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Plus: Independent School Sport gets a new home within IE this month; we’ll be looking at the changing face of sport in socially distanced schools and the vital link between sport and wellbeing.
School pupils may occasionally be criticised for flouting school uniform rules, but deep down it seems they value wearing one more than we perhaps think. Back in 2007 in a study commissioned by the ...
Work has begun on a pedestrianisation programme at Taunton School, with the aim of turning asphalt roads and paths into a ‘green heart’ in the centre of the campus. The £360,00 plan will see the ...
Only one in 10 teachers have a good understanding of dyslexia, according to a new report. The findings in The School Report, published by the Made By Dyslexia charity, are drawn from a survey of more ...
From its foundation in 1907 until the 1970s, Downe House pupils dressed in a woollen djibbah – a loose pinafore with a deep hem which was let down as they grew – with coloured tunics in summer Pupils, ...
Windlesham House School How to attract and keep top teachers Fortunately, for many, teaching is a vocation and there are always some excellent professionals looking for new classrooms full of young ...
The biggest drop in the top grades was in independent schools, falling by 8% points from 61% in 2021 to 53% this year. But the results for this year exceed the pre Covid levels when top grades of 7/A ...
Barnaby Lenon, chairman of the ISC, responds to a statement in today’s Guardian which said: “Schools that benefited from the biggest grade uplift during the pandemic are likely to see the sharpest ...
Welcome to the modern boarding house experience, where pupil wellbeing, sustainability and fantastic facilities are the norm. Midnight feasts, cold showers and high jinks are the stuff of boarding ...
Nurturing the talent of any child in sport is a true lifelong mission. For most sport educators, giving children a space where they can thrive at any age is their bread and butter. The Women’s Euro ...
The teaching profession, once the heroes of the pandemic, is once again finding itself under enormous pressure, according to Professor Lynne McKenna, Dean of the Faculty of Education and Society at ...
Sharn Tomlinson, CEO for Local Mind, commented: “There is a mental health crisis with children and young people, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is vital that new innovative approaches are ...