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To mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2026 (9-13 February), Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies, is partnering with The Zen Project for a fourth year to deliver an innovative mobile wellbeing tour, bringing free mental health support directly to schools and local …

It’s National Apprenticeship Week (Monday 9 February – Sunday 15 February) and a University of Sunderland programme aiming to keep teaching talent within the region is being praised by a north-east primary school. The University launched its three-year route Teacher Degree Apprenticeship (TDA), last September allowing apprentices to earn a …

Birmingham City University (BCU) has partnered with Exponential-e, a pioneer in cloud, connectivity, communications, and cyber security, on a new unified communications platform that will modernise the University’s telephony, contact centre, and service operations to improve student engagement and user experience. Procured through the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) framework, the …

Durham University has partnered with Lolly, the hospitality technology specialist, to implement a new Electronic Point of Sale (EPoS) system across its campus. The partnership has seen the successful deployment of more than 90 EPoS terminals across 30 sites, supporting a large and diverse catering operation. The new system is …

London Speech Therapy (LST), a leading provider of specialist speech and language therapy services for children and adults, is pleased to announce an upcoming SENCO training day taking place on 25 February, from 9:30am to 3:30pm, at its Stratford clinic (22 Deanery Road, Stratford, London). Designed specifically for SENCOs, teachers, …

The expansion of Burlington Junior School in New Maldon, funded by The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, has opened. Designed by TPM Studio and built by Morgan Sindall Construction, the scheme has delivered major upgrades that have increased the school’s capacity from 480 to 600 pupils and provided new, …

With KS2 SATs fast approaching, teachers are focused on ensuring pupils have the reading fluency, stamina and comprehension skills needed to succeed in the SATs reading paper. DreamBox Reading Plus is an adaptive reading programme that directly supports SATs preparation by developing the core reading skills pupils need to read …

Recently I had the opportunity to return to my former school, Rainham Mark Grammar School, to take part in a careers fair (my first time back in nearly 30 years). I wasn’t there to talk about job titles, industries, or career ladders. Instead, I wanted to talk to the students …

Thrive is marking Children’s Mental Health Week 2026 (9-15 February) with the launch of a free pack full of resources, plans and activities for primary schools. This year’s theme ‘This is My Place’ invites primary schools to think about belonging — and how children experience school as a place where …

HarperCollins UK has announced a free Audiobook Breakfast Club trial for primary schools, running until April 2026, as part of its support of the National Year of Reading. The initiative aims to boost reading for pleasure by providing curated audio story playlists to enrich morning sessions, reduce staff workload, and …