CONTENTS Dear Reader, Welcome to the latest issue!
This month you’ll find our Schools & Academies Show Preview, covering what you can
expect from the two-day event at Birmingham’s NEC – including the MAT Showcase which is new for 2025.
Our Finance feature sees Will Jordan, Co- Founder of IMP Software, discussing the financial challenges MATs find themselves facing; while Tim O’Donovan, Relationship Manager at Allica Bank, takes a look at how smarter lending can help support UK schools. We put the spotlight on Music & Performing Arts this month, too, as Rachael Diop, the Classroom Curriculum and Teacher Training Lead at SoMi Academy, and Musicianship Practitioner for VoicesABRSM, shares her insights on group music-making and the many benefits it can bring for pupils.
In our regular Buildings, Maintenance & Refurbishment feature, Hannah Gains, National Education Manager at Net Zero Buildings, discusses how the right building solutions can help to ensure the needs of SEND pupils are met; while our Computing & IT feature covers tech strategy and procurement; the merits of using refurbished equipment in schools; and how TechnologyOne is supporting Royal Holloway as its SaaS partner. Elsewhere, we have all the usual news and views – and we want to hear from you, too, so please get in touch via email or @EdTodayMag on X.
Enjoy the issue!
Charlotte Westwood Managing Editor
In this issue...
4 SCHOOLS & ACADEMIES SHOW PREVIEW
A look at what to expect 10-18 NEWS
The latest from across the sector 19 WELLBEING
With Mark Solomons, creator of Welbee 20 BESA CORNER With ReadSpeaker and KCS 21 VIEWS
With BESA and BBC Bitesize’s Cerys Griffiths 22 CONTRIBUTORS
With Class People’s Naomi Howells 23 SEND
With Emma Sanderson and Clare Waterhouse 24-25 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM
With Jon Gray, Headmaster at York House School
26-31 WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Comments from across the sector
32 FEATURE FOCUS: FINANCE With Will Jordan from IMP Software
34-35 FEATURE: FINANCE With Tim O’Donovan from Allica Bank
36-37 FEATURE: MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
With SoMi Academy’s Rachael Diop
38-40 FEATURE: BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT
With Hannah Gains from Net Zero Buildings. 44 FEATURE: COMPUTING & IT With Pete Miller from ETB Technologies 45 FEATURE: COMPUTING & IT With TechnologyOne 46 FEATURE: COMPUTING & IT With Apogee’s Gary Day
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Education today
NOVEMBER 2025
• News & Views • Schools & Academies Show • Finance • Music & Performing Arts
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