Author: Samantha Lauren King

A new national scheme pairing state and independent schools has been launched in an effort to boost social mobility. The ‘Counterpoint’ initiative, set up between the Achievement for All charity and the City of London Freemen’s School, aims to link 20 independent schools with state schools and businesses in small hubs across the country, to […]

Students at Heathrow UTC are building a plane from scratch in a school project with a difference. Since January 2018, a team of year 13 students from across the UTC’s A-level and vocational courses have been working together to start building a two-seater Sherwood Ranger Light biplane (example pictured), which they hope to fly when […]

Budding musicians have had the chance to perform with a world-famous violinist at a concert celebrating their school’s 95th anniversary, and the centenary of the English Speaking Union, an education charity. Pupils from Benenden School’s symphony orchestra played pieces by Mozart and Vivaldi in support of Tamsin Little (pictured far right), who received the ‘Critics’ […]

The Citizenship Foundation is hosting a conference so pupils can learn more about Brexit and engage in debate with other schools. The half-day conference will take place at Leeds Beckett University on March 26, and is open to 14- to 17-year-olds from schools across the UK. Over the course of the event, young people will […]

A Norfolk primary school has held a Paddington Bear-themed day to bring literature to life. Pupils at Ormiston Herman Academy came dressed as characters from Michael Bond’s A Bear Called Paddington as part of a school initiative to encourage reading and literacy development, and were asked to take part in range of activities related to […]

A national education project aiming to keep the memories of Holocaust survivors alive has been launched at 12 Birmingham schools. Led by the CORE Education Trust, with the help of Birmingham Repertory Theatre and UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, the Echo Eternal project will assign the story of one Holocaust survivor to each of the participating […]

Schools can borrow meteorites from Mars and pieces of the Moon in a free scheme established by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. The ‘Borrow the Moon’ kit includes lunar samples collected by NASA astronauts in the late 1960s and early 70s during manned space missions, as well as meteorites from the red planet, which […]

A critically acclaimed play about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain is touring secondary schools to educate pupils on the issue. The play Cuttin’It tells the story of two British-Somali teenage girls who have both experienced FGM, and will visit schools in London and Birmingham. Each school visit includes a pre-show workshop and a post-show […]

Two teachers from Shanghai have been leading classes at a Birmingham primary school as part of a DfE-funded programme to develop maths teaching in England. Mingming and Wang Fei spent two weeks at Slade Primary School running maths mastery lessons, which were each observed by over 50 UK teachers, headteachers and representatives from the DfE […]