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Local Authority deal marks breakthrough for Apps Central
19 June 2019
Perth-based school app pioneers Apps Central, whose software has transformed communications in over 600 UK schools, has signed a milestone agreement with East Ayrshire…
Primary schools get help to identify pupils with speech and language difficulties in minutes
11 June 2019
At a time when resources to support children with speech and language difficulties is at best inequitable or at worst inaccessible*, GL Assessment has…
BlueSky Education scoops second award of the year with influential COBIS win
24 May 2019
BlueSky Education has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Council of British International School (COBIS) Supporting Member of the Year Award 2019,…
Tassomai to launch personalised intervention videos for students with knowledge gaps in science
16 May 2019
GCSE students struggling to understand specific science concepts will be able to fill in the knowledge gaps by watching short video clips aimed at…
15th F1 in Schools World Finals 2019 partners with Yas Marina Circuit to stage event in Abu Dhabi
3 May 2019
Yas Marina Circuit and Yas Island, Abu Dhabi will host the 15th running of the F1 in Schools World Finals, the pinnacle of this…
GL Education and GP Menco sign 10-year agreement to take CAT4 to China
3 May 2019
GL Education has signed a 10-year partnership agreement with the Shanghai-based General Plan Menco Education Group (GP Menco), which will see the Mandarin edition…
Story-telling helps boys close ‘literacy gap’ with girls
2 May 2019
A story-telling approach can help boys aged 2-5 years old catch up with the literacy levels of girls in the same class, research by…
STAEDTLER (UK) named a 2019 business superbrand
9 April 2019
Superbrands revealed today that STAEDTLER (UK) Ltd has been awarded Business Superbrands status for 2019. The Business Superbrands survey has been tracking the perception…
BESA’s response to DfE’s EdTech strategy
3 April 2019
In his speech at the Academies Show today, Damian Hinds, Secretary of State for Education, announced the publication of the Department for Education’s EdTech…