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Education: Adapting to Rapid Technological Change During the Pandemic
The global coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented changes to our way of life. People have been forced to adapt to new ways of working, learning and socialising throughout more than 12 months of restrictions and lockdowns. One of the natural results of this is...
Protecting the Rights of Special Educational Needs and Disabled Children in Schools
Children with special educational needs and disabilities have their right to education in the UK protected under two main Acts: the Equality Act 2010 and the Children and Families Act 2014. These Acts give children the legal right to be able to access quality...
Create a Culture of Wellbeing to Support Mental Health in Schools
Schools across the UK have recently returned to business, some after a full year of closures. As children and staff return to school, the chance to reconnect with people is often positive. However, many pupils and teachers could need extra support during these...
An Introduction to Arbor Education
Arbor MIS is a cloud-based platform that has already been implemented in over 1,300 schools and multi-academy trusts in the UK, created to take the work out of routine administration tasks to free up teachers and other staff. As an intuitive management information...
Sir Peter Birkett, Motivational Speaker
Sir Peter Birkett is known for many achievements throughout his career, which spans more than 30 years to date. He is best known for his tireless work in furthering special educational needs provision in the UK. In 2012, Sir Peter was awarded a knighthood during the...
SPOTLIGHT ON EXCELLENCE
What makes Finland Top of the Class? Finland has, once again, been voted Number 1 as the Happiest Country in the World, for the fourth time in a row. From the fresh Finnish outdoor lifestyle and regular connection with nature and a dedication to the wellbeing of their...
Sir Peter Birkett Welcomed as SENDit Ambassador
Sir Peter Birkett was welcomed as a new ambassador for SENDit in January 2021. The founder of Highgate Hill House School will be working in partnership with SENDit along with the SENCO team at the school to enable tracking of SEN provision that can be adapted as...
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
The Organic Child Throughout history, many great thinkers have explored how to create the optimum conditions within which life skills can be taught to young minds. These have ranged from Rigid (hierarchical and disciplinarian) to Relaxed (self-determined and...
Problems Being Tackled by the Educational Wealth Fund
The Educational Wealth Fund has highlighted three key problem areas in UK education that need to be addressed if every child is to have access to a fair and high-quality standard of education. These are the retention and recruitment of the right people, mental health,...
Introducing the Institute for Independent Business
The Institute for Independent Business, or IIB as it is most often referred to, is an association designed to assist business owners and managing directors from the independent sector, providing a range of support and services tailored to meet the specific needs of...