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TALENTED TEACHER Great Britain’s Jessie Knight, who has had lots of success at running and hurdling, is a primary school teacher. Joe Danquah at a school. Sports Slam is a [...]

English Partnerships was involved in the Greenwich Millennium Village project in Greenwich, England, that included the setting up of the 3,101 square meter Millennium School, a primary school, and 1,349 square meter health center. The project's architectural design was carried out by Edward Cullinan Architects. How the facilities have been operating a year after the project was finished is discussed.

The reconstruction of the Hampden Gurney Church of England Primary School is discussed in terms of financing and architectural design. The article includes floor plans.

The coalition government is planning to scrap the post of foreign language consultants in primaries in England after all the efforts they have put in to prepare schools for foreign language teaching. Lack of funding as well as political view are responsible for the same.

The article discusses the various aspects that make league topping schools successful. The top four schools on the leagues tables in England and how they continue to achieve success are highlighted.

Bryan Eade, former head of Coningsby St Michaels CofE Primary School in Lincolnshire has been struck off by the General Teaching Council for England (GTC) for dictatorial and bullying behavior against his teachers. Mr. Eades behavior has been found to be incompatible with the standard iof conduct becoming of a headteacher.

The article discusses the growing need for schools in England to focus on teaching more grammar to students in schools. The need to also worry less about the use of slang among students is highlighted.

The article discusses the efforts being made by primary schools across England to increase their size in order to cater to the growing demand for seats in schools. The need to provide smaller schools in urban areas to cater to the growing demand is highlighted.

The article discusses the growing rise in the number of primaries all across England, which can be attributed to the rise in the number of students. The kinds of changes that primary schools are making to cope with the rising demand are highlighted.

Talks are on between Blackburn's Tauheedul mosque and the Church of England over the offer for the running of Sacred Heart RC Primary School in Blackburn following a fall in the number of Catholic students in the school to just 3%. The offer has come since almost all the studdents in the school are Muslim.

School heads as well as the National Association for Head Teachers (NAHT) have severely criticized the World Class Primary Program under which more than a third of primary schools across England are failing to perform. The claim is that such an initiative has left the schools disempowered, bullied and harassed.

The article discusses the success that two schools in England have achieved using the Lead Assessment school model on the progress of students in the school. The two schools are Orston Primary and Fairfield Primary in Nottinghamshire.

The Cambridgeshire County Council in the UK has the highest birth rate in the UK with 24.1 births per thousand people. The opening of a new school in the area, Jeavons Wood is being looked at very positively, as it is the only school in the area and now parents will not need to send their children to another village to study.

Drapers Mills Primary school in Margate, Kent has grouped students of Year 5 and 6 according to their learning abilities relevant to visual, auditory or kinesthetic. This is based on the method introduced by Harvard professor Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.

The theft of solar panels from the roof of Swalwell Primary school in Gateshead, installed to generate power used in school activities is reported. Police suggestions to prevent such thefts and to enable tracking them after theft are also presented.

Marva Rollins, headteacher of the Raynham Primary School in North London, describes the strategies she uses to cope with the 30 per cent mobility rate in her school while caring for students' well being and raising standards.

The article describes the 'Yuk! day' which was organized in Chiddingstone Primary school in Kent.

The grammar schools in England are considered as a threat due to their selective behavior. Their dissolution is overlooked by the political leaders.

Pupils of Poringland primary and Ormesby middle school in Norfolk are learning that the decisions they make in their own lives and international policy-making are not as different as they may appear at first. The students are making international-level decisions by learning to face the consequences of their own choices and exploring topics such as the classroom system of rewards and punishments.

A novel assessment scheme is raising the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) standards in primary schools in the Manchester borough of Tameside. The scheme is scheduled to go online in June 2005, with the completion of a new system aimed at achieving ambitious targets for key stage 2 attainment in ICT.

The study conducted by the New Economics Foundation and Nottingham City Council states that pupils at the academically top performing primary school had significantly lower levels of well-being than those at the other primary schools surveyed. It is suggested that paying attention to children's mental and physical needs is a surefire way to increase standards and attainment, as well as create happier children.

A small area in the southeast of England with 39 grammar schools is the largest expanse of selective education remaining in Britain that would be abolished in 2004. The evidence for the schools' continued existence on educational grounds is being examined as the Labour Government is under increasing pressure to abolish them.

The Belvoir Challenge is a cross-country marathon, which has taken place since 1990. Its primary purpose is to generate funds for a small rural primary school in Belvoir, England.

Pupils at Bingley grammar school, a Yorkshire comprehensive for 11- to 19-year olds, took a mock examination in November 2006 that would help them gauge their performance and improve their actual General Certificate for Secondary Education (GCSE) results. The mock exams showed the students what their results meant for their futures and the effort needed to improve their grades in the months leading to the actual GCSE exam.

Gorton Mount primary school, Manchester, was in special measures when Sarah Rowledge took up a 2-term secondment at the school. The school received funding for Montessori teaching, and has, as a result, come out of professional measures within a year.

Melody Moran is head of Brentside primary in Ealing which has been described by a visiting therapeutic children's counsellor as 'emotional literacy in action'. The school is painted in brilliant colours is designed to capture and encourage enthusiasms of children.

The five attainment targets of the Geography order are not clarified in the programmes of study. This offers maximum flexibility: teachers can plan their lessons using an enquiry approach to suit pupils' needs and the local area. The Geographical Association 'Geography in a Nutshell' is a primary course divided into compact study units taking 7.5% of curriculum time. Detailed study of the wider world is resourced with photo-packs, Worldaware materials and BBC radio programmes.

Steve Mills, a teacher at William Ransom Primary School in Hitchin, Hertfordshire and winner of the Primary Teacher of the Year 2008 award speaks about who has been the biggest influence in his life so far. Mills also highlights the best moment of his career as a teacher so far.

Neil Blewett was the Portsmouth Grammar School Surmaster who always encouraged his students to partake in sports and helped the timid ones overcome their fears and develop confidence. Blewett was also known as 'Mr Fixit' for his ability in troubleshooting.

Teachers in primary schools across England have been told not to abandon plans for new curriculum despite the changes having been dropped from the Children, Schools and Families Bill, thereby creating a lot of confusion. The new curriculum has been inspired by the Rose Review and schools have spent months preparing for the changes.

Researchers are conducting a four-week trial involving the pumping of smells and sounds into the classrooms at All Saints RC Primary School in Liverpool, to help children concentrate better and retain more information and thus perform better. The trial will involved tow Year 6 classes and will run in the afternoon, with one class being subjected to a peppermint aroma, while the other class will be subject to a background of natural sounds such as running water and rustling leaves.

Staff and students at Cotgrave Candleby Lane School, a primary in a deprived area of Nottinghamshire are all set to launch their own music label called Asbo Records. The plans for the school to sign the children and market them, will help create profits that are to be divided between the bands and the school, and is becoming very popular.

The article discusses the vital message that students at Inmans Primary School in England learned when a tribal student, Juan Kunchikuy from the Ecuadorian Shuar tribe when he visited the school. The difficulties and challenges that Kunchikuy faces in educating himself served as an important reminder to students about how easy everything is for them.

Figures released by the General Teaching Council in England reveal that nearly a third of the primary schools in England do not have any male teachers. Despite ongoing efforts, the ratio has not improved; however, the proportion of men varies significantly between different types of schools.

Simon Parker, headteacher at Coppice Primary School in Chigwell, Essex, discusses his passion for both teaching and music and states that the melody and instrumentation of Dame Shirley Bassey's song 'Goldfinger', best describes his life.

TARKETT MARLEY FLOORS' products were specified in 13 primary schools in Barnsley as part of a 54m [pounds sterling] investment programme. The Optima range was fitted in the classrooms and [...]

The maximum pay awarded by the Employment Tribunal to staff of a school, who had to shut it down in three days on its owner's instructions, is discussed.

The private Prins Willem primary school located in a Surrey commuter town in Netherlands has achieved the highest score ever in that country's national tests. The pupils direct their own learning, deciding when they need a lesson and helping each other when they get stuck, and sometimes even taking over the teaching.