Preparing for primary transition

Ideas to help pupils adapt to changing classes and moving up in school Just when you feel that you know everything there is to know about your class,’ time to prepare them (and yourself) for the next academic year. A new teacher and a change in surroundings can...

Women move ahead in University places

This isn’t just a slight difference. Women in the UK are now 35% more likely than men to go to university and the gap is widening every year. A baby girl born in 2016 will be 75% more likely to go to university than a boy, if current trends continue. The Higher...

Introducing the newest member of our team

We are very pleased to introduce Gary, the newest member of our team…     “After spending many years in recruitment and most recently running the entire recruitment operation for a large National Energy savings company, I have decided...

Primary academies show ‘mixed results’

An analysis of primary school test results in England suggests that successful schools are not likely to improve when they become academies.   But the study, by education data firm SchoolDash, says there can be gains for disadvantaged pupils in struggling primary...

Kent and Medway Primary Allocations 2016

Kent County Council will rightly celebrate the primary school allocation figures below, sent out today. For even with an additional 591 Kent children in the system above 2015’s figure, the number of children being offered their first choice school has leapt up...