CONTENTS In this issue... 4-11 NEWS
Highlights from the UK education sector 7 VIEWS
With VSO volunteer Alice Chandler, and Patrick Hayes, Director at BESA
8 BESA CORNER Dear Reader,
Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today. With the General Election campaign now in full swing, the main parties are beginning to set out their visions for education. Education is always an important part of the manifesto, and I’ll be very interested to see how each party proposes to tackle the various and well-known challenges facing our schools these days. Funding is a key plank of education policy, and with that in mind, we focus this month on maintaining your school estate, with helpful ideas from a selection of suppliers on the best way to keep your schools in good shape and looking great. We also look at the benefits of getting children out of the classroom and into the great outdoors, with all the positives that flow from giving your pupils a bit of fresh air. We have our regular contributors as always, and a great line up of comment and opinion to get you talking. We continue our section on recruitment with some great jobs for you this month and have now launched our recruitment section on our website, so if you’re looking for a new role, or wish to advertise a vacancy, do make sure you get in touch.
Remember, you can get in touch with us via Twitter @EdTodayMag, Facebook and our homepage, as well as by phone or email. We love hearing from you!
Enjoy the issue! Jonathan Swift - Managing Editor
With Learning Resources and SSS Learning 12 COLUMNISTS
Insight and advice from Felicia Jackson and Kirsty Bertenshaw
13-19 VIEWS & OPINION
Featuring comment and opinion from the UK education sector
20-21 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM
With Aisling Hagan, Director of e-learning at St Mary’s Grammar School in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
22-24 FEATURE: OUTDOOR LEARNING
With Alex Alves, currently teaching Outdoor Learning and Forest School at Fairfield Preparatory School
26-28 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL MAINTENANCE
With Pete Mills, Commercial Technical Operations Manager at Bosch Commercial and Industrial 30-32 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL MAINTENANCE With Altuity, Heckmondwike FB and Junckers Ltd
34-35 BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT
Including products and services from Jacksons Fencing and Polyflor
36-39 COMPUTING & I.T. RESOURCES
Including products and services from Frontier Software and Misco 40-41 FRONT COVER PROFILE Featuring BlueSky Education 42-43 RESOURCES
Including products and services from Kaz Type and Veative
44-45 ROUND UP
Including news from Skillfridge and Logic4Training 46-47 RECRUITMENT
Selected job opportunities from
talentedteacherjobs.co.uk
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