Author: Samantha Lauren King

A team of four from a Plymouth secondary school have begun intensive training for the Ten Tors hill-walking challenge in May. Plympton academy students Ellie Buxton, Malachi George, Christopher Mace and Kian Shepherd will compete in the annual challenge. Four hundred teams of teenagers will join them on Dartmoor. The event – which is exclusively […]

A Nottingham school joined the wizarding world of Hogwarts to celebrate national Harry Potter book night. Trent college’s Devonshire library became Hogwarts, with a visit from Albus Dumbledore (aka head of D&T, Mr Prince) to celebrate JK Rowling’s series. Teachers read passages from their favourite Potter books, performed magic and joined in a butter beer […]

An artificial intelligence (AI) platform that personalises learning for students has won a global education award. CENTURY technology’s personalised learning platform scooped the Best Use of AI in Education prize at the Global Annual Achievement Awards for AI. The platform uses algorithms that get to know a student the more they engage with it. The […]

A Birmingham schoolboy has raised £5,000 selling homemade cakes and jam to teachers and classmates. Benjamin Sheard, a year 7 pupil at Erdington academy, sold the baked goods to raise funds for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Benjamin, who made the cakes at home with his mum Emma and five-year-old brother Jimmy, started […]

A year 7 pupil’s short story will be read by award-winning authors, including Mark Haddon, as part of a national writing competition. Abigail Carr, a pupil at East Point academy in Suffolk, impressed judges in the First Story National Writing competition with her short story The Girl and the Footprints. Carr is one of 24 […]

Academies minister Lord Nash was one of the many political and education leaders at a recent conference in Birmingham to debate how extremism can be tackled. Hosted by the educational charity SINCE 9/11, the event looked at ways to build a cohesive and tolerant society, and the important role that teachers can play. The event […]

The singer Gareth Gates will host the fifth annual Shine a Light awards that recognise teachers, teams and other individuals who support children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties Gates, who rose to fame on the TV show Pop Idol, has spoken publicly about living with a stutter. He is now also […]