The logistical headache facing schools
The New Statesman
21st May 2020
The conversation has been dominated by the public health challenges. The operational barriers are, in many ways, more important.
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The effect of lockdown on wellbeing
Relocate Global
20th May 2020
Workers around the globe are struggling with the lack of social interaction, according to a new survey by recruitment experts, Hays. What can employers do to help with the mental wellbeing of their employees
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New rules once schools return
Kent Live
19th May 2020
Schools will look, feel and work very differently when children across the UK return to the classroom - with tough new measures put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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How are other countries managing the return to school?
TES
18th May 2020
Schools around the world are slowly beginning to open, with social distancing measures in place. But what do teachers working in those countries think of their 'new normal'? We spoke to some to find out
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How are the media covering the “return” to school issue?
ITV
18th May 2020
Union criticises ‘flimsy’ evidence behind Government’s plan to reopen schools
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Easing staff back to work post-Covid.
Yahoo
7th May 2020
Coronavirus: Four things to remember to prepare your business for a post-pandemic world
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How not to zone out on a Zoom conference.
Harvard Business Review
6th May 2020
You join a video conference call. You’re one of nine faces on the screen. About 10 minutes into the call, your mind starts to wander and you realize you have no idea what the last person just said
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National appreciation campaign for teachers launched
Schoolsweek
4th May 2020
A national campaign is urging pupils and their families to get creative and thank the school stars who are “working tirelessly in incredibly difficult circumstances”.
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China and Denmark signposting the “new normal” for the UK?
TES
30th April 2020
Schools in Denmark and China have started to reopen. Their tactics for keeping everyone safe and the experience of returning to the classroom could be a guide for the rest of the world
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Marketing on a shoestring – The Faroe Islands
The Drum
28th April 2020
Somewhere on a rocky archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, someone is taking a walk around her island home. She abides by social distancing laws, although that’s hardly difficult in a territory with a population of 52,000.
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Critical thinking lessons could be back after lockdown is finished.
TES
22nd April 2020
Leading US academic warns that 21st-century skills won't stop students from being sucked in by false information
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This is now the pressing education question of the day
TES
15th April 2020
Teachers' leaders attack 'disturbing' reports about schools reopening, and call on government to share predicted risks
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Using Zoom safely for remote learning
The Telegraph
10th April 2020
An unexpected symptom of coronavirus has been the entrance of alien words and phrases to our vocabulary.
Just weeks ago, saying “I’m zooming my friends”, “zoom-bombing” or “Houseparty hacking” out loud would have raised an eyebrow or two.
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How EVC can help your wellbeing through Covid-19
Teacher
7th April 2020
While COVID-19 is grinding much of society to a halt, schooling has entered uncharted territory. During this time, it is important that teachers look after themselves. Fortunately, there are evidence-backed strategies that can help support teachers’ wellbeing.
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Be careful live streaming!
TES
6th April 2020
Lock virtual classrooms and limit screen sharing to protect pupils while hosting online meetings on video conferencing app Zoom, children's commissioner says
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Retaining staff during and after Coronavirus
TES
2nd April 2020
How can you ensure the disruption from coronavirus isn’t going to negatively impact on your staff retention? We speak to school leaders about their approach
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The Good, the bad and the ugly of wellbeing.
Insight
26th March 2020
FTSE companies that prioritise wellbeing and engagement outperform others by 10 percent according to a study from SOMA Analytics. Similar results are apparent across a range of related studies. With such a significant impact, it’s surprising that businesses are still not measuring the impact of wellbeing activities to optimise their offering.
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Keeping healthy working from home
TES
24th March 2020
With more teachers swapping classrooms for front rooms, Oliver Ireland shares five ways to avoid bad home-working habits
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Tips on home working
SHP
19th March 2020
Many businesses have begun to embrace the idea of flexible working and working from home and, in the current climate, more and more of us may find ourselves plunged into doing so for longer than the one to two days a week, which employers and employees adapt to fairly easily.
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Working remotely- how to keep up your wellbeing
The Drum
15th March 2020
We know the trend for people working from home is rising. The HSO says 50% of workers in the UK will be remote-based by the end of this year.
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How International schools are beating the virus
TES
15th March 2020
International schools around the world were among the first to close owing to the coronavirus outbreak, and so are ahead in their experience of what being closed actually means for teaching, learning and wellbeing.
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Easy steps towards mental health resilience
Evening Standard
5th March 2020
How to improve your mental wellbeing: From gardening to singing classes
Caring for our mental health should be second nature – here's how to make that happen
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Community, Corporates and Education together
The Drum
5th March 2020
Ads We Like: Nike Football shows how sport can bring a community together and give kids hope
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From Illness to wellness
The Drum
27th February 2020
It’s 10 am. I’m sat on the floor gasping for breath. I’ve just had a monumental panic attack. I’ve had them before but this one terrifies me. It was the final curtain call of my body telling me to just stop
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Some great wellbeing ideas from tech firms
The Drum
26th February 2020
OPINION
Vox pop: What mental wellbeing initiative has been successful at your own organisation?
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Wellbeing is a priority not an option
Thrive Global
19th February 2020
As a business owner, your employees are the backbone of your success. Most entrepreneurs and business owners know that they need to hire the right people, train them well, and create a positive company culture. But how often do you consider the importance of your employees’ overall wellbeing?
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4 ways to improve your mental health
TES
12th February 2020
So, while we clearly shouldn’t need to "escape" from our chosen career, having the ability to take ourselves away from our environment – whether’s mentally or physically – can do wonders for mental health. Here's how.
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Wellbeing doesn’t need to cost your employer
The Guardian
11th February 2020
Why wellbeing works for business
UK employers are finding ways to keep staff happy, healthy and committed
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Great advice on wellbeing!
I Am Expat
10th February 2020
Rhiannon Phillips-Bianco, Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader at the British School in The Netherlands, sets out the six essential elements that she believes are needed to boost students’ mental health and wellbeing, both at school and at home.
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NHS Scotland on our wavelength in this article!
TES
6th February 2020
Mindfulness could reduce teacher stress – but overall there is a lack of research about interventions, says report
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Roll back the negativity!
TES
3rd February 2020
We all know this job is hard, writes Lisa Lockley, but lately it feels like it’s full of nothing but negativity. But it doesn’t have to be this way
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A guide to choosing GCSE’S
The Telegraph
20th January 2020
The parents' guide to new-style GCSE selection: from the STEM and coding crazes to the new most prestigious subjects that may actually help your child succeed in life
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How to become more resilient in the workplace
TES
17th January 2020
Teacher wellbeing: 5 ways to avoid decision paralysis
Stuck between choices? Is time disappearing while you dither? Louise Turtle offers her tips to help teachers be decisive
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Where have all the Heads gone?
TES
15th January 2020
Exclusive: Supply of future headteachers is drying up
Less than half of school middle leaders want to become heads and a third are thinking of quitting, research shows
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International dates to spice up the school year!
TES
14th January 2020
Key events to inspire international education in 2020
Throughout the year there are festivals and events that offer great learning opportunities - here we compile a calendar
Sponsered by the British Council
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Head warns of “helicopter parents”
The Times
13th January 2020
Head tells parents to quit WhatsApp groups so pupils learn from errors
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Practical advice for SLT on managing staff mental health
KQED
10th January 2020
Teachers tell their students that mindset matters. Yet teachers do not always allow themselves space to receive those same messages of reflection and self-care.
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Conflict resolution- a teachers perspective
TES
9th January 2020
Wellbeing: How to handle student-friendship dramas
Teenagers can fall out and make up within moments, but how should teachers handle more serious issues, asks Laura Tsabet
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Inset days- what do teachers really think of them?
TES
8th January 2020
8 things that are inevitable on Inset day
Coffee, jeans, password panics. Oh yes, and professional development. Sarah Mullin looks at what Inset days really mean
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Special school teachers lead the way in terms of wellbeing
Schoolsweek
7th January 2020
Revealed: Who are England’s happiest teachers?
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Becoming a Headteacher- the pitfalls
TES
6th January 2020
5 things I didn’t learn in headship training
John Stanier had high hopes for the National Professional Qualification for Headship, but instead found a frustrating lack of useful advice
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It’s that time of year again- exam timetables!
TES
3rd January 2020
Here is a breakdown of the exam boards’ timetables and key dates for the 2020 GCSE exams
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A lesson for all teachers that it is a profession and expectations are rightly high
TES
3rd January 2020
Drunk teacher filmed in boxers by a pupil is struck off
The intoxicated teacher was filmed by a pupil in the street in just his boxers and trainers and footage of the incident was posted on Facebook
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Amazing, what young people are capable of!
Kent Live
2nd January 2020
The 20 most inspirational young people in Kent in 2019
It's quite often the people doing unheralded and fantastic work in their communities who go unnoticed
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Can schools do more on knife crime?
TES
20th December 2019
Queen's speech includes new duty for schools to work with other public services to combat serious crime and more per pupil funding in schools
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Important advice for mocks students
The Guardian
19th December 2019
The spectre of January exams can quash the holiday spirit, but these tips will help students prepare while leaving time to unwind
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Primary school league tables
BBC
14th December 2019
New primary school league table data for England has been published by the Department for Education.
The tables are based on how 11-year-olds in each school performed in national curriculum tests - or Sats - taken at the end of primary school
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Will changes to Ofsted increase workload and stress?
TES
11th December 2019
Introducing no-notice Ofsted school inspections will merely serve to drive up teacher workload, warns Yvonne Williams
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Death by Powerpoint?
TES
9th December 2019
PowerPoint is under attack but used well, it is still an essential teaching tool, argues Sam Duffy
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Are new GCSE grades hampering social mobility?
BBC
6th December 2019
The new GCSE system in England is in danger of "further disadvantaging the disadvantaged", research for the social mobility charity Sutton Trust finds.
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Can EVC save the staffroom?
EVC Admin
1st December 2019
I have just been reading the excellent article from @nicola_slawson in the Guardian about the demise of the staff room as a communal space. Her premise is that this could be down to three main factors:
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Will the election change anything for education?
Schoolsweek
29th November 2019
Figures published today show the Department for Education (DfE) has missed its secondary teacher training target for a seventh year running. Jack Worth looks at what the three main political parties are proposing to solve it…
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Not just state sector teachers under financial pressure
Education Executive
26th November 2019
The National Education Union’s annual independent sector pay and conditions survey reveals that pay austerity for private school staff continues unabated, despite increased pay awards in the state sector
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Are PTA’s as strong as they used to be?
The Telegraph
19th November 2019
Working mothers are now too busy to join Parent Teacher Associations, a leading headmistress has said, as people are now less “community minded” than they used to be.
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Wellbeing a much abused word?
EVC Admin
18th November 2019
I have been really inspired by the work of What Works Centre for Wellbeing and have become to realise what a misrepresented word it really is. Wellbeing can be a catchall for so many ideas and products that are not really, in essence, anything to do with the word itself.
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Education is a hot topic in this election
TES
14th November 2019
Ofsted, primary testing, adult education and private schools will all ensure that education is central to the election
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Are 63 pupils in a class the future of education?
12th November 2019
A primary school was thrust into the spotlight last month when it was revealed it was teaching children in classes of more than 60 pupils. BBC News spent the day at Broadclyst Community Primary School in Devon to get a flavour of what it's like to be taught in such an environment
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Mental health issues amongst teachers up for the third year
TES
11th November 2019
Work-related stress in the teaching profession has increased for the third year in row, with sharp rises in tearfulness, insomnia and irritability among teachers and school leaders, research shows
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Amidst all the gloom- teachers can still be influencers
Yahoo
8th November 2019
Rapper Lil Jon says he 'wouldn't make music' it if wasn't for an influential teacher
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New hotline for teachers launched!
TES
8th November 2019
Verbal and physical abuse is 'going unchallenged' in too many schools, union says
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The three key areas of child protection for schools to be aware of
5th November 2019
Domestic violence, family conflict and drink and drug abuse are the biggest drivers of the rise in child-protection cases in England, says the Local Government Association (LGA).
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75% of pupils would NOT tell a teacher if they were being bullied
I News
4th November 2019
School pupils are afraid of telling their teacher if they are getting bullied, new research shows.
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When wellbeing is not wellbeing
TES
4th November 2019
An endless succession of staff-wellbeing events can come at the expense of actual wellbeing, says Samantha Dubois
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How Denmark has been coping with self harming in teenagers
Yahoo
1st November 2019
Concern has been growing over rising rates of self-harm in teenagers. In the UK and Ireland, increases began around the time of the 2008 economic crash and show no sign of slowing.
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Children needing hospital treatment for allergies up 65% in five years
BBC
1st November 2019
The figures from NHS Digital, released to BBC London under the Freedom of Information Act, also showed the number of children treated for anaphylactic shock increased by 41% in the past five years
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The dangers of being too committed
TES
31st October 2019
Working overtime is not something to be proud of – it leads to a culture of unmanageable expectations, warns Guy Doza
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Drop out rate for those getting unconditional offers a concern
BBC
31st October 2019
Eighteen-years-olds in England who are given unconditional university offers before taking their A-levels are more likely to drop out in their first year of degree study, research finds
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England rugby stars attended same Herts state school
Daily Mail
30th October 2019
One-fifth of the players expected to compete for England in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday went to the same state school.
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Will the new Government careers advisory service work?
The Independent
29th October 2019
Government careers advice scheme will fail to reach thousands of young people, councils warn
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Exams or wellbeing? Can they co-exist?
TES
29th October 2019
Urged to set their sights high, pupils feel the need to achieve excellent grades. No wonder they feel stressed, says Bernard Trafford
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Robot teachers in Plymouth!
University of Plymouth
25th October 2019
Robots can take just three hours to successfully learn techniques which can be used to support teachers in a classroom environment, according to new research.
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Shortage of psychiatrists now reaching crisis levels
Politics Home
22nd October 2019
The Government must take action to address the shortage of psychiatrists, contributing to lengthy NHS waiting times and having devastating effects on people reaching out for support, writes Baroness Parminter.
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Spending cuts hitting the visually impaired
The Guardian
22nd October 2019
Thousands of children and young people with vision impairment (VI) are being failed because of a shortage of funds for specialist education services, research by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has found
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Primary pupils to receive CPR training in London
Daily Mail
21st October 2019
Teach primary school pupils CPR and other life-saving skills from age nine to tackle low cardiac arrest survival rates, say top doctors
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GCHQ looking to recruit more dyslexics
The Independent
21st October 2019
The nation’s intelligence services are directly looking to recruit people with dyslexia and other neurological differences, the head of GCHQ has confirmed.
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The rise of “County Lines” slavery
BBC
18th October 2019
There has been an eightfold increase in the number of child victims of modern slavery referred by local councils in England for support. National Crime Agency figures reveal the number of children earmarked for help grew from 127 in 2014 to 1,152 last year - an increase of 807%.
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Gambling now a problem for younger children
BBC
18th October 2019
Two-fifths of 11- to 16-year-olds have gambled in the past year, research suggests.Playing fruit machines was the most popular form of gambling, followed by playing cards for money with friends and scratch cards
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Mental health training for teachers
Positive.news
17th October 2019
UK programme aims to help teachers and mental health service providers better work together
Teachers can now take advantage of specialist training to help them better support pupils who are experiencing mental health issues. It is thanks to a project being rolled out nationally following a successful pilot.
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Exam boards facing backlash after marking failures
The Telegraph
17th October 2019
AQA could face class action suit from parents of children who were possibly given 'incorrect' grades
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Royals back mental health awareness
Express and Star
15th October 2019
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a government-run school for disadvantaged youngsters in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad
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How will Brexit impact the teaching profession?
TES
14th October 2019
As Brexit looms on the horizon, we ask what leaving the European Union will do to the UK’s teacher workforce
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Do enrichment activities boost attainment?
Schoolsweek
10th October 2019
More than 100 primary schools are wanted to take part in a new trial to find out if enrichment activities, like visiting museums, boost attainment.
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The power of music
Yahoo
8th October 2019
According to the NHS, as many as one in eight children aged five to 19 faces a mental health challenge. And a significant number of these cases are related to some form of anxiety.
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When wellbeing goes wrong!
The Telegraph
7th October 2019
School ridiculed for asking pupils to raise money for staff room 'biscuits and treats'
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Parents seeking more help from schools to deal with mental health
TES
2nd October 2019
Many parents 'overwhelmed' in helping pupils navigate the digital world or coping with mental health
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Make homework worthwhile
TES
2nd October 2019
Too often, homework is a waste of time for all involved. So here, Mark Enser gives his view on what worthwhile homework looks like
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More funding for FE vocational training
The Independent
1st October 2019
Gavin Williamson has pledged £120m for new specialist institutes in a bid to “overtake Germany” in delivering the best technical education.
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A staff room marches on it’s stomach?
TES
1st October 2019
Bargain-basement biscuits, home-baked cakes or chopped carrots? Shannen Doherty explores how to keep your colleagues going
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Cumbria: changing the way we think about the “school run”
Cumbria Crack
29th September 2019
Call for more schools to sign up to Feet First + 10 reasons to cycle, scoot or walk the school run
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Are schools digital noticeboards “hack free”?
The Independent
27th September 2019
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: “We are not immediately aware of instances in which propaganda has been transmitted on to digital noticeboards without the knowledge of schools.
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Why teachers should enjoy the “Great Outdoors”
TES
26th September 2019
A report recommends pupils should connect with nature. But, says Yvonne Williams, the same could be said of teachers
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