Author: Samantha Lauren King

A creative initiative that explores literacy attainment through drama-based learning has secured further funding. The Huddersfield-based Imaginary Communities programme is currently funded through the Arts Council England, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and CAPE UK. Developed in 2010, the scheme now works with 40 classes of children across ten primary and secondary schools in Yorkshire. Representatives from […]

Applications for the fifth annual Shine a Light awards, which recognise the contributions of teams, settings and individuals across England that support children and young people’s speech, language and communication, are now open. The awards were launched in 2011, through a partnership between The Communication Trust and Pearson. Applications close on January 12, with the […]

Three students from Merchants’ academy in Bristol have travelled to Japan as part of an initiative to get pupils inspired by science. The UK-Japan Young Scientist Workshop programme aims to encourage students from across the globe to work together on a range of projects, with themes that include engineering and medicine. Sixth-formers Emily Roberts, Aaron […]

Four pupils from a Stoke-on-Trent academy will watch the US presidential race at close quarters, after winning a competition to become campaign interns. Nathan Jarvis, Adam Brammer, Korben Ward and Bethan Atkinson (pictured left to right) from Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews academy will join 20 other sixth-formers from five schools to act as campaign interns […]

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority’s youth and schools service has won a Learning Outside the Classroom Quality award for the third time for its outdoor education programmes and work with disadvantaged students. The park, which stretches across 10,000 acres, includes heritage sites, nature reserves and open green spaces, as well as sports venues. It stretches […]

Students at a Bournemouth schools have helped budding businessmen and women in developing countries to set up their own companies. Five years ago, a group of year 9 students at Avonbourne college came up with an idea to launch social enterprise Project Emerge, which lends money to entrepreneurs from the developing world. The enterprise has […]

Families are saving money in Sunderland thanks to a new scheme that lets them recycle old school uniforms. The One for the Wardrobe initiative sees donated school uniforms repaired and returned to the community, reducing costs for families while also combating bullying against students with ill-fitting or damaged clothes. Led by Sunderland City Council, the […]

An education programme is spreading a message of social change through education, by offering schools a free copy of the acclaimed film He Named Me Malala. The film follows the story of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban at the age of 15 as she returned […]

Schools are being urged to sign up for a free training programme that aims to save up to 5,000 lives every year. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is calling on schools to join the largest CPR-training event of its kind, in an effort to reduce the number of lives that are lost following a cardiac […]