School Funding
The final day of Parliament before the summer recess saw the Government’s response to the Review of Education Capital in England and the launch of consultations on school capital funding, revenue funding and academy funding. These announcements included details of extra funding for new school places and a new …
Last month we launched our ‘Genius on a Shoestring’ competition, inviting all schools and colleges across the UK to submit their genius ideas: innovative ideas enhance learning on a tight budget: a great chance to share the imaginative and inspiring ideas across education. Find out more.
Continue ReadingRM Education is delighted to win two UK Customer Experience Awards (2011), including:
‘IT and Education Award’ – recognising our longstanding commitment to the education sector; and
‘International Award’ - reflecting our international growth and ability to export our UK-developed expertise.
We are also pleased to be recognised as a finalist in the Business-to-Business …
Continue ReadingAll I seem to be writing about at the moment is academies, but it forms a major component of the Government’s education policy, so I think that’s okay. Rather than bring you a quick summary of the monthly academy numbers, this time I’m looking at the policy in a bit more depth. However, let’s start …
Continue ReadingFor the second year in a row, Isis, has been named Supplier of the Year at the British Council for School Environments (BCSE) Awards 2011. The purpose of the awards is to recognise excellence in design across the spectrum of education.
Isis, who are part of RM Education, won the …
Continue ReadingTomorrow sees the start of a UK-wide initiative to get every child outdoors. But how can technology release teaching and learning from the constraints of the classroom walls?
Continue ReadingSince 6th June, we’ve been “on the road” listening, presenting, sharing and competing (yes, read on to hear about the 1,000 mph challenge!) with our customers at the RM Education Technical Seminars. We’re about half way through the round now, and currently delivering the seminar in Maidstone as I type, …
Continue ReadingAt the Glynne Primary School in Dudley the children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) are using the schools new Flip Cams to record their learning.
Continue ReadingWith 34% of secondary schools having either applied for academy status, or already operating as an academy, one question we are increasingly being asked is if we are charging again for MIS software the school has already bought.
Continue ReadingInformation released by the Department for Education (DfE) today shows that 1,244 schools have now applied for academy status, which means a further 192 schools applied between 1 May and 1 June 2011.
Over the last month the number of open academies increased by 46 (13 primary and 33 secondary), which …
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