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Have you ever wondered why construction is so expensive?

2/3/2012 12:00:00 AM

If you've ever wondered why building work is so expensive or takes so long when shops can be transformed over a few evenings we can show you.

A gr...

Donald Farquharson joins the team!

1/25/2012 12:00:00 AM

Donald Farquharson has joined the team at Bryanston Square.
Donald has many years experience of PFI and PPP in schools and health and has recently compl...

Goodbye Andy

1/16/2012 12:00:00 AM

Last week saw the end of Andy's time at Bryanston Square. Andy has moved to work with children looked after by Islington Borough Council. His new role ...

Looking forward to 2012

1/3/2012 12:00:00 AM

We are looking forward to 2012 with a real sense of excitement. Here are some of the highlights:
Our innovative concept for schools building design, cal...

Motivating young people with the ‘Unlock’ programme

11/23/2011 12:00:00 AM

On 22 November, as part of their Unlock Programme, we ran the last in the series of three inspirational Immersion Days for St Michael’s Catholic Colleg...

Raising aspiration in young people

11/16/2011 12:00:00 AM

Students in Southwark showed us just how good they are at presenting by feeding back to their peers after attending an Immersion day with us last week. Thoug...

Inspiring students through immersion

11/11/2011 12:00:00 AM

As part of our Unlock Programme we took a group of students on an immersion day in London. The focus of the day was to understand career opportunities and to...

Student Voice is a Success on The Isle of Man

11/9/2011 12:00:00 AM

Primary school uses innovative tool to plan future

A HEADTEACHER has used an innovative online method of gaining pupils’ an...

Team Building in Southwark

10/17/2011 12:00:00 AM

As part of our work with St. Michael’s Catholic College we recently ran a team building workshop with 24 students from Years 8 to 10. These are the stu...

Our low cost school option is adopted

9/14/2011 12:00:00 AM

Liverpool City Council has just unveiled its proposals for school reorganisation across Liverpool. We are extremely pleased that EdVenture, Bryanston S...

School students design iPhone app

9/5/2011 12:00:00 AM

Here’s a great news story about a pair of school students from Saltash who are about to have their own iPhone app released. This week (June 1^st) the London Evening Standard is running a series of...

Liverpool Council working with Bryanston Square as reported

5/13/2011 12:00:00 AM

" Liverpool council is responding to the recommendations of the Sebastian James Review on standardisation and cost reduction by seeking to build four s...

Governor Networking

5/9/2011 12:00:00 AM

School governance is the most important voluntary role i...

University Challenge versus Countdown, which is a better test of intelligence, there’s only one way to find out

5/3/2011 12:00:00 AM

Earlier this year, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, won the University Challenge trophy. One member of the team, Gail Trimble, was feted by the media as being...

Some thoughts on the James review

4/13/2011 12:00:00 AM

The much delayed James Review into school capital projects makes interesting reading. Clearly there were aspects of the BSF process that were bloated, time cons...

More data in the new league tables

3/31/2011 12:00:00 AM

New data is now available on school ‘league tables’ which, according to M Gove will give parents the ability to make better informed choices abou...

Cooking and Teaching

3/7/2011 12:00:00 AM

There’s a fabulous blog by Richard Spencer this week, where he ponders on ‘celebrities’ setting up schools. You may have seen Jamie Oliver&...

EdVenture is fresh thinking for School buildings

2/23/2011 12:00:00 AM

On Thursday February 24th, Marcus introduced the BSEC conference to a new concept for a ‘delightful and inspiring’ education building. To find ou...

Surplus secondary school places may be an opportunity

2/17/2011 12:00:00 AM

Research by think tank Policy Exchange published in the Guardian suggests that the majority of surplus secondary school places are in our poorest performing ...

Cuts to the school music service

2/8/2011 12:00:00 AM

As Education Consultants we follow education news very closely. You may have seen recent reports from us regarding the White Paper and the English Baccalaure...

Obesity and the review of the national curriculum

2/3/2011 12:00:00 AM

Today it has been announced that ambulance services across the country are upgrading their vehicles to cope with ever larger patients. In the UK obesity levels...

Getting up to speed on web based software

2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

It’s been a few weeks since the BETT conference in London. As Education Consultants we always go along to see what’s new in IT-land. But when we ...

National Curriculum Review in England

1/20/2011 12:00:00 AM

Today Michael Gove's review of the national curriculum in England begins. Michael Gove has been doing the rounds of national media and has been keen to point o...

More teachers to be trained in schools

1/7/2011 12:00:00 AM

The Government plans for more teacher training to be run in schools. Many see this simply as a way for the Government to make savings. The TDA has been told ...

The English Baccalaureate

1/5/2011 12:00:00 AM

Much has been written about this in the last few weeks. Is it a radical step or just some tinkering by Michael Gove? What will it achieve? Many schools will fin...

Creative Curriculum

12/23/2010 12:00:00 AM

Many are concerned that the recent white paper on the ‘Importance of Teaching’ has no mention of creativity in the curriculum. Indeed the words ‘creative’ and ‘...

Schools funding: clarity or uncertainty

12/23/2010 12:00:00 AM

The Government has maintained that the overall financial settlement for schools will be maintained at flat cash per pupil, but schools still face uncertainty...