NHS Grampian’s Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Team is one of four across Scotland currently trialing the success of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) programmes for the parents, teachers and carers of anxious children and young people, as well as for young people themselves. If successful, the availability …

Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr is the first secondary school in Scotland to be awarded the prestigious ADHD Friendly School award by the ADHD Foundation for their work with young people with ADHD in the last academic year. Queen Margaret has shown their dedication and commitment to supporting the needs …

The newly appointed Waterstones Children’s Laureate (2022-2024), Joseph Coelho (pictured left), has revealed details about the first campaign in his role as the foremost representative of children’s literature. The award-winning performance poet, playwright and children’s author will launch ‘Poetry Prompts’, in partnership with BookTrust, on National Poetry Day tomorrow marking …

Eleven schools and education charities across the UK have received donations of £1,000 each as part of Ecclesiastical Insurance and the Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards. For the fourth year running, Ecclesiastical Insurance and the Benefact Group are giving away £1million to charities through its Movement for Good awards. …

One of the Derby’s most historic schools has appointed a new head teacher who has pledged to serve the school and its community and commit to breaking down communication barriers. Paul Burrows has been announced as the new head teacher of Royal School for the Deaf Derby, in Ashbourne Road, …

The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair will be returning to Birmingham’s NEC from Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 June 2023. Young people from across the UK will have the chance to be excited and amazed again by STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) at the return of …

Military children’s charity Little Troopers, has uploaded a new free primary school workshop to its website so that schools can deliver the session to their service children at any time. Part of the Little Troopers at School programme, the two-hour wellbeing and mindfulness workshop is presented by well-known TV broadcasters …

Tickets are now on sale for New Scientist Live, the world’s greatest festival of ideas and discoveries, which returns to ExCeL London next month. The festival will be hosting a dedicated day for schools, for the first time, with an incredible line-up of speakers, interactive demonstrations and more! The presentations, …

More than £60,000 of grant funding is being made available to some of the UK’s most deprived schools to ensure that pupils don’t miss out on outdoor learning opportunities amid growing fears school trips will be axed due to rising costs.  The Grants for Schools is one of several cost-saving …

The honourees of the prestigious SLA Awards 2022 were announced on the 22 September at a virtual awards ceremony. Considered the most influential accolade in the industry, the annual awards, which are open to state, academy and private SLA members, identify and celebrate examples of best practice across the UK. …