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The Premier League is celebrating five years of its schools’ programme, Premier League Primary Stars. Launched in 2017 and available to every primary school in England and Wales, Premier League Primary Stars uses the appeal of the Premier League and professional football clubs to support pupils in the classroom, the …

Cambridge University Press & Assessment has launched a new extension of its brand for its English learning and assessment products around the world. The news follows last year’s successful integration of industry leaders Cambridge Assessment and Cambridge University Press. Every year millions of students and teachers around the world benefit …

Every weekend, families up and down the country travel to watch their favourite football team. It’s a ritual that unites generations, providing a lifetime of memorable matches, amazing goals as well as fantastic displays of great teamwork and sportsmanship. But have you thought about how the power of football can …

Pearson has announced the launch of a new Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Language specification, which has been designed to engage and motivate students through contemporary texts and writing tasks, providing a new qualification choice to reflect the diversity of learners. The newly accredited Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Language …

David Didau has been appointed the Senior Lead Practitioner for English by Ormiston Academies Trust to work with its team of lead practitioners, English curriculum leads, subject teachers and mentors, to develop the English curriculum and subject-based pedagogy for its schools and teacher training provider. Mr Didau, who sits on …

Researchers at Oxford University are inviting teachers, parents and students to help set priorities for research into English as an Additional Language (EAL). The team is looking for ‘unanswered questions’ about EAL that can be investigated for the benefit of those who teach and study it. The project, known as …

A Solihull School pupil has won Gold in the Anne Frank Trust Creative Writing Awards. Amber Huckfield, who is in the Lower Fifth at the independent coeducational 3 – 18 day school, entered the Poetry (aged 13 – 15) category of the competition which invited young people across the country …

History came to life at a Coventry primary school as children dressed up in period clothing and learned all about the Great Fire of London thanks to a specialist history teaching company. Year Two pupils at Sacred Heart Catholic School, part of the Romero Catholic Academy, were visited by ‘History …

Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, the ground-breaking trilogy which includes Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest is now available for secondary schools to watch across the UK via the free national service. With a diverse, all-female cast and set in a women’s prison, the productions asked the question, “Who owns …