre within […]
Looking for new education events to attend? You need the Education & Education IT Forums…
With the next Education & Education IT Forums taking place on November 21 & 22 at the Whittlebury Hall Hotel & Spa in Northamptonshire, we thought we’d give you a few reasons to book your place at the event nice and early. Put simply, if you’re looking for a new and informative education focused industry […]
Schools battling offensive online comments from parents…
Leaders in more than half (56 per cent) of mainstream schools across England say they have encountered negative or offensive comments on social media from pupils’ parents over the past year. Coinciding with Anti-Bullying Week, new data from the Department for Education shows that at least 11,300 school leaders across the country have received negative or offensive comments on […]
Every events for education leaders and business managers…
At Every, we celebrate collaboration and the sharing of best practice. Our speakers present at school networking events all over the country, from small cluster meetings to some of the largest conferences in the industry. We welcome any opportunity to come and meet groups of heads, business managers or bursars. Our team would love to […]
Disadvantaged pupils likely to face biggest funding cuts…
Schools with the most disadvantaged pupils are likely to face the biggest funding cuts when the government reallocates school funding, according to the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL). Calculations made by schoolcuts.org.uk — a new interactive map from both unions enabling users to see how each individual school could be affected in ‘real terms’ by the government’s intention to […]
Guest Blog, Dennis Hayes: The current state of bullying policies in schools…
It is no exaggeration to say that an ‘anti-bullying’ industry exists and its negative consequences are rarely discussed. Who would dare? You would be pilloried as someone who was indifferent to the safety and wellbeing of children. When I first touched on the issue of bullying in 2004, the playground culture had come to colleges […]
FMAT: The obstacles to building a new primary school…
Fairfax Multi Academy Trust’s CEO Andy Bird reveals the challenges in creating a new primary school to address a shortage of places in Birmingham. In November 2014 we were approached by Birmingham City Council to work in collaboration with the Local Authority’s (LA) education department in an effort to help address a shortage of primary […]