Secondary schools

Schools are being warned to take precautions amid fears of a rise in crime over the summer holidays. As many schools across the country prepare to close their doors for the summer holidays, specialist insurer Ecclesiastical says schools will be an attractive target for criminals over the coming months. Ecclesiastical …

An ambitious project which will see a group of Year 9 pupils in Dudley build a fully working biplane has taken off thanks to a substantial STEM grant from the Millennium Point Trust. The 24 students from Dudley Academies Trust are working with the STEM High Fliers (SHF) charity to …

More than 323,000 young people started their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) in 2022/23, the charity’s annual statistics reveal – with participants giving a huge 3.5 million hours of volunteering in communities all over the UK. The record-breaking numbers, published today, show that 537,759 young people are currently working towards …

Every state school in England is to receive a cash boost, as primary and secondary schools are allocated extra funding for the next academic year. The additional cash is part of a £2 billion injection of new funding for schools – being made in both this year and next year …

Registration for the National Literacy Trust’s flagship secondary school conference, Changing Perspectives on Literacy, is now open. This impactful, industry-leading in-person event takes place in the Nottingham Contemporary Gallery, and follows the success of its inaugural 2022 national secondary school conference in Greater Manchester. With over a quarter of children …

The UK’s longest-running science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) roadshow for schools has launched its 18th annual season with space as its central theme for 2023. Delivered jointly by BAE Systems, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, the schools roadshow, which began in 2005, visits more than 420 …

A new research report, released today by charity EngineeringUK, reveals the staggering increase needed in the number of girls studying maths and/or physics at A level, in order to reach equal numbers of male and female students studying engineering and technology degrees. With the current conversion rate from A Level …

When it comes to cutting carbon emissions it can be difficult for schools to know where to start. Eco-Schools’ new ‘Cut Your Carbon’ campaign is here to help schools do just that with a few very simple actions. There are less than seven years to reach zero emissions to have …

Key stage 3 teachers are being given a helping hand to kick-start their New Year with better organisation by downloading a ready-to-use scheme of work bringing green skills and the “engineering in everything” into the classroom. Engineering industry charity Enginuity has launched a vertical farming-themed Skills Miner educational game in …

nasen – the National Association for Special Educational Needs – is inviting expressions of interest from schools in England to take part in the Assistive Technology Training Test and Learn Pilot, announced yesterday by the Department for Education. The pilot, which is funded until August 2023, will involve staff from …