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CONTENTS Dear Reader,


Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today. With the summer holidays looming, many of you will be planning now for your schools to get a lick of paint and some much-needed attention, and we hope the seven features this month focusing on school maintenance and design will give you some pointers, covering as they do a number of aspects of this important area including air quality, sustainability, wellbeing, reducing energy costs, the design of learning spaces, retrofits and, last but not least, the regulatory challenges schools must address as they move to a more sustainable future. In our final feature this month, we move away


from maintenance and design, and take a look at the use of software in schools in the company of Godfrey Ryan, CEO of school transport specialist Kura, who explains how, in a time of ever-increasing fuel and energy costs, software can help to improve the efficiency of the school run. Elsewhere, as always, we have news, views


and our line-up of regular contributors, and a lovely View from the classroom piece from Fen Rivers Academy in Norfolk. 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!


Jonathan Swift - Managing Editor


In this issue... 04-10 NEWS


Selected stories from the UK education scene this month 12WELLBEING With Mark Solomons, Founder of Welbee 13 VIEWS


With author John Tomsett; and Julia Garvey, Deputy Director General at BESA 14 BESA CORNER


With BESA members Oriel Square and Speechlink 16-17 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM


We hear from Amanda Fewkes, Headteacher at Fen Rivers Academy in Norfolk 18 CONTRIBUTORS With Early Years student Corinne Rogansky 19 SPOTLIGHT ON SEND With Joanne Gladders and Hannah Rix 20-25 VIEWS & OPINION


Featuring comment and insight from the UK education sector


26-27 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL MAINTENANCE & DESIGN


We speak to Alan Macklin and Ana Cross at Elta Group


28-29 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL MAINTENANCE & DESIGN


With Steve McGregor, Group MD, DMA Group


30 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL MAINTENANCE & DESIGN


Featuring Pippa Boothman, VP Marketing & Communications at Disruptive Technologies


32 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL MAINTENANCE & DESIGN With Nigel Ward, MD of Using Less Stuff


34-35 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL MAINTENANCE & DESIGN


With Dawn Scott at Dulux Trade


36-37 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL MAINTENANCE & DESIGN With Stewart Little, CEO of IRT Surveys


38-39 FEATURE FOCUS: SCHOOL MAINTENANCE & DESIGN


Featuring Jane Parrinder, National Account Manager at SPIE UK 40-41 FEATURE: SOFTWARE IN SCHOOLS With Godfrey Ryan, CEO, Kura


42-43 BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT 44-47 COMPUTING & IT RESOURCES 48-49 IN OTHER NEWS 50-IBC RECRUITMENT


Selected job opportunities from talentedteacherjobs.co.uk


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