September is Attendance Awareness Month in the United States – a nationwide campaign recognising the connection between school attendance and academic achievement. It aims to get schools and communities to promote the value of good school attendance and to take action to reduce chronic absenteeism among schoolchildren before it leads to long-term problems. In the … Read More
The waiting is over and those much-anticipated exam results are finally on their way. But for your child this is just the beginning of the next stage of their lives – probably further education or perhaps the first tentative steps into the world of employment. For most youngsters, this is an emotionally charged time. So … Read More
Think physical activity is unrelated to academic performance? Although we may not associate sports and physical activity with intellectual achievement, research shows that kids – as well as adults – who are physically active do, on average, outperform those who are less active. While most people might associate high grades with long periods studying, research … Read More
The importance of strong parent/teacher relationships A strong relationship between parent and teacher is essential to the success of a child’s education. It has always been an influential factor in a good education, although the parent/teacher relationship has changed over time. Parents benefit from being involved in their child’s education by getting ideas from school … Read More
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google+Share on Linkedin We’ve created an interactive map which shows the ratio of children between the ages of 5-16 years old which are home educated in their respective local authorities*. View the map in full screen The southeast tops the charts for the highest concentration of home educated … Read More
Flexischooling is a unique arrangement between the parent and the school in which children are registered at school normally yet only attend part time. The rest of the time the child will be home educated. There is no curriculum that parents must follow when they are educating their children at home, but the children must … Read More
Adults often feel like they just can’t learn things as quickly as when you were a child. It seems like whereas information used to be soaked up like a sponge, it takes a lot longer to learn new things later in life. Are adults just not as good at learning as children, or do they … Read More
Esther Okade, from Walsall in the West Midlands, seems in many ways to be like any other ten year old – she plays dress up, plays with dolls and likes being in the park with her family. On the other hand, she’s also an undergraduate, with plans to take on a PhD by the time … Read More
We’ve come a long way since the days of reciting passages to class by rote and learning by writing out lines from a textbook. There is an incredible array of technology at our fingertips, that creates a space for individually tailored learning, in a way that we haven’t had access to before. When it comes … Read More
With the general election just a few sleeps away, we take a look at the impact of the key parties’ policies regarding the future of education. From the Conservatives to the Greens, each party has a unique approach to sculpting the education sector in the next four years. We discuss the proposals for change from … Read More
