by vinnie walsh | rd Oct 2024 | News
A scheme to give disabled children support to attend out-of-school clubs could be scaled back as demand grows too high. Medway Council’s cabinet is to consider changing its eligibility criteria for the short breaks grant to save £200,000. The scheme is intended...
by vinnie walsh | th Oct 2024 | News
In Kent and Medway 40 schools have been chosen to take part in an innovative project to improve experiences for neurodivergent pupils in school. The project, led by NHS Kent and Medway, Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council, will trial a new national programme...
by vinnie walsh | th Oct 2024 | News
This unique and free outreach project assists young children in developing their scientific knowledge as well as their social and emotional literacy through exploring what makes a happy school. Welcome to the University of Kent School of Psychology’s...
by vinnie walsh | th Oct 2024 | News
Fight begins to make mobile-free schools law Calls are growing to ban smartphones in schools in England by law, as education experts and unions back an MP’s attempt to push a new law through Parliament. Children ‘doomscrolling for hours a day’...
by vinnie walsh | th Oct 2024 | News
Schools are walking an attendance tightrope as the government ratchets up pressure on reducing stubbornly high absence rates – but parents are becoming more vocal in their opposition to measures to get kids back in the classroom post-Covid. Schools...
by vinnie walsh | th Oct 2024 | News
The national curriculum does not teach children enough about getting out of difficulty in open water, a headteacher has said. Bilston Church of England Primary School is one of dozens of schools in the Black Country that has implemented new water safety training,...
