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Hammond's £400m of "little extras": How to make the best ICT choices for your School

Let’s face it. The Chancellor's budget-pledge offering schools a capital "bonus" to buy what he called "little extras" has left the Education sector reeling. In the midst of a deepening crisis in teacher recruitment, his gesture to not increase...

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A fully immersive education – how can your School's ICT support this?

Immersive learning has always been important – and more and more technology is able to support this by engaging learners in a new interactive,...

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School technology - is it helping or hindering your pupils' learning?

Technology can be an incredible enabler. Pupils want to be able to access the curriculum easily and quickly. They want to create and produce their...

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How to get your School ready for a tech-led 'classroom revolution'

Another school year is upon us. Once more, the use of information and communications technology (ICT) is high up there on the agenda. The message is...

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How Best to use School Data - A Teacher's View

Jan Harrison is a Novatia Consultant, with a background in teaching. She has recently been focusing on data and how to make it easier for schools to...

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Cyber security: how can your School protect itself from the latest threats?

We all know that they do happen and we all hope it won’t happen to us, but cyber threats are real. It is also a fact that schools are being targeted.

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Buying ICT for your School or Trust? Follow our 6-step guide to a successful ICT procurement process

As ICT advisors to UK Education, we have assisted hundreds of school leaders over the years to achieve efficiencies, as well as best value for money,...

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How successful MATs use ICT strategically to support and drive growth

‘Great leadership’ and ‘coherence of vision’ are vital if you want to run an effective and sustainable multi-academy trust (MAT). These are the key...

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The first step to more effective ICT in Schools - see the big picture 

You’d be surprised just how many schools and academies have cupboards full of technology, left neglected or underused, gathering dust. Unfortunately,...

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Three easy steps to gain control of your MAT and School data

All the data that you collect and hold should be helping you to improve the educational experience and outcomes of your pupils. However, as we all...

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