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By Emma Swann, partner and education law specialist at Forbes Solicitors Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Tribunals are a hot topic for schools and local authorities, with rules being enforced for presenting evidence at hearings. Emma Swann, a partner specialising in education law at Forbes Solicitors, provides a run-down of what schools need Continue reading Rules Reiterated for Schools attending SEND Tribunal Hearings
By Prof. Oleg Kvlividze, MD, PhD, Provost, New Anglia University Prof. Oleg Kvlividze, MD, PhD Last week, YouGov released their latest survey results around Higher Education. The results showed that Two thirds of students in England and Wales say university is poor value for money. Provost of New Anglia University, Prof. Oleg Kvlividze, MD, Continue reading What the YouGov Survey tells us about UK Higher Education
By Georgina Badine There’s a phrase Johann Hari uses that resonates deeply with me: our schools have become factories of compliance. I see it everywhere. Young people drilled to tick boxes, to pass tests, to fit into standardised categories. What they’re not learning is how to think, how to imagine, or how to adapt. Continue reading Educating for Compliance, Not Creativity: Time to Rewire Schools for the Future
Almost half (45%) of school leaders have reported an increase in suspensions and exclusions over the past 12 months, according to a new Browne Jacobson survey. Philip Wood In contrast, only 22% have noted a decrease, with the remainder saying there had been no change or they were unsure. Findings in the UK and Continue reading Browne Jacobson’s School Leaders Survey shows exclusions and suspensions at an all-time high
A report from the cross-party UK Parliament Education Committee in May 2024 also emphasised the need for programmes to boost teacher recruitment, training and retention. There’s an urgent need for prompt and effective action: our children are our future, but that future is looking increasingly gloomy. By Carole Lamb, Head of Education, Integra Education Continue reading A ticking time bomb: poor teacher recruitment and retention
In the ever-evolving landscape of early years education, a pressing issue looms large: the 30-hour funding policy and its repercussions. At the heart of this dilemma is the lack of adequate financial support for nurseries to meet the demands of this funding model. As nurseries grapple with ever-tightening budgets, the inevitable consequence is a Continue reading The Challenges Facing Early Years Education
“LGfL-The National Grid for Learning is set to bolster public sector online defences in response to the National Cyber Security Centre’s alert to act now following Russia’s attack on the Ukraine,” says John Jackson, CEO, whose organisation has stepped up its cybersecurity resilience package to include monitoring, identification, sandboxing1 and the eradication of ever-evolving threats Continue reading LGfL to bolster public sector online defences in response to National Cyber Security Centre alert to act now following Russia’s attack on Ukraine
No child is to be left behind says edtech charity LGfL As the Omicron variant surges and schools nationwide prepare for further disruption, potential closures, and a possible return to remote teaching and learning in 2022, edtech charity LGfL-The National Grid for Learning is once again stepping up support by offering thousands of Continue reading Schools to benefit from ‘below-cost’ laptops for remote learning as they prepare for potential new year Omicron closures
Shirley-Anne Somerville It remains the government’s ‘firm intention’ to hold National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams this Spring, Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has restated. Taking into consideration ongoing disruption within schools, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has decided to invoke its Scenario 2 contingency and will provide revision support in early March Continue reading Scotland: Exams on track
UK Schools were closed to all but key worker children on 5 January 2021 in response to COVID-19 – and re-opened on 8 March 2021. As schools re-open, and teachers adjust to their post-covid teaching jobs, Reuters reveals that the British government has pledged a £700m support package to help primary and secondary schoolchildren to Continue reading Pandemic: How Teachers Can Help Pupils to Catch Up
Mark Siswick, Executive Headteacher of Chesterton Primary School, in south London, and co-founder of the Wandle Learning Trust, was honoured for services to education in the New Year’s Honours list by being awarded an MBE. The Northern Echo writes: “During the pandemic, he helped to create a national home learning programme, filming more than 100 Continue reading Teacher role models: Learning from inspirational teachers
Whizz Education, provider of the leading virtual tutor Maths-Whizz, has quantified the lockdown learning loss in maths experienced by 5–13-year-olds in the UK. Whizz Education’s research shows that 46% of the 1,721 children assessed experienced a learning loss, exhibiting an average of knowledge decline of eight months during the first lockdown. Dr Junaid Mubeen, Director Continue reading Whizz Education Quantifies Maths Lockdown Learning Loss
Fleur Sexton “Giving the next generation of our workforce an insider view of how our world works is absolute gold” With the pandemic sabotaging so many key experiences that should be shaping young people’s lives and aspirations, work experience is one area where businesses can step up their game and provide invaluable Continue reading Leading Coventry businesswoman urges other businesses to ‘think outside the box’ and provide remote work experience for school pupils during lockdown
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