Samantha Lauren King | Schools Week

New organisation wants school business leaders to give their opinions on challenges they face

A new organisation wants school business professionals to help to shape the group’s future direction. The new Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL) wants school business managers, bursars, finance directors and finance officers to share their thoughts – particularly around school funding. Its call follows the announcement that the National Association of School Business Management […]

Primary pupils join the West End cast of STOMP to boost fitness

Primary pupils from a north London school took to the stage in the West End as part of a Camden council initiative to encourage local children to become more active. In a bid to increase their heart rates, 15 children from Argyle Primary School joined the cast of the hit show STOMP at Ambassadors Theatre […]

Year 7 pupil wins national competition with his innovative use of unwanted garden trowel

A year 7 pupil from Altrincham Grammar School for Boys has won a national competition on innovative uses for unwanted materials. Daniel Clamp, 11, took the top prize in the secondary schools category with a candle holder that amplifies light through a polished trowel head. More than 500 schools took part in the competition, part […]

Top Cornish teachers recognised at awards ceremony

Top teachers were recognised at the annual Cornwall Teacher Awards last week. Hosted at Truro Cathedral, the event recognised educators across 13 categories, with accolades such as the lifetime achievement award, outstanding school, outstanding headteacher and governor of the year. The lifetime achievement award went to Gary Owens (pictured centre), principal of Acorn Academy in […]

Four young engineers crowned UK champions in F1 engineering competition

A team of four from the WMG Academy for Young Engineers in Coventry will test their skills on a world stage after they were crowned the UK champions of the F1 in Schools challenge. The global challenge pits young engineers against each other to make their own miniature Formula One cars that are then tested […]

Trio of royals launch pay a visit to new media school

A trio of royals were on hand to open a new state school in west London that prepares students for a career in the media. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with Prince Harry, last week visited The Global Academy in Hayes, founded and operated by the media and entertainment group Global. In a special […]

Eddie the Eagle backs campaign to get schoolchildren into snowsports

Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards has helped to launch a national campaign that will encourage schoolchildren to try snowsports. To launch the National Schools Snowsport Week campaign, the former Olympian and his fellow ambassadors, Olympic snowboarder Aimee Fuller, and former Olympic skier and TV presenter Graham Bell, took to London’s Hemel Hempstead ski slope with pupils […]

Pupils handle deadly python during Science Week celebrations

Inspired by British Science Week, Reigate Grammar School in Surrey recently hosted a week of activities for pupils and parents, with each day focusing on a particular area of science. Events included an “Animazing” day, where students got the chance to learn about and handle a reticulated python – a species which has been known […]

School choirs now have the chance to sing for Prince Harry

A new singing competition will give primary school choirs the chance to perform for Prince Harry. Children’s charity WellChild is behind the competition, with the winners performing at the WellChild awards, which are regularly attended by charity patron Prince Harry and celebrity guests. Winners will also receive the title of WellChild School Choir of the […]