Your personalised schedule at the Education Forum
The Education Forum is a highly-focused two-day event that will help underpin your strategy for 2020 and beyond. It takes place on November 18th & 19th at Whittlebury Park, Northamptonshire and is entirely FREE for you to attend. Simply register your VIP place here. This will be your schedule: Monday November 18th 8.00am: Registration 8.45am: Opening presentation […]
School funding pressure ‘hits poorest families hardest’
76% of parents think that the cost of sending children to school is increasing and more than half (51%) agree that they are worried about such cost. That’s according to the fifth annual Parentkind survey, which polled 1,500 parents across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. For the 2019 survey, Parentkind tracked parental attitudes on the […]
Maritime Academy Trust welcomes eighth member school
Hook Lane Primary School in Bexley has become the eighth member of the Maritime Academy Trust, an educational charity serving primary pupils across London and Kent. The move will provide Hook Lane, a mixed community school rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, with opportunities to collaborate with other Maritime schools across the South East, sharing good practice in teaching as well as […]
Do you specialise in Classroom Equipment? We want to hear from you!
Each month on Education Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the education procurement market – and in October we’re focusing on Classroom Equipment. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help education buyers find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re a supplier of Classroom Equipment […]
Search on for the happiest people and places in education
Schools have been invited to banish the post-summer blues by entering the National Happiness Awards. The Awards exist to identify and celebrate innovative organisations and individuals making lives better through happiness. Organisers hope that this year’s event, which takes place just weeks after Brexit (on the current timetable), will provide a positive focus and highlight the […]
Look who you’ll be joining at the Education Forum
The Education Forum is taking place this autumn and we’d love for you to join us as our guest. 18 & 19 November 2019 – Whittlebury Park, Northamptonshire This pass will give you the opportunity to meet with suppliers based on your own unique requirements, attend a series of seminars and network with like-minded senior […]
Government pledges £14 billion for schools – But is it enough?
Schools across England will receive investment over £14 billion in primary and secondary education between now and 2022/23, as part of a government funding drive that also targets under-resourced SEND facilities. In a separate measure, it has also been confirmed that starting salaries for teachers could rise to £30k. The funding package for 5-16 schools […]
LGfL combats ‘chicken shop grooming’
Edtech charity LGfL has launched a new poster campaign to raise awareness of a disturbing trend known as ‘chicken shop grooming’. Recent evidence presented by the Youth Select Committee in a parliamentary enquiry has highlighted the worrying connection between fast food shops and grooming, where gangs based in chickenshops offer young people ‘free’ food in order to coerce them […]
The FM Christmas Party: Unrivalled networking – Bring a friend!
Join us at the FM Christmas Party, hosted by the FM Forum and FMJ. It’s set to be the FM industry’s networking event of the year, taking place on the evening of Wednesday November 27th at the plush private members club Beat London. Early Bird tickets are priced at just £35 which includes entrance, drinks […]
Glasgow schools begin controversial iPad rollout
A multi-million pound IT contract that Glasgow City Council says will benefit almost 70,000 children has begun the roll out of pupil iPads. This project – in conjunction with CGI – and the biggest Apple education project in Europe, will see all pupils from P6 – S6 receive their own iPad as part of the […]