Author: Samantha Lauren King

A free resource to help schools evaluate and improve their deployment of teaching assistants has been released today. The Teaching Assistant Deployment Review Guide has been launched by consortium Whole School SEND, part of the London Leadership Strategy. The resource has been part-funded by the Department for Education and developed by researchers from both the […]

Three UK projects have today been announced as finalists in the World Innovation Summit for Education Awards 2017. The annual WISE awards recognise projects that are addressing global education challenges, with just 15 projects from across nine countries selected for this year’s finals. The three shortlisted projects include Camfed’s Learner Guide Program, which facilitates employment […]

A group of year 6 students from Mayflower Primary School have created a work of art in memory of the children who died at their school as a result of bombing during World War One. The pupils each created a paper butterfly in remembrance of the 18 four- to six-year-olds who were killed in an […]

A BAFTA-winning education resource platform has released a short comedy film to support sex and relationships education in secondary schools. Screwball! is suitable for years 8 through 11, and follows two 17-year-olds who are preparing to (possibly) have sex for the first time. This free-to-access film explores the sensitive issues that face young people, such […]

Presenter and gardener Alan Titchmarsh has paid a visit to pupils at Brookvale Primary School to launch the school’s new gardening club. Titchmarsh, who currently presents the ITV show Love your Garden showed key stage 2 pupils how to tend to the Birmingham school’s allotment in order to grow vegetables. He also took part in […]

Educators from across the UK were invited to the German embassy in London this month for an awards ceremony recognising outstanding teachers of the language. The annual German Teacher Awards – now in its 14th year – was attended by over 220 people, including teachers and representatives from across business and media, and was hosted […]

The Financial Times is now offering free digital subscriptions combined with a content curation service for sixth-formers and their teachers. The offer is open to 16- to 19-year-olds, and aims to help students understand how their subjects apply to the world beyond the classroom, and even prepare them for further study and employment. A weekly […]

A team of volunteers are tackling rising levels of avoidable blindness in the UK by running free eye health workshops in primary schools. The campaign, dubbed ‘Eye Heroes’ educates children aged eight to 12 about spotting and reporting changes in their sight and the importance of attending regular eye tests. Originally set up with a […]

A science teacher has raised £2,200 for a year 8 pupil by taking on the world’s highest commercial bungee jump. Fifty-four-year-old Wendy Senior – a teacher at Meols Cop High School in Merseyside – wanted to raise money for a home hydrotherapy pool for Noah Cunningham, a student with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Noah used to […]