Teachwire

12/06/2026

The £500,000 cost of the one-to-one device scheme I was devising might seem surprising at first. However, when you next get the chance, ask your on-site technicians or admin staff how much it costs to refresh a computer room every five years.

Divide that number by the £150 needed for a perfectly suitable Chromebook device and the proposal starts to make more sense. It’s a different model of resourcing, rather than a more expensive one.

At our school, computer science, D&T and media studies were the only subjects to really require dedicated IT rooms containing powerful hardware running specialist software (for CAD, coding and video editing purposes respectively).

We thus went from having six rarely used computer rooms in school to just two.

We chose Chromebooks for our one-to-one scheme, but budget Windows laptops could also work.

💬 By Kit Betts-Masters, lead practitioner for science

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More than anything, one-to-one device schemes are about changing how a school thinks about its resources, pedagogy and access...

11/06/2026

For a young writer, it may be tempting, when bringing a magical object into an otherwise normal world, to unleash wonders straight away.

Great authors of such stories tend to introduce magic in a more teasing way, with a glimpse that entices readers without revealing everything immediately.

This resource pack guides KS2 children through the process of analysing the introduction of a magical book (the Complete Works of Shakespeare!) in Maz Evans’s wonderful, hilarious, moving novel, The Last Bard, selecting the techniques they will employ to hint at the magic within an object of their own design.

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Peer inside the mind of author Maz Evans and help pupils understand how to describe a magical object with her novel The Last Bard.

11/06/2026

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11/06/2026

✨📚 Spark confident writing and a genuine love of reading by inviting professional authors straight into your classroom. Recorded specifically for use in schools, our energetic podcast, Author In Your Classroom, features brilliant writers sharing practical tips and expert advice. Each episode is supported by an exclusive resources pack, too. 📚✨

In the brand new episode, storyteller and author Chip Colquhoun from Epic Tales explores how writers often borrow ideas from stories they already know and reshape them into something new.

Explore Chip’s new book, The Bestest Story in the World... Ever!, with our special podcast for classrooms and free accompanying resource pack.

Order the book before 10th September 2026 to enter a draw to win a free school author visit from Chip himself.

More info, and free teaching pack, below.

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10/06/2026

True inclusion starts with raising awareness. Use these resources during Refugee Week (15-21 June) and beyond to help pupils become active citizens of positive change in your school and community.

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Use Refugee Week in June and these selected resources to celebrate refugees' contributions to the UK and educate pupils about their plight...

05/06/2026

Pay transparency is one of the most effective levers available to schools. When salary, responsibilities, allowances and opportunities for progression are all clearly set out in job adverts, candidates can make a more informed assessment as to whether a role is viable and actually appropriate for them before applying.

Equally important, however, is the way in which pay is determined once a candidate has been appointed.

Setting salaries based on the value and scope of the role and skills required, rather than on a candidate’s previous salary, will help to ensure that appointments are fair and consistent.

Relying on salary history can unintentionally carry forward historic pay disparities – particularly where career paths or working patterns have differed.

Clear pay ranges or scales, applied consistently and without reference to past earnings, will result in better decision-making by candidates and greater confidence in the process for schools.

They help ensure that pay decisions will reflect professional value, rather than negotiation or prior circumstance. This strengthens trust and transparency across the recruitment process.

💬 By Vivienne Porritt OBE, former secondary headteacher and co-founder of WomenEd Leaders

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Vivienne Porritt flags up the recruitment habits that can quietly widen (or indeed narrow) the gender pay gap...

04/06/2026

🧩 Find your ideal category! 🧩

Alongside the familiar favourites, this year's feature six brand-new categories.

Find full descriptions of all of our categories at our website, and enter for free today!

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03/06/2026

Healthy life expectancy remains a postcode lottery, and – most concerningly – the gap continues to widen.

We see the signs of this inequality in schools at an early age. In the most deprived communities, obesity rates in Reception and Year 6 are more than double those in the least deprived areas.

The reasons are complex and multi-faceted. Access to safe green space and play facilities varies widely, and organised sport carries costs that place it out of reach for many families.

Diet also plays a role, with healthy food less affordable in many areas. All of this means that already vulnerable children are most likely to lose out.

Schools alone cannot solve a national public health crisis, but they are uniquely placed to make a profound difference.

The school day is one of the few opportunities for every child, regardless of background, to access regular physical activity.

The most effective solutions are often the simplest: short, inclusive bursts of movement embedded into the school day.

No special kit, complicated timetables or competitive pressure – just children having fun moving together, at their own pace, and building healthy habits for life.

💬 By Elaine Wyllie MBE, founder of The Daily Mile UK

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Why standard cybersecurity awareness training doesn't adequately prepare schools for online safeguarding decisions...

02/06/2026

This 11-page guide provides inspiration and advice for activities your school can run during School Diversity Week.

LGBT+ inclusion is essential in primary schools to help pupils build foundations of respect, tolerance and understanding of diversity in the wider world.

Unfortunately, a recent study showed that 78% of primary aged pupils have heard homophobic language from their peers. School Diversity Week from Just Like Us combats this problem, and will make your school a place where difference is celebrated.

Positive messaging about being LGBT+ is linked to better mental health and outcomes for all pupils, regardless of whether they are LGBT+ or not. It is essential for helping pupils understand different kinds of people and families.

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This 11-page guide provides inspiration and advice for learning, celebration and fundraising activities your school can run.

31/05/2026

On the surface, a seating plan is simply a practical tool for organising a busy classroom and keeping learning on track. But in our desire to control chaos, do we risk constricting curiosity?

In this episode, Helen Mulley is joined by Lewis Ames from Children of the Forest and education consultant Leslie Patterson to explore what a truly flexible and empowering education environment might look like.

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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