Samantha Lauren King | Schools Week

Diversity dancers “honoured” to reward pupil achievements

Members of dance troupe Diversity were the hosts at a recent event that celebrated the achievements of more than 60 pupils in Academy Transformation Trust (ATT) schools. Pupils from 20 of the trust’s academies received their awards at a Birmingham Council House ceremony. Hosted by Diversity dancers, Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely, the ATT pupil […]

Year 3 pupil gains national recognition for chocolate bar invention

A Wellingborough pupil has won a national competition to step into Willy Wonka’s shoes and come up with a new chocolate bar. Eight-year-old Alfie Richards from Irthlingborough junior school in Northamptonshire scooped the top prize in the key stage 2 category of Discovery Education’s “Sweet Inventions” competition, which marked the children’s author Roald Dahl’s centenary. […]

Bus filled with 3D printers, virtual reality equipment and robotics begins tour of UK schools

An American school bus fitted with the latest in digital technology is about to tour the UK. The IDEAS Bus, which launched in November last year, provides demonstrations of the latest technology including virtual reality and 3D printers. It aims to enable educators to stay in touch with the latest advances and to give pupils […]

Sutton Trust sends 42 state school pupils to summer school at top US universities

An aspiring polyglot and an ambitious robotics developer are among 42 state school students who will attend some of America’s top universities over the summer. The Sutton Trust US Programme encourages academically talented British pupils from low and middle income families to consider studying at a university in America. The trust covers most of the […]

Eight-year old becomes local celebrity after winning calendar competition

An eight-year-old’s artwork has been chosen to feature on the front of the 2017 Teesside community calendar. Thomas Neal, a pupil at Kirkleatham Hall school in Redcar, took part in a competition that asked local schoolchildren to create a picture around the theme “Things I like about me”. His picture will now be seen in […]

Andrew Lloyd Webber gives schools free rights to School of Rock musical

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has given schools free rights for his newest musical, School of Rock. The show, which opened in the West End last November, is based on a 2003 film of the same name that follows an aspiring rock star, Dewey Finn, who poses as a substitute teacher at a prep school where […]

Interviews with former extremists offered as free Prevent resource for schools

A social enterprise has released short films of former extremists discussing their experiences for use as an educational resource. ConnectFutures, which works with organisations and communities to tackle extremism, has published the videos on its website, alongside resources for schools, to encourage dialogue amongst parents, teachers and pupils. The films include stories from Yasmin, a […]

Sixth-formers take over London’s Guildhall Art Gallery as tour guides

A group of sixth-form students became tour guides for the day at an exhibition in London’s Guildhall Art Gallery as part of a nationwide initiative to get young people visiting museums and galleries. The students from Trinity Catholic high school in Woodford, north London, were invited to work at the Victorians Decoded: Art and Telegraphy […]

Broadcaster Clare Balding takes body-positive message to schools

Broadcaster, journalist and author Clare Balding is currently touring UK schools to spread a message about self-confidence and body positivity. Following the release of her first children’s book The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop, Balding hopes to bring the book’s themes of “finding the Olympian within” to pupils in the state and independent schools that she […]