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Education Matters

  • Next Step in Adult Education Funding Overhaul
    Next Step in Adult Education Funding Overhaul 05.08.22

    Over a year after plans were first proposed, DfE has released more detail on reforming adult education funding and accountability. Proposals for multi-year adult education budgets, “simplified” funding bands and public provider performance dashboards have been firmed up as the…

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  • Arts Festival Showcases the Best of the Benenden Community
    Arts Festival Showcases the Best of the Benenden Community 21.07.22

    This year’s four-day Benenden Arts Festival hit new heights in excitement, entertainment and invention, with a boundless assembly of events, activities, performances and visitors. The festival kicked off with a mesmeric performance by Six Two (Year 13) pianist Juno in our…

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  • Letter to the Secretary of State for Education
    Letter to the Secretary of State for Education 20.07.22

    Danny Mortimer wrote to the Education Secretary to share concerns from employers across the NHS on the impact of scrapping BTECs on workforce crisis. Over 100 NHS organisations have told us that they have serious concerns about the government’s policy…

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  • Open Access
    Open Access 11.07.22

    Downe House has a long and proud history of providing an outstanding education for young people. Recently they have partnered with Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation (RNCSF) with the aim to widen their reach to others who would not usually…

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  • Early Years Funding Woes Should Alarm all in Education
    Early Years Funding Woes Should Alarm all in Education 10.07.22

    New data betrays the extent of the problem facing all types of early years settings – from funding to places. That’s something that should worry all in education, including the government, given that it has just set out ambitious learning…

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  • How to Support Year 6 Children in the Last Weeks of Term
    How to Support Year 6 Children in the Last Weeks of Term 08.07.22

    As we approach the holidays, Year 6 teachers need to be focusing on the wider curriculum, emotional wellbeing and transition, says education consultant Aidan Severs. Sats are over and the summer holidays are within touching distance. However, pupils are away…

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  • Education For All Top Priority: Al Nuaimi
    Education For All Top Priority: Al Nuaimi 06.07.22

    Qatar participated in the Transforming Education PreSummit, held at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Paris. Qatar’s delegation was headed by Minister of Education and Higher Education and Chairman of the Qatar National…

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  • Top of the Class
    Top of the Class 03.07.22

    Finlay Brewer launch palatial Victorian House moments from the UK’s ‘School of the Year.’ West London estate agents Finlay Brewer have launched a 3,537 square foot Victorian townhouse, located on Glazbury Road in West Kensington. The four-bedroom home is situated…

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  • Higher Ed: Trouble Ahead
    Higher Ed: Trouble Ahead 22.06.22

    Low student satisfaction and rising deficits spell trouble for higher education in England Higher education providers face long-term, systemic, pressures on their financial sustainability and viability, with the proportion of providers with an in-year deficit having increased in every one…

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