The new Religious Studies GCSE, 'Religion and Belief in Today’s World', is described by OCR as offering the first approach that requires students to study two or more religions in an interfaith framework.

The syllabus requires candidates to look at issues such as community cohesion and valuing diversity using this approach. The specification is based on the recommendations from the 2007 Ofsted report '...

Schools Library Service is proud to announce the winner of the 2009 KS3 Chills Book Award!! It is "Scared to Death" by Alan Gibbons which narrowly beat "Coraline: the graphic novel" by Neil Gaiman. Well done to Turves Green...

"Send my friend" a campaign for the education of children in underdeveloped countries.  They have launched a new website with lesson plans, case studies and other resources, all on a theme of global education.

According to the agreed proposed content of the new 'Phase 4' Diplomas, recently published for consultation, students of the Diplomas will learn how to:

• take part in business meetings in a foreign language after learning the basic language...

Following the most successful UKYP Elections since 2005, Birmingham's young people have voted in their thousands for the following five new MYPs:

Lexia   (1281)
Onyx  (1275)
Hannah W (1203)
Momodou  (1201)...

The UK Youth Parliament online poll is now closed! The five candidates with the top five votes will be announced as our new Birmingham MYPs and the runners-up will be offered the opportunity to become Deputy MYPs. 

The UKYP Election results will be announced in the Council House on Friday...

This initiative uses sport to attempt to inspire and challenge young people who find life at school difficult.

Heres a chance to gain an award for a childrens health related project. There are five categories including physical activity, safety and citizenship.  

The following document was the outcome of some development worker focus, within the West Midlands, alongside Skills for Life improvement activities.

It is being circulated, for interest, to give a wider opportunity for the ideas to be used where...