The latest survey by the National Centre for Languages (Cilt) has reported that only 45% of state secondary schools had half of pupils studying languages to age 16. 

The Cilt report said: "The declines of the last few years have been...

Archaeologists have now uncovered 2,700 previously unrecorded historic features along Hadrian's Wall by studying thousands of aerial pictures - including ancient burial mounds, medieval sheep farms and 19th Century lead mines.

They were working...

Any design ideas for your children's play areas? Communities all over England are being given the chance to do just this as part of £235m funding for play announced in the Children's Plan.

Children’s Secretary Ed...

January 14th -17th the return to Olympia of BETT, sees many ICT based companies showing the latest advancements and gadgets as well as seminars and demonstrations. From VLE to computer hardware it is sure to be at BETT.

Teaching an Arts subject?  This web site is about local training to improve the quality of teacher education in the arts for present and future primary school teachers, locally this may be of interest to you.

New regulations were laid before parliament on 21st November. The new requirements for SENCOs come into effect on 1st September 2009, but there will be a two-year transitional period, for SENCOs who are not currently teachers, but who have...

Changes are planned to UK transport emissions according to a report called the 'Campaign for better transport.' It suggests an extra tax on air passengers with the revenue distributed to the UK population. The study makes a case that Ministers...

New technologies emerging now are seen as the answer to the problem of malaria. It could even lead to the eventual eradication of malaria from the planet.The new way to deal with the parasite that causes malaria is called artemisinin...