What is This Morning’s Be Kind Campaign and should all schools be a part of it?
Whether you’re a fan of This Morning or not, you may have heard about their Be Kind Campaign. I’ll explain what it is and whether your school should be a party of it….
Kids to go bananas over their lunchbox with Seafarers Awareness Week
24,000 primary schools across the UK are being invited to ask their pupils: ‘How does a banana get to your lunchbox?’ The question forms part of an educational campaign run by the…
How Schools Can Be Energy Efficient
Reducing energy emissions is beneficial to both your utility bills and your carbon foot print, so how can you work towards being energy efficient? It’s more important than ever to reduce energy emissions…
The Benefits of School Renovation – How a New Atmosphere Can Be a Learning Experience
When it comes to schools, people often think of dingy classrooms, outdated desks, dusty chalkboards and the like. ‘Modern’ does not normally come to mind when people think of schools and this can…
Online Booking Software Can Help Support Schools To Conform with New Regulations
Caitlin Roxburgh | Booking Live | August 2015 Changes in government policy mean schools are now being encouraged to provide wraparound childcare both before and after school. As part of the government’s extended…
Why Canopies Will Benefit Your School
There are many advantages to investing in canopies for schools. School is a magical time for most pupils and the addition of a canopy can make it even more fulfilling. Parents, teachers and…
Rebranding Your School
The competition within education is becoming increasingly difficult and many schools’ enrolments are beginning to stall due to the plethora of options students now have. If you are experiencing a continued trend of…
Scrapping practical science: damaging and counterproductive
Ofqual’s decision to remove practical science experiments from GCSE assessment is causing a lot of concern among the scientific community, and education minister, Nicky Morgan is deeply frustrated with the outcome. Ofqual has…
Official figures may underestimate number of asbestos-containing schools
Is there more Asbestos in our schools then official figures show? A series of Freedom of Information (FoI) requests have shown that the amount…
Leadership In Outstanding Special Schools
Leadership in Outstanding Special Schools DR MIC CAROLAN Having spent two years in a northern local authority as the education officer including Special education (which then included seven special schools, the EWO service,…