Tablets for Schools is a charity that commissions the largest independent research programme in the world on how tablets impact learning and attainment. The latest report summarises findings from an ...

Why is health and safety in schools important? Simple accidents, such as slips or trips, might seem a trivial part of the day-to-day hustle and bustle of school life, but they are capable of causing ...

For safety and legal reasons you must maintain your minibus properly. Whether you own the vehicle outright or have one on a contract hire/lease arrangement, as the operator of the vehicle your ...

As the end of 2015 draws nearer, academies remain a constant and hot topic on the education agenda in England. Finding reliable evidence which tells us what these schools have achieved is a major ...

Do you consider your school efficient? School Management Efficiency is a word brought up time and again when it comes to financial matters. But what does it really mean – and can it be applied in a ...

Winter months pose a number of additional dangers to both pupils and school staff. RoSPA’s Nathan Davies offers advice on how to tackle them with a ‘risk aware’ attitude. As the summer weather begins ...

The Chancellor announced the creation of a National Insurance Contributions (NICs) Employment Allowance in the 2013 Budget. From 6 April 2014 this new initiative enables eligible companies to reduce ...

Schools that make a purchase over the relevant EU threshold now have a requirement to carry out all communication and exchange of information relevant to the tender electronically. Crescent Purchasing ...

Maintaining high levels of cleanliness in schools is essential in keeping disease and illness away from the classroom and keeping pupils in them. Guy Charteris, of Biocote, explains why. Coughs, colds ...

Free schools seem to be rarely out of the headlines these days, for all the wrong reasons. These schools initially were championed by many as putting the power in education back in the hands of ...

With the challenge of balancing the school budget becoming ever harder, Elaine Skates, chief executive of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC), explains why schools must continue to ...

Malcolm Groves and John West-Burnham, authors of Flipping Schools, offer a radical re-think on traditional approaches to school improvement, focusing on the education of the most vulnerable, ...