Alex Dave, Safeguarding Education Officer, LGfL-The National Grid for Learning, examines the reasons why adolescent neglect often goes undetected and unreported, indicators that can flag neglect and what schools can do. Neglect – ‘the persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or development’. Department for Education (DfE) We often associate neglect with younger children, however, in reality, neglect is prevalent in teenagers but is often misunderstood and can remain unrecognised, and ..read more

Global edtech leader Discovery Education today announced the winners of the 2024 Summer Coder Challenge, a popular computer programming competition for schools across the UK. The challenge invites children to showcase their coding skills by creating a fun app or computer game using Discovery Education Coding, the award-winning resource for primary schools. Judges were highly impressed by the wide range of entries and the programming skills shown by pupils. With entries that included explorations of outer space and racing car games, the judges remarked that this year’s field was “impressive, re ..read more

Fleur Sexton, Deputy Lieutenant West Midlands and Managing Director of PET-Xi – one of the most hard-hitting and dynamic training providers in the UK with a reputation for success with the hardest to reach – discusses utilising AI to help young people and job seekers master interview technique. The new Government’s proposals for revamping young people’s careers guidance and access to work experience, is a long overdue step in the right direction. Access to quality careers guidance, raises aspirations, and helps young people to make choices and realise their potential. Without viewing the full ..read more

With the summer holidays fast approaching, many kids will be looking forward to the break and time to enjoy themselves outside of school. But for some children, the summer holidays can be a stressful time when online interactions with their friends and classmates can result in harmful cyberbullying.  In these cases it’s vital that parents understand the key warning signs, and how to react if their child is a victim of online bullying. For this reason, Catherine Talbot, Senior Learning Designer at the expert safeguarding course providers, High Speed Training, and Caroline Allams, Natterhu ..read more

With greater demands for laptops and other hardware across all industries, educational establishments must embrace pre-used and refurbished devices in order to achieve the best value.   In a recent survey of IT leaders from Microsoft, Dell and other sector leaders it was revealed that many believe a fifth of all laptops bought by enterprises will be pre-used, refurbished models by 2032. This estimate is attributed to an increased demand for sustainable devices due to squeezed budget, as refurbished or remanufactured technology has become, not just an option but a necessary means of ..read more

As the new UK government begins its first term, Discovery Education is providing primary schools with digital resources to nurture pupil curiosity in democracy, parliament and the political process.   Available via Discovery Education’s award-winning digital learning service Espresso, the carefully curated content – which includes regularly updated news bulletins, videos and interactives – provides high-quality digital content schools can use to engage young people with democracy after the general election and beyond.   In Espresso News Bites – the award-winning news service produc ..read more

Photo credit: Unsplash   With the summer holidays fast approaching, many kids will be looking forward to the break and time to enjoy themselves outside of school. But for some children, the summer holidays can be a stressful time when online interactions with their friends and classmates can result in harmful cyberbullying.  In these cases it’s vital that parents understand the key warning signs, and how to react if their child is a victim of online bullying. For this reason, Catherine Talbot, Senior Learning Designer at the expert safeguarding course providers, High Speed Training ..read more

Helen Allison School supports autistic children and young people Principal Adam Wadey with children from Helen Allison School Wednesday 17 July 2024 – A National Autistic Society school in Kent is celebrating achieving a ‘Good’ rating from the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), including ‘Outstanding’ ratings for two areas of inspection.   Helen Allison School, in Meopham, was rated ‘Good’ in three areas of inspection, ‘Outstanding’ in two areas of inspection and received an overall rating of ‘Good’, following a recent visit by Ofsted. The school supports autistic children ..read more

  Leading door hardware supplier ZEROplus recently achieved BS EN 1634-1:2014 for its entire Finprotect Plus range. The fire rating means the robust finger protection guards can be installed on fire-rated doors, providing an impressive fire integrity of up to 240 minutes on previously tested steel-based doors and up to 120 minutes on timber-based doors. With the entire range providing fire protection regardless of the direction of exposure, Finprotect Plus finger guards improve fire safety while preventing nasty finger-trapping accidents. According to the Royal Society for the Prevention ..read more

  Hodder Education and Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust (CAT) in the West Midlands are delighted to announce the adoption of their pioneering eduu.school online curriculum bringing a revolutionary new learning platform to inspire, excite and engage children throughout their education to 90 primary schools in Sandwell LA.   “We are thrilled to be working with Sandwell’s Primary teachers to help change the lives of more young people through delivering the eduu.school curriculum, raising standards, reducing teacher workload and supporting learners with curriculum content and wel ..read more