Author: Samantha Lauren King

A national science competition in which school pupils attempt to solve global health problems has announced the 20 projects that have made it to the final round. Run by the British Science Association with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Youth Grand Challenges initiative asked 11- to 19-year-olds in schools across […]

Ten teachers and school leaders in Bradford are heading up a campaign to improve teacher recruitment and retention in the area. Funded by Bradford council and coordinated by the Northern Lights Teaching School Alliance, the Bradford for Teaching campaign will promote opportunities to train and work in the area across social media. As part of […]

Archbishop Junior School in York has won a city-wide competition that egged pupils on to walk, scoot or cycle into school. Twenty-five schools in the area took part in this year’s ‘walk to school week’ the city puts on every year, which encourages pupils to swap buses and cars for a more active alternative. The […]

Clapton Girls’ Academy learned all about entomophagy by tucking into mealworm burgers, crickets and grasshoppers in preparation for a new GCSE. The menu of edible insects, which included black ant and cheese pâté on bread, and cricket and cauliflower pakora, was presented to students taking up AQA’s food preparation and nutrition GCSE, which will be […]

An Oxfordshire school has received £2,500 from the Ministry of Defence to set up a therapeutic garden for pupils from forces families. The new garden at Crowmarsh Gifford Primary School, which is close to RAF Benson, aims to help pupils with parents serving in the air force relax by learning about nature. With a general […]

Ten avid year 7 readers from Southfields Academy were invited to an exclusive reading party where they were invited to pick new books for their school’s library. The pupils were identified as their year’s most enthusiastic readers through their performance on the accelerated reader programme – a computer programme that quizzes pupils on the books […]

The government is launching a new series of THINK! Road safety resources for schools to reduce the number of child fatalities. The free online resources will feature lesson plans, films and even a song about getting to school safely to make children aware of potential dangers, and will be released on November 20 to coincide […]

A school groundsman has built a replica German World War 2 battleship for Luckley House School’s annual bonfire. The small-scale model of the Admiral Graf Spee, which served with the Nazi Kriegsmarine during the war, took Steve Holland (pictured) five weeks to plan and build, with pupils at the Berkshire school helping paint portholes. Holland […]

Two primary schools have been recognised by the government for their work in protecting bees at the annual Bees’ Needs Champions awards. Hosted at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, the awards celebrate 17 projects undertaken by schools, charities and councils across the country that are helping bees and other pollinators, including moths and butterflies, […]