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Target grades: what are they, and why are they important?

Julie Booth says setting goals is a key part of life, but must be personal and transparent

Merchant Taylors' create new prep through school merger

Prep school for Merchant Taylors' School is result of joining forces with Northwood Prep

Down to a science

Bringing a 'wow' factor to children's science lessons can benefit teachers too, says Dan Sulli...

Teaming up with tutors

Tutors should be a help, not a hindrance to schools, says Mark Maclaine

Across the board

Pupils set to benefit as businesses urged to donate supply chain board games to local schools

Get pre-school kids counting, say parents

New research says UK parents think children should learn basic numeracy before starting school...

Ready, steady...

Hilary Moriarty looks forward to the start of the new school year

Bucking the trend

From mobile tech to mindfulness, editor Stephanie Broad takes a look at the latest classroom t...

GCSE figures show jump in STEM subjects

Government praises jump in STEM and Ebacc entries helping to widen students' opportunities

Telling fact from fiction

It's time to put the myths about Steiner education to bed and understand the realities, says B...

GCSE results: UK independents make the grade

We round up some of the day's stories as pupils collect GCSE results across the country

Results day poll shows students happiest in Northern Ireland

The Student Room conducted live polls on A level results day, finding 84% happy with their gra...

Kingston's top tips for Clearing

With A level results day looming, Kingston University encourages students to be well prepared ...

Traditional or vocational?

QA research shows 74% of school children would consider an apprenticeship, but less than 20% k...

Workshops bring built environment to life for students

UrbanPlan education initiative launches in UK schools this autumn to give young people an insi...

Music partnership starts with a bang

Kings Monkton School pupils to work with graduate music startup to offer bespoke tuition

Lifetime achievement award for German teachers

Two teachers from Bishop's Stortford College honoured at German Teacher Awards ahead of retire...

Good Schools Guide award for Brentwood

Brentwood School recognised for excellence in Good Schools Guide annual awards

Physicist award for Fulneck School pupil

A year 12 school pupil's devotion to the subject of physics has led to a prestigious science a...

Demystifying 1:1 digital learning

A handy new website for teachers and school leaders has arrived, Techknowledge for Schools Dir...

Schools facing an unprecedented shortage of teachers

Reeson Education says UK recruitment is becoming difficult as the economy picks up and competi...

Lower school pupils experiment with science

Eight pupils from Bedford lower schools use advanced scientific equipment and conduct experime...

Learning the language of maths

Bringing mathematics into the everyday will give children much-needed numeracy skills, says Fr...

Oxbridge graduates teaching in state schools doubles

New research from Sutton Trust shows significant difference between state and independent teac...

Countering radicalisation in schools

Many factors contribute to a pupil's susceptibility to radicalisation, but what exactly should...

STEM for all

Duncan Edwards shares his tips on getting every student engaged with science and technology

IB beats A-levels for university preparation

A new survey of 80 HE admissions officers has found the IB diploma programme is best preparati...

Little linguists gather in Chester

The Queen's School in Chester recently held a morning dedicated to language learning for girls...

Oundle names new head

The warden of Forest School in London is moving to Northamptonshire to take over the headship ...

New head for Quaker school

The Mount School in York has announced it has appointed a new principal to take over at the st...

Tariff points for IB programme

The International Baccalaureate's new career-related programme has been given recognition and ...

Prep schools compete for science trophy

Five prep schools recently visited Oundle School's SciTec to compete for the third annual Prep...

Broadening language provision

An independent girls' school in Chester is planning to teach its pupils three languages betwee...

Making it all add up

Maths wiz, author and TV presenter Kjartan Poskitt recently paid a visit to a Cheshire girls' ...

Accentuating the positive

Schools need to take a positive approach to the welfare and wellbeing of their pupils, says Tr...

Plymouth College welcomes new head

Jonathan Standen has moved from Gloucester to take up his role as the new headmaster of the De...

School holds 'Chocolate Week'

The meaning of fair trade and the science behind chocolate were on the menu during a recent wo...

Revision stress study published

A third of final-year undergraduates have consulted their GP or a counsellor about revision st...

More to schools than results, finds new survey

A UK-wide survey of 400 parents and staff shows there's more to school than results and OFSTED...

New head for North East prep

Barnard Castle School in County Durham has appointed Laura Turner as its new preparatory schoo...