News Archive

Six More Academies to be Built
24 February 2009
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls and Schools Minister Jim Knight have given the go-ahead for six new academies in Bournemouth, Sandwell, Croydon and Wolverhampton. Read More...

Cooking Spaces for Schools
February 24th 2009
The government is allocating £150 million of funding for the installation of new food technology areas for schools. Read More...

£21 million to Improve School Sport Facilities
 February 13th 2009
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls has announced that 75 sports colleges will share over £21 million to improve their facilities. Read More...

Funding Rewards for the Greenest Universities
February 6th 2009
The government is planning to link the funding available to universities and colleges with their performance in reducing carbon emissions. Read More...

Schools to Promote Out of Hours Activities
January 20th 2009
Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes has called on all schools and local authorities to do more to develop out of hours activities for children and young people. Read More...

Schools Programme worth More than the Olympics and Heathrow
January 3rd 2009
The huge sums of money being invested in school building and refurbishment means that the schools programme is now thought to be worth more to construction firms than the Olympics and the proposed expansion of Heathrow airport put together. Read More...

Millions of Pounds Pledged for Playgrounds
December 20th 2008
A National Play Strategy is launched to build and revamp playgrounds in 89 Local Authorities across England. Read More...

Cash Boost for National Challenge Schools
December 15th 2008
Over £41m of National Challenge funding is pledged to 85 Local Authorities across the country in a new step to increase the performance of every school. Read More...

School Rebuilding Accelerated
December 3rd 2008
The Chancellor announces plans to accelerate school re-building in his pre-budget report. Read More...

£40m for Coasting Schools
December 1st 2008
Hundreds of ‘coasting’ secondary schools in England are to be made to raise their game in a £40m Government school improvement scheme. Read More...

Classroom Furniture to be Updated
November 28th 2008
School furniture is to be upgraded as pupils become too big for old school chairs. Read More...

Primary Schools to be Rebuilt
November 14th 2008
Hundreds of primary schools in England are set to be re-built or refurbished over the next 15 years, thanks to a £7bn investment programme. Read More...

Schools Build Through the Recession
October 28th 2008
With the UK economy struggling under the weight of a threatened recession, educational establishments are one of the few sectors to have funds available for large building and renovation projects. Read More...

No Cuts in Education Budgets
October 23rd 2008 
Gordon Brown has insisted that the £500bn bail-out for British banks will not lead to cuts in school spending. Read More...

Primary Schools Safe from Closure
October 23rd 2008
Ministers insist that primary schools with bad results will not be closed down under the National Challenge Scheme. Read More...

Free School Meals for Scotland
October 6th 2008
All school pupils aged 5 to 8 to be given free school lunch under a new initiative to improve the health and wellbeing of Scotland’s school children.Read More...

Displaying your School's Green Credentials
October 3rd 2008
The new rules on energy efficiency for public buildings have taken sustainability to a whole new level. It’s not enough just to be working towards energy efficiency – schools’ green credentials now have to be on display for all to see.Read More...

A Guide to Going Green
October 3rd 2008
The new rules governing the display of energy efficiency certificates in schools may seem hard to navigate, but help is on hand from a new book designed to help schools achieve and promote sustainability. Read More...

£151m to Teach Kids to Cook
September 26th 2008
A new Government programme, aiming to tackle obesity, is offering a free cookbook to all 11-year-olds in England and investing millions in the teaching of food technology. Read More...

Universities Go Green
September 26th 2008
Universities, like all educational establishments, are under increasing pressure to ‘go green’, and new universities are proving most willing to adopt sustainable practices, a new league table reveals. Read More...

Refurbished Schools Open
September 19th 2008
Pupils in a record number of English schools are starting the term in new or refurbished school buildings, thanks to a massive Government renovation project. Read More...

Failing to Deliver Sustainable Schools
September 19th 2008
Schools are failing to meet their sustainable schools targets, a government report reveals. Read More...

Extra Funding to Help Flood Damaged Schools
September 12th 2008
Almost £30m is being granted to help re-build flood damaged schools in Hull, East Riding, Worcestershire and Merton. Read More...

Funds for Failing Schools
September 12th 2008
The Government has pledged £400m to secure higher standards in all secondary schools, as part of the ‘National Challenge’ scheme. Read More...

Halving Your School’s Carbon Footprint
September 5th 2008
Schools could halve their carbon footprints with the right support, says the Sustainable Development Commission. Read More...

Interview with an LEA
September 5th 2008
After meeting SCEMES at the Eco Schools Conference, Katie Sutton, Carbon Management Officer at Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council contacted us. She was so impressed with the Handbook of Sustainable Procurement that she wanted 100 copies to distribute to schools in her area! Read More...