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CONTENTS Dear Reader,


Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today, the final one for this school year before the summer holidays. Taking our cue from that, we have three features this month on the summer learning gap and how its worst effects can be mitigated – in the first, Christine Major, former teacher and CEO of EdTech provider GLUU, explains how EdTech can help prevent learning loss and ease the transition to secondary school; in the second, James Grant, Co-Founder and Managing Director at MyTutor, makes the case for a sensible, year-round approach to learning; and in our third, Fleur Sexton, Managing Director of training provider PET-Xi, discusses the importance of summer school provision in achieving the government’s levelling up agenda. We also look at teacher burnout in the


company of Giancarlo Brotto, Global Education Advisor at SMART Technologies, and hear from Nicola West Jones, Head of Market Research at The Key Group, who looks at the findings of the Group’s research into public perceptions of school governance and asks how representative it is as a reflection of modern Britain. Last but not least, we lead with our annual


school suppliers feature, a roundup of some of the great suppliers we have worked with this school year, which also includes details of our hotly anticipated School & Supplier Awards taking place in early December! Elsewhere, as always, we have news, views


and our line-up of regular contributors, and a lovely View from the classroom piece from Richmond Hill Academy in Leeds. Remember, we love to hear from you, you


can get in touch with us via Twitter @EdTodayMag, as well as by phone or email. Enjoy the issue and have a very restful summer – see you in September!


Jonathan Swift - Managing Editor


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www.educationtodayawards.co.uk In this issue... 04-13 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL SUPPLIERS


A roundup of some of the great suppliers we have worked with this year 14-20 NEWS


Selected stories from the UK education scene this month 22WELLBEING With Mark Solomons, Founder of Welbee 23 VIEWS


With author Alec Quigley; and Julia Garvey, Deputy Director General at BESA 24 BESA CORNER


With BESA members Create Education and Promethean 26-27 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM


We hear from Anna Mackenzie, Principal at Richmond Hill Academy in Leeds 28 CONTRIBUTORS


With Early Years student Jennifer Sedgwick; and Kirsty Bertenshaw 29 SPOTLIGHT ON SEND With Joanne Gladders and Hannah Rix 30-35 VIEWS & OPINION


Featuring comment and insight from the UK education sector


36-37 FEATURE FOCUS: BRIDGING THE LEARNING GAP We speak to Christine Major, CEO of GLUU


38-39 FEATURE FOCUS: BRIDGING THE LEARNING GAP


With James Grant, Co-Founder and Managing Director, MyTutor


40 FEATURE FOCUS: BRIDGING THE LEARNING GAP


Featuring Fleur Sexton, Managing Director, PET-Xi


42-43 FEATURE: TEACHER BURNOUT With Giancarlo Brotto, Global Education Advisor, SMART Technologies


44-45 FEATURE: SCHOOL GOVERNANCE


With Nicola West Jones, Head of Market Research, The Key Group 46-49 SUSTAINABLE BUILDING


With comment from Nigel Aylwin-Foster, Business Development Director, ReEnergise Projects Ltd 50-IBC RECRUITMENT


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