What should the government focus on for the next five years in education? Leora Cruddas, chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts, suggests four policy priorities It is almost ten years ...

The topic of stress – personal or work-related – is emotive, controversial and generally misunderstood. I can make this statement, as over the last 16 years I have been conducting a survey based on ...

There have been increasing concerns that the introduction of the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc) and Progress 8 has put arts subjects at risk, with GCSE arts entries falling A report by the Education ...

Too many cooks spoil the broth, according to the saying. But at the School Food Trust’s Let’s Get Cooking programme, we think there can never be too many. In fact, we want to create many, many more – ...

New Schools Network (NSN) has launched a delivery programme to help free schools in pre-opening, including a new range of services, from site advice to project management support At the time of ...

More than eight in 10 of the survey respondents believe the SEND population in their school has increased compared to three years ago.

In addition to the multitude of evidence, there is much anecdotal support about benefits of outdoor education experiences; teachers, for example, often speak of the improvement they have in ...

Why is art, craft and design education so vital to our culture, our society, our economy and ourselves? The reasons are myriad, meaningful, complex and fiscal says Lesley Butterworth of the National ...

In March this year, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that primary school sport is set to be transformed due to a £150 million-a-year boost that will improve coaching for the youngest pupils and ...

Maintaining pupil interest in STEM subjects, especially among girls, is of vital importance to industries like oil and gas. OPITO, the skills organisation for the oil and gas industries, believes that ...

A recent REC survey showed that 98 per cent of recruitment businesses typically receive less than two hours’ notice from a school in need of a teacher that same day. Chris Russell, REC policy advisor, ...

Education Business discusses the importance of acoustic considerations in the design of classrooms, as well as noise control and sound insulation. Highlighting the key factors in the planning of such ...