A new report suggests the free schools programme in England has generally had positive impacts on pupil outcomes at secondary, including GCSE and A-Level attainment and secondary school absence.

Overstretched children’s social care services has led to an alarming number of children leaving the care system and becoming ...

Running school business operations Business Management As a result of academisation and even in maintained schools, where the role of the LA is changing with less support available for schools, the ...

The education system: What needs to change? School Management The UK’s education sector is subject to constant scrutiny and evokes wildly different opinions – and rightly so. In order to create and ...

Employment allowances for schools Finance The Chancellor announced the creation of a National Insurance Contributions (NICs) Employment Allowance in the 2013 Budget. From 6 April 2014 this new ...

How is the cashless revolution progressing? Finance ParentPay analyses the progress of cashless payment systems in the education sector, examining the benefits to schools as well as the main barriers ...

First Aid provision u2028in schools Health and Safety On 1 October 2013, the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 (the Regulations) were amended. The amendment did not change a school’s ...

Learning beyond the Classroom Outdoor Learning From science in the school grounds to literacy in the woods, there is no limit to the opportunities for hands-on learning all around us. Learning outside ...

Is a paper-free school a proposal too far? Document Management Many organisations are clogged up with too much paper. The advent of the internet was supposed to herald the dawn of a paper-free world, ...

Why investment in school sports is more important than ever Sports Sport in schools can help to create a much needed active generation among the nation’s youth. The Sports & Physical Education (PE) ...

Well-lit spaces for learning Design and Build A well-designed lighting scheme can not only save on energy bills, it can have a positive impact on a child’s performance and well-being at school, writes ...

The framework gives teachers guidance to plan high quality lessons and teach writing from reception and throughout primary ...