Strong STEM provision with practical hands-on lessons is vital to help pupils connect what they learn at school and how it could shape the world. Rebecca Healy explores how this can be achieved.
The DfE’s sustainability plan says that efforts to achieve a net-zero education sector will accelerate. Hannah Gains examines how schools can improve the sustainability of their buildings and grounds.
Incidents of cyber attack in the education sector are on the rise. So what should schools do? Gareth Jelley, product security manager at edtech charity LGfL-The National Grid for Learning, shares some advice.
With homework often set online, pupils that do not have access to a digital device are at a major disadvantage. Elizabeth Anderson from the Digital Poverty Alliance examines the issue.
Peter Doyle, policy manager at British Educational Supplier Association (BESA), discusses the tools available to support budget management and forecasting in schools.
Education through the academic year brings different risks to manage. In the autumn term, a school’s estate team should start to review how they will manage slips and trips.
Calls for all schools to be fitted with the appropriate fire safety precautions have grown, especially now the final enquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy has been released.
What’s the national picture on support for zero carbon schools, and how can individual schools take action themselves? Alex Green, head of the Let’s Go Zero campaign, finds out
