New leadership appointments have been made at Skills England, the national body launched last summer to meet the skills needs of the country.

UK schools have received funding to boost nature projects on their grounds and increase their students’ connection with nature.

The Department for Education (DfE) has published their report, ‘Effectiveness of school mental health awareness interventions ...

The UK’s education sector is subject to constant scrutiny and evokes wildly different opinions – and rightly so. In order to create and maintain the best possible system of learning for our children, ...

Welsh school Brynteg Secondary scoops the top spot for its collaborative and holistic approach to improving catering, which has seen school meal intake increase by 17 per cent. To find out why the ...

Jonathan Doherty and Kathryn Gerrard from Leeds Trinity University question whether there has ever been a better time to be a teacher, or are we facing a teacher supply shortage? One of the most ...

As the play landscape shifts and changes, so education must move alongside it to better accommodate the growing diversity of new equipment available. Play companies are actively making more open-ended ...

Educational trips can broaden students’ horizons. Jane Cooper, of the Countryside Education Trust in the New Forest, regularly witnesses how school trips can connect people with the countryside.

The LESS CO2 programme was created in response to schools wanting more practical information and support on cutting costs and saving energy. Ellie Mika from Ashden’s LESS CO2 team shares some tried ...

The close contact nature of the classroom and children’s often poor hygiene can result in bacterial infections quickly spreading from child to child. This is why school classrooms make the ideal ...

On 1 October 2013, the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 (the Regulations) were amended. The amendment did not change a school’s headline responsibility to ensure adequate first aid ...

Dave Garioch, Chair of the Education Group at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and health and safety manager at London Borough of Sutton, examines who is responsible for health ...