Manor Green Primary Academy in Denton has been accredited with the RHS Level-1 School Gardening Award in recognition of its commitment to the journey of gardening and growing.
The RHS School Gardening Awards provide a structure to develop gardening through the curriculum at your school and a way to celebrate your progress.
Manor Green has always promoted sustainability and...
Manor Green Primary Academy recently held an ‘Aspire to Inspire’ week leading to the arrival of some big names such as Stacy Copeland, Anya Waugh, Ash Randall and Tracey Webster.
The school focused on experiences and aspirations, encouraging pupils to aspire to do something in the future which will inspire others.
Throughout the week, teachers introduced the children to some...
Primary school pupils to benefit from phonics and literacy teaching thanks to new government funding
More primary school pupils will benefit from high quality phonics and expert literacy teaching as part of new funding announced today (Sunday 9 October).
Over £24 million is set to be invested in building children’s literacy skills as the government continues to support pupils’...
Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance, said:
“Labour’s plans to introduce breakfast clubs for every primary school in England will make a real difference to parents with school-aged children trying to balance their careers and their childcare needs, as well as ensuring that no children start the school day hungry, and so we warmly welcome this proposal.
Hundreds of children will have access to additional one-to-one reading support in primary schools following Schoolreaders marathon three month virtual fundraising event .
Race for Reading saw participants clocking up the miles by running, cycling, swimming, litter picking or walking their dogs to help the charity cover the distance around the world in 80 days.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi presents some of the first ‘Queen Elizabeth: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration’ books to children at Manor Park Primary School
Children in England and Northern Ireland have started receiving the Platinum Jubilee celebration books, with the Education Secretary presenting some of the first copies to young people at a school in South London today (Friday 13 May...
Primary school children across the UK will begin to receive ‘Queen Elizabeth: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration ’
Children in state-funded primary schools across the United Kingdom will, from mid-May, begin to receive a free commemorative book to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.
Designed as an official once-in-a-lifetime commemoration of the Platinum Jubilee and written in...
Ofsted has today published the second set of reports in a series looking at the pandemic’s continued impact on education providers.
From: Ofsted
Published 4 April 2022
The reports find that much good progress has been made across the education sector to help children and learners recover the knowledge and skills they missed out on during the pandemic. However, amid strong...
Slam Dunk: Sports Direct reignites kids’ passion for PE with mass participation school event
New research suggests that three times as many children would rather watch a streaming service (48%) than play sport (16%)
Sport only came in 4th as a favourite pastime (27%), with twice as many kids listing watching streaming services (58%) or playing computer games (56%) as their
School choice fails to empower parents, study finds Policies to increase school choice have not given parents a greater sense of control over their children’s education, new research has found. Parents given multiple options for their child’s school are no happier about education than those who have little choice, according to research published in the Journal of Social Policy.