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Last month, the Food Foundation launched a powerful new film, as part of a major campaign calling for improved food standards and higher quality meals in schools. To better explore what schools, pupils and parents want the future of school food to look like, this week apetito’s Education division has …

Leading outdoor education charity Field Studies Council has committed to building a nation of adventure learners with the roll-out of a new programme of school residential trips. The +Adventure programme has already been launched at three flagship sites including the charity’s headquarters at Preston Montford in Shropshire, Rhyd-y-Creuau in North Wales …

Project Playgrounds, the specialist playground solution from Thermapply, has announced the launch of its new annual Playground Design Competition, inviting primary schools across the UK to take part in a creative initiative that encourages children to design their perfect playground for play, learning and wellbeing. The competition challenges pupils to …

Clegg Group has been appointed onto the Department for Education (DfE) Construction Framework (CF25). The Nottingham-headquartered company has secured a place on four regional lots of the Low Value Band which will cover the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber, East of England, the North West and West Midlands. The framework …

More than a third of UK teenagers are worried that artificial intelligence could take future jobs. BBC Bitesize shows how emerging technologies like AI could support careers. Bitesize Careers Survey 2026 shows traditional jobs still top young people’s ambitions despite an advancing tech driven world. New research from BBC Bitesize, suggests …

Hull College is celebrating national recognition after being presented with one of the UK’s most prestigious education honours — the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education — for its pioneering work with English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students. The award places Hull College among a small …

BAM has been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver education projects valued at over £12 million across England, as part of the DfE’s new Construction Framework 2025 (CF25). The £15.4 billion national framework will drive the creation of modern, high-quality learning environments over the next eight years, …

Transform Trust has expanded its partnership with TrilbyTV, the UK’s leading digital signage platform for education, to strengthen communication across its schools. Initially installing screens in every staffroom to ensure clear and consistent staff updates, the Trust has now extended the initiative to pupils through the launch of ChilbyTV – …

Published on 23 February, the Government’s schools white paper Every child achieving and thriving builds on the proven success of high-quality school trusts, and offers a new, more positive, vision of support for children with special needs. With more than 60% of children in English schools already attending academies, CST …

The winners of this year’s OVO Foundation Nature Prize have been announced, with 30 schools, colleges and nurseries across the UK set to receive funding to bring their inspiring green project to life. These projects will prepare schools for floods and heatwaves, inspire pupils and give them new skills, and …