Author: Billy Camden

It’s time to put on your dancing shoes and drag out your gladrags to show your school’s support for cancer research. Macmillan Cancer Support’s “Dress Up and Dance”, which returns to schools and nurseries for its third year on June 19, encourages teachers to ask their students to get dressed up and have a dance […]

A virtual Usain Bolt was put through his paces by students from a Wolverhampton school as part of an interactive PE workshop. Science education specialists Classroom Medics gave some 150 year 7 and 11 pupils from Deansfield Community School a taste of the training regimes of top athletes to show how their body works and […]

The introduction of financial education to the national curriculum may have only started from the beginning of this academic year but the hunt for Britain’s best personal finance teacher is on with £5,000 worth of school equipment up for grabs. Open to all secondary schools, the competition set up by Moneywise magazine will shortlist entries […]

As schools increasingly work in federations and academy trusts, unions such as the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) have highlighted the need for ‘system leaders’ who have the skills to work across several schools. ASCL and the University of Leicester are therefore joining forces to offer a Master’s level course for people overseeing […]

Former England rugby international Austin Healey joined students from the David Ross Education Trust (DRET) for their annual Rugby Cup. Held at the Sleaford Rugby Club in Lincolnshire, the top teams from the trust’s secondary academies battled it out for the top prize. Mr Healey — one-time winner of Strictly Come Dancing — was on […]

Female tech workers of the future were given a special boost recently with a visit from Skills Minister Nick Boles. The minister joined St Vincent de Paul RC Primary School pupils in central London, one of Tech Partnership’s TechFuture Girls clubs. The girls were working on a coding activity, led by volunteers from the John […]

Parliament welcomed two schools last week as they announced the launch of two digital education initiatives. Joined by House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, the schools road-tested programmes encouraging children to learn about the UK’s democratic heritage. The Magna Carta School, in Surrey, tested and trialled “Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament”, a programme […]

Middle leaders in schools can take part in an unusual pilot TeachFirst is launching later this year to improve careers education. Starting from July, the government funded teacher training scheme TeachFirst will select 15 of its alumni to become “careers leaders” in schools – offering training in leading teams, knowledge of the national and local […]