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Meet the Team

My Journey as a Marketing Professional

Tracy Carlton, Director of Marketing and Business Development, started with Services For Education in January 2018 and ...

11
Jun
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Advice For Schools

The New Inspection Framework: Is Your Curriculum Ready?

Following consultation (not negotiation), there is a new inspection framework for schools from September 2019. Whilst new ...

31
May
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Advice For Schools Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Week – What Can We Do?

There is so much in the news these days, rightly so, about responses to children and young ...

16
May
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Advice For Parents

11 Activities To Do With Children In Birmingham, This Easter

I don’t know about you… but Easter has crept up pretty quickly on me this year! And ...

16
Apr

Advice For Parents Science Week

5 Science Experiments You Can Do At Home

We have reached the final blog in our science week series! And we’re almost all scienced-out… for ...

21
Mar

Science Week

Is Science Fact Really Stranger than Fiction?

If you hadn’t noticed… we’ve gone a little bit science-mad over the last week or so. Well, ...

18
Mar
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Advice For Parents Advice For Schools Science Week

7 Fun Science Activities To Do With Kids In Birmingham

This week we are celebrating British Science Week at Services For Education. In fact, we’ve been inundated ...

15
Mar
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Science Week

3 Reasons Why The World Would Be A Better Place If More Women Worked In STEM

There have been some amazing women in science Marie Curie, Rosamund Franklin, Ada Lovelace who have changed ...

13
Mar

Advice For Schools Science Week

Women in Stem, Men in the Arts

If you do a very quick internet search, you’ll find yourself facing a mass of articles, websites ...

11
Mar
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Advice For Schools

8 Teacher Training Application Tips

ITT providers are frequently asked the question ‘What makes a good teacher training application?’ While the passion ...

15
Jan
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Advice For Schools

3 Ways To Support and Retain High Quality NQTs

Acting on behalf of the LA as the Appropriate Body, Services For Education see a variety of ...

10
Jan

Meet the Team

Up Close With Martyn Collin – CEO

Our CEO, Martyn, joined Services For Education in November 2017. His interview for Birmingham Living, earlier this ...

19
Dec

Advice For Schools

3 Data Protection Myths Busted

Data protection law reinforces common sense rules of information handling, which most education settings try to follow ...

05
Dec
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Music

The Loneliness of the Successful Music Teacher

Collaboration is always at the centre of music making. But have you ever felt professional isolation as ...

11
Nov

Advice For Parents Advice For Schools

10 Tips to Support Children During Exam Season

Most people get super nervous around exam periods. And it's our jobs as teachers and parents to help ...

11
Oct
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Advice For Schools

The Future Of RSE Is Changing

The last guidance for schools to deliver an essential curriculum area was published 18 years ago... thankfully ...

04
Sep

Advice For Schools

10 Top Health and Safety Tips

I know… health and safety isn’t the most glamorous of topics. But it’s something that at some ...

03
Jul