CONTENTS Dear Reader,
Welcome to the final issue of Education Today for 2023, and we have a full one for you this month. We open with a preview of the upcoming Bett Show taking place at London’s ExCel in January, in which we take a look at the show’s themes. We then take a deep dive into sustainability and the impact environment concerns are having on our schools, and also look at the importance of cultural education. In our first sustainability feature we hear again from Nigel Aylwin-Foster of ReEnergise Projects Ltd, who picks up where he left off in his previous two articles on net- zero and school estate decarbonisation. In our second we take a look at Microsoft’s sustainable offerings for the sector, while in our third Clare Cox, Sustainability Lead at Pearson Schools, shares some of the steps schools are taking to become more sustainable, and collates key tips and advice from leading voices across the sector. In our fourth feature on the topic Mike Meek, Procurement and Sustainability Director at school catering specialists allmanhall, makes the case for offering a strong plant-based option for schoolchildren’s mealtimes; and in our fifth (and final) feature on sustainability this month, Rob Erwood, Sales and Specification Director at Baxi, discusses the benefits that Passivhaus standards can bring schools and the role of hot water design in delivering a lower energy project. Elsewhere in the magazine we have all our usual contributors offering insight and opinion, and our regular View from the classroom piece, this month featuring Becki Huth, the Sustainability and Forest School Lead at Cutteslowe Primary School, part of the Riverside Learning Trust in Oxford, who tells us about the wide-ranging sustainability initiatives that have been implemented at her school and the surprising impact they have had on pupils and the school community. Remember, we love to hear from you, you can get in touch with us via Twitter @EdTodayMag, as well as by phone or email. Thank you so much for your continued support of the magazine in 2023, enjoy the issue and your very well-deserved
Christmas break – see you in 2024! Jonathan Swift Managing Editor
Education today
DECEMBER 2023
Publication Manager: Carl Hearnden Publishing Director: Paul Ryder Managing Editor: Jonathan Swift Artwork Editor: Kirsty Hood Secretary: Tracey Ballard Published by:
Datateam Business Media Limited, London Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8LY Tel: 01622 699128 (Advertising) Tel: 07969 141997 (Editorial) Fax: 01622 757646 Email:
education@datateam.co.uk Circulation: Curwood CMS Ltd
datateam@c-cms.com Tel: 01580 883844 Fax: 01580 883849 Subscription Prices 2020 Number of editions per year: 11 UK: £52 Overseas: £132
The Publishers cannot accept responsibility for any discrepancies either in copy or between products and/or services listed. Nor can they be responsible for illustrations and/or copy for products which lead to infringement of copyright
• Bett preview • News & views • Feature focus: sustainability • Cultural education
In this issue... 04-08 BETT SHOW PREVIEW
We showcase some of the themes ahead of January’s show 10 Q&A
With Deborah Batchelor, Managing Director at Stir Food Ltd
12-14 NEWS
Selected stories from the UK education scene this month
16 WELLBEING
With Mark Solomons, Founder of Welbee 18 VIEWS
With BESA’s Head of Partnerships and Events Dave Smith; and Charlotte Rowley on leadership
19 BESA CORNER
With BESA members Everybody Counts and Schools Broadband
20-21 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM
We hear from Becki Huth, Sustainability and Forest School Lead at Cutteslowe Primary School 22 CONTRIBUTORS
With Naomi Howells, Managing Director at Class People; and Sam Widdup, Early Years SEND Advisory Teacher for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council studying for an MA Education Early Years at Edge Hill University
23 SEND With regulars Jayne Forster and Emma Sanderson 24-26 VIEWS & OPINION
Featuring comment and insight from the UK education sector
28-30 FEATURE FOCUS: SUSTAINABILITY With Nigel Aylwin-Foster of ReEnergise Projects Ltd
32-33 FEATURE FOCUS: SUSTAINABILITY
Looking at Microsoft’s sustainable offerings for the sector 34-35 FEATURE FOCUS: SUSTAINABILITY
Featuring Clare Cox, Sustainability Lead at Pearson Schools 36-37 FEATURE FOCUS: SUSTAINABILITY
With Mike Meek, Procurement and Sustainability Director at school catering specialists allmanhall 38-39 FEATURE FOCUS: SUSTAINABILITY
We hear from Rob Erwood, Sales and Specification Director at Baxi
40-41 FEATURE: CULTURAL EDUCATION With Dan Coleman, Head of English as an Additional Language at Royal Hospital School in Ipswich
42-43 FEATURE: CULTURAL EDUCATION Featuring Jenny Waldman, director of Art Fund
44-46 IN OTHER NEWS
Christmas greetings from some of your favourite suppliers....
01254 688060
www.lbq.org
01924 834 834
www.ypo.co.uk
01730 829091
www.ransom.co.uk
0191 3896078
www.readingsolutionsuk.com 01276 456902
www.frontiersoftware.com
hello@hamishandmilo.org https://hamishandmilo.org/
Merry Christmas to all our readers, courtesy of some of the fantastic brands who have featured in the magazine this year, and a huge thank you from the team here at Education Today for your continued support of the magazine in 2023. Here’s wishing you a peaceful and prosperous 2024.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48
