Education Forum – All your facilities & IT needs in one place
The Education Forum is a highly focused event that brings education facilities & IT procurement professionals together for one-to-one business meetings, interactive seminars and valuable networking opportunities. It all takes place on November 12th & 13th 2018 and is completely free for you to attend – register today. Throughout two working days delegates will meet […]
BESA courts Vietnam with new event
The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has launched BESS Vietnam – the British Educational Suppliers Show Vietnam – to give British suppliers the chance to enter the local education market. BESA has partnered with Giaoducso to run the event, which will take place between March 5th & 6th 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City. The […]
London Mayor backs plan to retain teachers in the capital
London has the best-performing schools and is a great place to learn to teach and develop a teaching career – but more needs to be done to retain teachers, according to research jointly commissioned by the Mayor and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). NFER research reveals that teachers in the capital are leaving […]
77% of secondary school children believe there are ‘maths people’
Despite there being no scientific research to support the idea of a ‘maths person’, more than three quarters of children at secondary school believe that some people are naturally able to do maths better than others. That’s one of the findings of a survey by Learning by Questions, which polled 222 secondary pupils and 459 […]
OFSTED struggles to meet inspection targets
Ofsted has faced significant financial and staffing challenges in recent years and has struggled to meet its inspection targets, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). Ofsted’s remit has expanded significantly since 2000 but its spending has fallen in real terms since 2005-06. Spending on inspecting the schools sector was 52% less […]
UK school funding crisis set to worsen – ASCL
The impact of the school funding crisis on the level of individual support that schools are able to offer students is set to worsen over the next 12 months, according to a survey by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL). More than half (56%) of school business leaders say cost savings have resulted […]
Do you provide Catering Services to Education? We want to hear from you!
Each month on Education Briefing we’ll be shining the spotlight on a different part of the education procurement market – and in June we’re focusing on Catering Services. 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 […]
Activate your ticket to the Education Forum today
If you’re responsible for facilities & IT procurement at an educational institution, then you need to be in Northampton on November 12th & 13th. The Education Forum is a highly focused event that brings education procurement professionals together for one-to-one business meetings, interactive seminars and valuable networking opportunities. Throughout two working days delegates will meet […]
‘Dissatisfaction’ with UK education system causing teachers to work overseas
A new report has revealed that nearly a third of teachers working abroad considered quitting before making the move through ‘dissatisfaction’ with the current education system within the UK. The report, commissioned by the Council of British International Schools (COBIS), polled over 1,600 school leaders and teachers working at British international schools and found that […]
NAHT: Government’s policy on Grammar school expansion “misguided”
The National Association of Head teachers (NAHT) has responded to the Department for Education’s (DfE) announcement of £50 million to expand grammar schools across the country, calling the policy “misguided”. In a statement, Nick Brook, deputy general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: “The Government cannot point to a single piece of evidence that […]