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Education Estates 1-2 November, Manchester Central focuses on the funding, design, build, management and maintenance of schools, colleges and universities across the UK.

Whether you are preparing for an upcoming project or looking for solutions and ideas to current challenges; Education Estates - the largest gathering of Education Buildings Professionals from across the UK, will enable you to achieve your objectives.

The Conference features over 90 speakers. Lively and authoritative, it’s THE professional gathering for everyone involved in delivering and managing education facilities now, and for the future.

There were celebrations at Clifton College as students received their A Level results today with 31 students scoring only A* and A grades.

In total, 76% of grades were A* to B and 48% were A* to A with Languages, Economics and Mathematics seeing some of the highest grades. 

Languages and Classics were highly successful with 95% of grades at A* to B while in both Economics and History 88% of grades were A* to B.

Half of students studying Mathematics and Further Mathematics were awarded double A* while over a quarter of all Psychology students also received A*s.

By Dave Saltmarsh, global education evangelist, Jamf

Apple CEO Tim Cook visited the Woodberry Down School in Harringay earlier this year to see how students and educators are using iPads in the classroom.During his visit, Tim Cook spoke about the presence of technology in the classroom, noting that it’s a “compliment to tradition teaching and not a substitute.” As a former teacher, I’ve experienced how technology can transform an individual student’s in-class participation, enhance learning for the better and narrow the digital divide. The level of personalisation that the Apple platform, in particular, can deliver makes it a unique educational experience.  

Workshops are extremely important in a school environment to promote pupils’ wellbeingand increase awareness of topics. Here, Richard Fitzgerald, headteacher at Langdon Park School, discusses how workshops are valuable for students, staff and parents as well ashighlighting how workshops in the future must become proactive by nature. 

Record A level results at Sharnbook Upper School as Sixth Form goes from strength to strength

High-performing Sharnbrook Upper School is celebrating record A level results today – with students achieving outstanding grades and many securing places at some of the world’s best universities.

The school’s sixth form recorded an overall A level pass rate of 99%, with a brilliant 82% of entries graded A* to C and 55% of all exams receiving top grades of A* to B, well above the national average.

Students across the nation are celebrating their success after receiving their A Level results earlier today. 

Year 13 students from one school in Staffordshire were particularly excited, as 70% of students secured A* - B grades. 

Chase Grammar School students arrived at the Cannock-based independent school this morning to receive the outcome of months of hard work spent revising and sitting those all-important examinations.

Initial analysis of the results has shown that 70% of all entries received A*- B grades and nearly half (47%) were awarded an A* or A grade, which makes Chase Grammar School one of the highest attaining schools in Staffordshire for A-Levels.

A young apprentice is proving that university isn’t the only route to successful and highly paid careers.

Matthew Hardman, 19, from Gateshead, is currently enrolled on an innovative scheme to mold the next generation of built environment industry talent.

MORE than three quarters of North East schools are unaware of and unprepared for new data protection regulations coming into force next year, according to a new survey by a Newcastle IT firm.

Calibre Secured Networks undertook the research through SCHOOLS NorthEast, the North East’s regional network, to gauge how ready school business managers are for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 

The regulation will strengthen and unify the safety and security of the information held by schools, replacing the Data Protection Act of 1998 which gives individuals control over what information is held on them by organisations.

This week, teenagers across the country will be waiting with baited-breath ahead of the release of their A-level results on Thursday.  But what can you do if your ‘A level’ results are not what you wanted?  Thomas Cavanagh, explains some of the options for students who didn’t make the grade.

Making a plan

Polly Kerr, Senior Associate at law firm Tees, takes a look at the issues surrounding uniform in schools.

All Saints Catholic School is opening its doors to become a leisure venue for various activities, such as fitness classes, dance workshops and social groups, following a multi-million pound rebuild.

The popular Bradley school has undergone a complete rebuild after a seven-figure investment and is set to open its new, state-of-the-art facilities to the local area in September 2017.

For the first time, the school will have its own sports centre, which will house a sports hall, four badminton courts, and pitches for netball and basketball. The rebuilt facilities will also include dance and drama studios, and will play host to activities such as five-a-side football, dance recitals, and drama classes.

The new learning-to-code platform to provide pupils aged between 11 and 16 with crucial digital coding skills for the future. 

London, 1st August 2017 –Turinglab, an organisation dedicated to teaching fundamental coding skills to school children, has partnered with Ada, the National College for Digital Skills to develop and pilot the UK’s first creative coding platform aligned to the national computing curriculum. BJSS, the award-winning, delivery-focused IT consultancy supported Turinglab to develop this platform.

World-renowned drama school RADA is reviving the art of making a good first impression by opening its doors to business people wanting to improve how they are perceived by colleagues and clients.

Training courses, run by RADA in Business, specialise in how actor training techniques can enhance the ability to make a positive impact in the workplace or business environment. Courses can be taken at RADA in small groups or as one-to-one performance coaching sessions, as well as team development experiences led by world-leading communication skills tutors.

46% of UK adults embarrassed they cannot speak a foreign language...

Last week, the British Council announced the results of a poll of 1,768 UK adults which found that even though one in six adults said they could speak a foreign language to a high standard, nearly half of respondents (46 percent) are embarrassed they cannot speak the language of the country they are visiting when they go on holiday. Furthermore, 45 percent of adults said that they rely on the assumption that everyone will speak English in the country they are visiting, and 29 percent said they have been too scared to even try speaking the local language.