Northern Ireland/Education

First ever hackathon in education to explore AI

Hackathon to test how artificial intelligence could reduce workloads and drive up standards.

Updated: Mon Oct 09 2023

Education Secretary addresses the Confederation of School Trusts

Gillian Keegan recognised the hard work of teachers and discussed the new Advanced British Standard at the Confederation of School Trusts annual conference (05 October 2023).

Updated: Fri Oct 06 2023

Consultation to launch on minimum service levels in universities

Consultation launched in response to concerns about the impact of strike action on university students and providers.

Updated: Wed Oct 04 2023

How can School Resource Management Advisers (SRMAs) help you?

Lindsey Roberts, Engagement and Outreach Coordinator for the School Resource Management team, explains how the DfE's School Resource Management Adviser (SRMA) programme can support you with managing your school or academy trust's finances or resources.

Updated: Wed Oct 04 2023

How the National Tutoring Programme improves confidence, knowledge and skills

Hear from Victoria Owen, the assistant vice principal at Maltby Academy as she shares with us how they are using the National Tutoring Programme (NTP). Why have you decided to use the National Tutoring Programme? We want to maximise opportunities ...

Updated: Tue Oct 03 2023

Minister Halfons speech at the Council of Europe

In a speech given recently (29 September 2023) at the Council of Europe standing conference of ministers of education, Minister Halfon discussed the the renewal of the civic mission of education.

Updated: Mon Oct 02 2023

Mobile phone use to be banned in schools in England

Mobile phone use to be banned during the school day, including at break times, new guidance recommends.

Updated: Mon Oct 02 2023

Thousands more pupils to receive support to improve attendance

Government announces four new attendance hubs, widening the support to a total of 400,000 pupils.

Updated: Thu Sep 28 2023

5 ways to get the most out of Freshers' Weeks

The end of summer marks the beginning of a new journey for many students, with thousands packing their bags to start their studies at university. As well as meeting new people and socialising, Freshers' Week is an opportunity for students ...

Updated: Mon Sep 25 2023

Childrens social care reform accelerates with more support for care leavers

27 new areas join the staying close programme, which provides significant extra support to help care leavers move to independent living up to the age of 21.

Updated: Thu Sep 21 2023

Using technology to improve the effectiveness of public services

The Department for Education (DfE) have developed software to sort thousands of emails, reducing the time taken to communicate with the public.

Updated: Thu Sep 21 2023

How our school is managing teacher workload

In this blog post teachers at Westminster Primary School in Bradford share how they've reduced workload and improved teacher wellbeing through using the workload reduction toolkit. Culture eats strategy for breakfast. It's really important that managing workload in school isn't ...

Updated: Wed Sep 20 2023

Transformative student finance bill becomes law

The Lifelong Learning Bill becomes law, paving the way for a radical transformation of the student finance system.

Updated: Wed Sep 20 2023

How we are transforming student finance with the Lifelong Learning Entitlement

Getting an education doesn't stop when you leave school. We want to make sure people have the opportunity to learn, upskill and retrain over the course of their lifetime with our Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) plan. Under the plans, people looking to ...

Updated: Tue Sep 19 2023

Updated List of Education Settings with RAAC

An updated list of education settings with confirmed Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.

Updated: Tue Sep 19 2023

A 360 overview of our Pupil Premium Strategy

Jane Elsworth, the director and deputy headteacher of Huntington Research School, along with her colleague Julie Kettlewell, the assistant director and assistant headteacher, give us a full breakdown of their Pupil Premium strategy from start to finish. Our ways of ...

Updated: Mon Sep 18 2023

New taskforce to tackle teacher workload

Government announces membership of taskforce working towards reducing teacher and leader workload, alongside support to embed flexible working.

Updated: Mon Sep 18 2023

More pupils of all ages to study languages

15 hubs selected as part of new programme to boost languages in schools across the country

Updated: Thu Sep 14 2023

My experience of using Get help buying for schools to buy cleaning services for my school

In this blog post, Zoe Allcott, Business Manager at Thrive Education Partnership, shares her experience of using the Get help buying for schools service, including the level of support she received and how the service has helped her to upskill.

Updated: Tue Sep 12 2023

How we're safeguarding students and learners from radicalisation

Education settings play an important role in keeping young people safe from different forms of harm, including from substance abuse, gangs, neglect and sexual exploitation. All schools and registered childcare providers are required to help prevent the risk of people ...

Updated: Thu Sep 07 2023

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