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Educational Voiceover Artist of the Year 2019 - UK
Private Education & development Awards 2019
Best Early Years Education Group 2019 - New South Wales We profile it to share an insight into the award-winning care it provides.
Most Creative E-Learning Solutions Provider 2019 – Europe
Best Education Sector Compliance Solutions Provider - UK We profile the firm to showcase how it came to win one of our prestigious 2019 CV Private Education & Development Awards.
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Welcome to the 2019 Private Education & Development Awards 85% of the jobs that today’s learners will be doing in 2030 haven’t been invented yet. Preparing young minds to be versatile and resilient for this type of future takes a number of caring and skilled professionals operating in a myriad of disciplines. The Private Education & Development Awards 2019 looks to commend and award the efforts of all institutions, organisations and agencies who make the education of our societies their priority. From early learning, to adult education, all who make quantitative & qualitative contributions to this vital sector will be recognised.
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We are accepting nominations on an international scale and are looking to reward outstanding contribution across a broad field, from the core subjects such as: schools, colleges and universities, to the option subjects like: training centres, e-Learning providers, corporate training & development, apprenticeships, and service providers.
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Sandcastles Early Education Centre Evans Head: Best Early Years Education Group 2019 - New South Wales
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Croner-i Ltd.: Best Education Sector Compliance Solutions Provider – UK
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Royal Hospital School: Most Outstanding Coeducational Boarding School 2019 - South East England
10. Learn Amp: Most Innovative UK Learning Management System: Learn Amp 11. LYADIS: Most Creative E-Learning Solutions Provider 2019 – Europe 12. Claire Wyatt Voiceover: Educational Voiceover Artist of the Year 2019 - UK 13. ISSFT International Summer school For Teens: Best Summer Enrichment Program for Teenagers 2019 – Scotland 14. Woodbury Autism Education and Research: Autism Education Facilitators of the Year 2019 - New South Wales 16. Wildchild Adventure: Best School Residential Adventure Trip Provider 2019 - Southern England 17. Future Institute of Higher Education & Training: Best Female Higher Education Facilitators 2019 - Middle East 18. Institut auf dem Rosenberg: Most Prestigious International Boarding School 2019 - Switzerland 19. Ditcham Park School: Excellence Award for Primary & Secondary STEM Education Programmes – England 20. Center For Educational Research and Development: Most Pioneering in Educational Resilience Skills Training & Development 2019 - USA 21. The Brighton School: Leading Dyslexic Education Provider for Grades 1-12 - USA 22. Make Believe Group To Add Seven Performing Arts Schools To Business 23. LGfL and Virgin Media Business Expand Partnership To Transform Digital Learning For 1.2 Million UK Schoolchildren
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Sandcastles Early Education Centre Evans Head
Best Early Years Education Group 2019 - New South Wales Located in Evans Head, Northern New South Wales, Sandcastles Early Education Centre is a long day care centre catering for children aged six weeks to six years old. Celebrating the centre’s success in this year’s Private Education & Development Awards we profile it to share an insight into the award-winning care it provides. Sandcastles Early Education Centre supports a wide range of families and their children, welcoming them into a friendly environment where they can flourish. Everyone at the centre is deeply passionate about inclusion, and as such they feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to build strong relationships with the region’s local inclusion support agency as well as offer a program run within the service partnering with ASPECT (Autism Australia) running a Play Program one day a week with an occupational therapist. With these strong relationships comes many benefits, including the opportunity to provide inclusive environments where no child is left behind. Each and every child welcomed to Sandcastles Early Education Centre receives personalised support to help them thrive and leave for school ready to become a well-rounded, happy and strong person. After all, the early years of a child’s life are crucial to their development later on, and as such Sandcastles Early Education Centre is strongly committed to providing every child with a space where they can develop their intellectual, social, emotional, physical and aesthetics skills to become competent and confident individuals.
For families, the centre offers the opportunity to go about their day safe in the knowledge that their child is receiving the best possible care. Marrying education with care, the centre offers a range of stimulating activities and exciting adventures so that children will leave happy and with many stories to tell. Over the years, the centre has evolved, with the services shaped by children, families and educators who have together developed a service philosophy that reflects Sandcastles Early Education Centre’s passion for delivering inclusion for everyone. Ultimately, Sandcastles Early Education Centre’s philosophy is that “strength lies in differences, not in similarities”, and promoting and fostering this in the children the centre cares for will remain its core focus as it looks towards a bright future. Children at Sandcastles Early Education Centre are celebrated not only for who they are today, but who they can become, and this will drive the centre’s expert childcare team over the coming years as they welcome even more children to share in their adventure.
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Sandcastles Early Education Centre Evans Head
CONTACT DETAILS: Company: Sandcastles Early Education Centre Evans Head Name: Liesl Pyke-Nott | Address: 4 School Lane, Evans Head Phone: 0266825244 | Email sandcastleseh@bigpond.com Web Address: sandcastlekids.com.au
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Croner-i Ltd.
Best Education Sector Compliance Solutions Provider - UK: Croner-i Ltd. Drawing on more than 77 years’ experience in the market, Croner-i Limited is a provider of information services and solutions for professionals in business, tax, accounting, audit, health and safety, HR, trade, care, education and much more. We profile the firm to showcase how it came to win one of our prestigious 2019 Private Education & Development Awards. Founded in 1941, Croner-i has a long legacy of helping a wide variety of organisations and businesses to achieve excellence. Originally established during the First World War to provide guidance for traders, Croner Publications Ltd (as the company was then known) published its first loose-leaf print volume in 1947 – the Reference Book for Exporters. Over the decades Croner has continued to provide compliance solutions for a wide range of market sectors expanding into the education sector in 1984 with its Head’s Legal Guide. Croner first went digital in 1994, launching a series of CD-ROM versions of its print content followed by online solutions. A service from the company that was only available online, however, came in 2004. As the first product under the Croner-i name, Croner-i Human Resources provided a unique blend of specially constructed web-friendly compliance information with model letters, policies, news and features to its subscribers. Over the next few years, Croner-i would expand its online portfolio to cover a huge range of sectors, including education, health and safety, small business, tax, audit and accountancy and international trade. In 2015 Croner-i also migrated to a Drupal-based platform, providing the fantastic online products that the firm has to offer to this very day. Professional services company Peninsula Group acquired the Croner businesses from Wolters Kluwer in 2017. As a Peninsula Group company, Croner-i is able to draw on the group’s vast industry expertise to support its valued customers and help them to make critical decisions every day by providing solutions that combine expert knowledge with specialised technology and services. Croner-i Ltd continues to be the leading provider of
information services to tax, accounting, HR and health and safety professionals across the UK.
has ensured that it has the knowledge and understanding to adapt to the changing needs of clients across the business landscape.
Specifically, within the education space the firm offers Croner-i Education, a complete online information service, written by education experts and sector specialists. This unique solution is the most efficient way to stay ahead in this fast-paced, ever-evolving sector thanks to its up-to-date guidance, information on the latest legislation, and cutting-edge tools. Combined these resources are designed to help users operate effectively and efficiently in the education space.
Ultimately, since the inception of the company nearly 80 years ago Croner-i has flourished into a unique, dynamic company that combines technology with in-depth industry knowledge to create vital resources for users across many industry sectors. Looking ahead, the firm will remain committed to enhancing its solution and ensuring it remains user-friendly and compliant with the latest developments across the education market and meets the needs of tomorrow’s users, today.
Designed and developed by specialists with intricate insight into the market, Croner-i Education supports and provides trusted information to the work of those in the education sector covering primary, secondary, and independent schools, as well as free schools and academies.
“Croner-i will remain very committed to enhancing its solution and ensuring it remains user-friendly and compliant with the educations market latest developments.”
Supporting a diverse range of users, Croner-i Education covers over 130 topics. As well as in-depth information and practical guides, it includes model policies, procedures, forms, letters, and factsheets that users can download and adapt. Regularly updated, one of the features of the solution is its monthly eAlert, which offers an overview of the latest industry developments. Access to telephone advice is also provided for all those customers who want a second opinion or just want to discuss a best practice or compliance issue. Alongside its award-winning education offering, Croner-i also supports a wide range of clients across a diverse variety of additional markets including early years, health and safety, care management (including CQC compliance) and road transport, as well as tax and accounting. Through this varied experience the firm
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CONTACT DETAILS: Company: Croner-i Ltd. Website: https://www.croneri.co.uk/ Tel: 0800 231 5199
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Royal Hospital School
Royal Hospital School: Most Outstanding Coeducational Boarding School 2019 - South East England The Royal Hospital School is an HMC independent co-educational boarding and day school for 750 pupils aged 11-18 years, providing an outstanding, full and broad education enriched by a unique naval heritage. As part of our showcase of this year’s Private Education & Development Awards we profile the school to find out more about the unique education experience it provides. Founded in 1712 in Greenwich, London, the Royal Hospital School later moved to its current, spectacular site in 1933. Now set in 200 acres of Suffolk countryside overlooking the River Stour, the school has since continued to develop its spectacular purpose-built site and grow in size and reputation to become one of East Anglia’s leading independent schools. Initially a school open only to naval families, over the years the Royal Hospital School changed its strategic direction to widen access to boarders from a wide range of backgrounds. As well as the traditional buyers of independent education, today this includes recruitment from overseas, among services and expatriate communities and, through a means-tested bursary scheme, looked-after and disadvantaged pupils who could benefit from the strong pastoral system in place. Today the school is at the very cutting-edge of the education sector, offering a range of innovative options which help it combine the historical importance of its setting with support that will drive students to be fit for the modern world. Mobile learning is
now a key element of the teaching and learning environment at the Royal Hospital School and has been for over seven years. Over that time the school has become an Apple Regional Training Centre, sharing good practice, facilitating training opportunities for teachers and helping to develop digital learning throughout the region. As part of this technological evolution all pupils in Years 7 to 11 are now provided with a leased iPad, which is designed to be an educational tool. They have access to an agreed suite of educational apps for use in the classroom and are supported by a secure network, wellresourced Information Systems department and on a peer to peer level though the school’s Digital Leaders. Whilst technology plays a vital part in the school’s work, it also recognises that access to the digital world can come with some risks. As such, the Royal Hospital School firmly believes that it is the school’s responsibility to ensure that its pupils, parents and staff are provided with support and advice on good practice and on-line safety technologies. Recently, as part of the school’s ongoing commitment to digital
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safety, assessors from the South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) reviewed its online safety provision by interviewing staff, parents and pupils and conducting a review of the curriculum, systems, policies and support in the context of digital learning. As a result, the school received the 360-degree safe Online Safety Mark and named a national ‘Beacon of Good Practice’. The prime benefit of applying for the Online Safety Mark is that it does not focus on the individual aspects of online safety such as technological solutions, but instead it integrates online safety into school policy and the curriculum, challenging teachers and leaders in the school to think about their provision and its continual evolution. Preparing its pupils so they can use technology safely, productively and responsibly is a strength of the Royal Hospital School and to achieve this National Accreditation is a reassuring endorsement of all the efforts and processes that the school has implemented. Achieving this in the context of a boarding school where pupils are using technology for both work and recreation is particularly impressive given the additional challenges this poses.
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Thanks to its unique approach to education, forwarding-thinking management team, enriching heritage and quality teaching, pupil numbers at the Royal Hospital School have grown by 25% over the past 10 years. Reputably, the region’s leading co-educational boarding school, it provides an outstanding education for its young people no matter what their choices, abilities and interests, inspiring them to have the courage and commitment to be ambitious for their futures.
Headmaster, Simon Lockyer: Royal Hospital School
CONTACT DETAILS: Company: Royal Hospital School Name: Simon Lockyer, Headmaster Address: Holbrook, Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2RX Telephone: 01473 326200 Web Address: www.royalhospitalschool.org
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Learn Amp
Most Innovative UK Learning Management System: Learn Amp Drawing on the broad experience of its management team, Learn Amp has built a unique platform for learning and engagement that amplifies performance and boosts retention. Celebrating the firm’s success in this year’s Private Education & Development Awards we profile it and share an insight into the secrets behind its win. The company behind Learn Amp (Rise To Limited) was founded in in 2014, initially focusing on workplace skills development to those still in education. At the start of 2017 it launched Learn Amp to transform the way businesses manage the employee journey to best effect: connecting learning with engagement and performance. After all, in today’s competitive corporate landscape hiring talent is just the beginning. With talent in short supply in a wide variety of industries, companies must focus on not only attracting the best people but also retaining them and upskilling them to ensure they remain a valuable asset to their business.
boarding process ensures that the solution can be integrated into any company’s system quickly and efficiently. Learn Amp is also easyto-use and designed to be flexible for both administrators and end-users. Organisations can create a customisable digital environment for their team that delivers the ultimate employee journey to drive performance and boost retention. Learn Amp is designed to integrate with other bestof-breed HR applications making it easy to implement an echo system of technology that really deliver the best outcomes.
Above all though it’s the philosophy the firm applies to designing and supporting Learn Amp that makes them different. If clients want sustainable business growth then they need to develop and retain the best talent and that means designing the very best Employee Experience. Learn Amp is built to help deliver this. Ultimately, Learn Amp has achieved incredible success since its inception, and looking ahead the team will continue to work towards building upon this and growing the solution to ensure it remains a key player in today’s learning software market.
A number of things make Learn Amp unique: •
By using Learn Amp customers are able to offer their employees opportunities to enhance their skills and grow their knowledge, showing them clearly how the career pathways open to them and offering them blended and collaborative learning options. An easy on-
Unlike other Learning platforms Learn Amp is a combined LMS and LXP making it an easy option for those not wanting to choose between the two. It also means it’s easier to integrate with existing LMS platforms
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The firm initially led the way with a Netflix style user interface, but it is its fast and easy admin user experience that means it’s so much easier and faster to set-up and administer employee and learner pathways; and
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Finally, the firm combines learning, engagement and performance management tools in one platform making it easier to understand the ROI on learning and development.
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CONTACT DETAILS: Company: Learn Amp Contact: Duncan Cheatle Website: learnamp.com
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, LYADIS
Most Creative E-Learning Solutions Provider 2019 - Europe: LYADIS: Based in France, LYADIS is an internationally renowned digital learning agency that designs and develops custom-made eLearning courses. We invited Michel Lollichon to tell us more about the firm and the innovative solutions it creates. Combining unique graphics and expert teachings, LYADIS offers a wide range of training courses and eLearning solutions to suit a variety of clients. Michel discusses the solutions the firm provides in more detail.
“Here at LYADIS, our modules are highly interactive and use state-of-the-art technology in motion design, video, drawing, 3D and illustration. This guarantees a high level of attention and active engagement for the learners. “Our unique learning method, along with our multicultural approach has attracted large international companies which today trust us to create all of their eLearning modules and their adaptations in other languages. To face these major projects, we have structured our organization through three interrelated departments: Arts, Pedagogy and Innovation. Each works together to provide innovative learning solutions for our clients.”
Today, thanks to its innovative solutions and commitment to providing clients with the exceptional standards of service they expect, LYADIS has become a global leader in the eLearning space. To remain at the forefront of the latest market developments, the firm remains committed to driving innovation and supporting its valued team, as Michel highlights.
“At LYADIS our global strategy to remain a leading digital company is based on bringing all of our services in-house, so that every aspect of our solutions is created by us and is of the highest possible quality. As part of this focus we have a policy of providing our team with continuous training and improvements in related fields such as 3D design and VR, enabling them to enhance their skillset and offer clients cutting-edge solutions. We also host in-house Workshops on Innovation and Graphic Research as part of this approach.”
As he looks to the future Michel believes that LYADIS has many exciting opportunities ahead as the firm seeks to move into offering new courses on a variety of human behaviours and interactions.
“Moving forward, at LYADIS we are committed to offering our clients cuttingedge solutions, and as such we are currently creating a range of new eLearning modules designed to improve the behaviour of people in business or in life in general. The first content is on the subject of sexual harassment, in accordance with New York state law. It was presented at Learning Solutions in Orlando from March 26th to 28th, 2019 to great critical acclaim. This module can be adapted to the legal specificities of other states, if the need arises. We will also be launching two new modules soon on diversity and moral harassment. These developments will drive us even further towards success and global acclaim.”
CONTACT DETAILS: Company: LYADIS | Name: Philippe Olivrie | Address: 20 Boulevard Eugène Deruelle, 69003 Lyon, France | Telephone Number: +33 4 81 65 63 10 | Web Address: www.lyadis.com
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Claire Wyatt Voiceover
Claire Wyatt Voiceover: Educational Voiceover Artist of the Year 2019 - UK Claire Wyatt Voiceover offers quality voiceover services by experienced voice artist Claire Wyatt. She talks us through her work and how she has come to achieve the success of winning one of our prestigious Private Education & Development Awards for 2019. Drawing on her vast industry experience, Claire Wyatt is a voiceover artist working from her own broadcast quality studio. She explores her service offering in more detail and highlights how her adaptability is central to her success.
“I provide voiceover services for commercials, drama, TV continuity and corporate voiceover, but e-learning is a huge part of my offering. My voice is highly versatile and adaptable, and I am able to change it to meet my clients’ briefs. From empowering and educating staff to providing technical tutorials in the medical and construction sectors or teaching children to read and write through phonics, my broad experience ensures I deliver every time.”
Specifically, for the education sector, Claire offers a diverse range of skills, experience in the market and a wealth of corporate knowledge and understanding, which she discusses in more detail.
“Having a varied work history has given me a unique set of skills and experiences, which all make me the perfect voiceover for the education sector. I have also worked in the corporate and charity sectors, so I understand how businesses operate. Working in communications I won a Global Green Award for a behaviour change and awareness-raising project, which I designed and ran. I understand what moves and motivates people to learn and to change.“ “As a trained actor my voice is versatile and adaptable, and I am always able to deliver results with authenticity and truth. Some voiceover artists have their ‘education voice’, which always sounds patronising and distancing. Seeking to offer a unique alternative, I like to deliver the client’s work like a real person; after all, we are training real people! Fundamentally, I know that I am more than a voice speaking the words you write; I am a key part of the change and learning process.” Operating within the ever-evolving voiceover market, Claire has to adapt to continue to meet her
clients’ needs, something she is deeply passionate about.
“Today, the world of voiceover and education is always changing. New trends, new technology, new approaches. I make sure I never rest on my laurels; I attend a lot of industry events and training opportunities to keep abreast of what’s new and make sure I’m prepared and adapting. I want to make sure I’m always able to offer people the best and future-proof my service. Whether that is the technical equipment and sound-engineering skills I use or new vocal styles I need to learn.” As Claire looks towards the future she is optimistic that she will continue to flourish and drive Claire Wyatt Voiceover to become an even more recognised and respected name in the voiceover community.
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“Ultimately, I am very proud of how diverse my work is and will continue to undertake a wide range of projects moving forward. Currently I am just completing a massive project that will be going into schools to help children learn English. I am also voicing some guided meditation and mindfulness courses for adults. In addition, I have a long-term relationship with a company that focusses on helping the construction sector adapt to and prevent climate change. Every day I learn and have fun. I love my job and I hope this award will help bring me to a wider audience, so I can work with more people on this amazing lifelong learning journey.” CONTACT DETAILS: Company: Claire Wyatt Voiceover Name: Claire Wyatt Address: 34 Chapmans Crescent, Chesham, Bucks, HP52QT Telephone Number: 07780660246 Web Address: www.clairewyatt.com
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, ISSFT International Summer School For Teens
Best Summer Enrichment Program for Teenagers 2019 - Scotland Welcoming a wide range of students between 12 and 17 years old, International Summer School for Teens (ISSFT) is a broad ranging and all-inclusive international summer school based in Scotland. As part of our overview of a selection of the winners from this year’s Private Education & Development Awards we profile the school to find out more. Established in 2014, ISSFT was created to offer students from across the globe the opportunity to learn and develop friendships over a three-week programme. Based on the International Schools system the school has flourished over the years, and is now based at Stirling University. Today it welcomes a diverse range of students and provides them with a range of unique lessons, activities and experiences designed to create well-rounded, free thinking leaders.
remain productive over the summer by offering them access to world-class sports facilities, places of cultural significance and renowned universities throughout Scotland. All students enrolled in the course have to attend for the entire programme, in order to fulfil the tailored curriculum, and as such they are able to get the most out of their time at ISSFT and really engage in the activities provided.
Specifically structured to provide students with real life skills whilst also allowing them to cultivate friendships and enjoy themselves, the school has become popular with students from as far afield as the EU, Asia, Russia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.
Seeking to offer students a truly unique experience, ISSFT offers a diverse range of teachers, who work together to provide a genuine learning experience. The school also offers opportunities to visit world-leading institutions and locations. Classes are designed to offer a varied curriculum and take into account current events and trends, such as technology and global warming.
Throughout their time at ISSFT the course provides students with an opportunity to develop skills, build new relationships and
Supporting a variety students who have come from around the world and may have different cultural, educational and linguistic
needs, ISSFT works collaboratively with parents and caregivers to ensure everyone it hosts enjoys the experience. Working alongside students and their families prior to the course, the school’s team are able to tailor the curriculum to suit both collective and individual interests. Looking ahead, ISSFT will remain committed to providing its award-winning learning experience to students from around the world, showcasing the very best education and interactive learning that Scotland has to offer. The team will remain focused on providing an inspirational environment, with learning, fun and adventure at the heart of the programme. CONTACT DETAILS: Company: International Summer School For Teens ISSFT | Contact: Daniel Rowe Email: daniel@issft.com Website: https://www.issft.com/
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Woodbury Autism Education and Research
Autism Education Facilitators of the Year 2019 - New South Wales Based in New South Wales, Australia, Woodbury Autism Education and Research is an independent school for children in years K-6 with a primary diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. We invited Clinical Director Lauren Chapman to tell us more. Woodbury is an Autism specific education provider and the only school in Australia with qualified behaviour analysts and speech and language pathologists on site and in classrooms to support the implementation of curriculum and oversee the progression of learning. This unique skillset and experience, combined with a specific focus on providing students with tailored support is what sets the school apart from others and marks it out as the best possible option for parents of Autistic children, as Lauren highlights in her opening comments.
“At Woodbury, we utilise the research-based principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis to provide individualised educational programs to each and every one of our children. All of our children are different; different ages ranges from early intervention at 4 years of age to primary school education up to 12 years of age, different abilities, different learning styles and different needs. “Our success as a school comes from capitalising on these differences. Each child is treated as an individual and a specific educational program focusing on their current needs is designed, written and implemented by our teaching and clinical team. While each individual program is different our ethos and long-term aim remains the same; each of our children are working towards achieving the skills needed to successfully participate in the broader community. We aim to bridge the gap between intensive early intervention and school-based learning by providing systematic support in the areas of group learning and participation.” Such personalised support would be very much impossible to provide without dedicated, expert staff who have a diverse range of skills
and experience. Lauren is proud of her team and the work they undertake and as such is eager to discuss how she supports them and cultivates an internal culture of continuous learning for her team.
“Employing a broad range of staff with varying experiences has been a huge advantage to us. I truly believe in a multidisciplinary approach and that there is no one size fits all solution. Having a diverse range of expertise and a variety of experiences allows us to work together and collaborate as a team in our aim to provide a truly holistic approach to our students support and education. Our highly trained teaching and learning team provide expertise in the areas of behaviour support, communication, social interaction, independence, group participation and academic progression. This dedicated team of behaviour analysts, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and special educators are on-site and in our classrooms daily providing students the individualised supports they need for success. “To support these staff and ensure that they perform to the best of their abilities at all times, we provide intensive induction training including 6 months of theoretical training and hands on in class support. We place a large emphasis on up-skilling our staff and ensuring they have the necessary skills to confidently support within the classroom. We complete annual competency assessments looking at our staff’s ability to implement theory into practise and we provide monthly in class coaching and mentorship focusing on specific goals outlined within the competency assessment. We also provide monthly after school training sessions and professional development days four times per year giving additional training and support in recent topics from both in-house trainers and external
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experts. Ensuring my staff are confident and supported is key to ensuring my students are confident and supported, and as such it is one of my core focuses as Clinical Director.” As part of the school’s ongoing commitment to supporting pupils it recently integrated a new service into its offering which Lauren is keen to showcase.
“Recently Woodbury opened an early intervention service to supplement our school program. Ruben’s place is an intensive group based early intervention for children aged between 3.5-5 years of age in the 12 months before they start school. This part time placement works cohesively with the child’s current in-home support to provide valuable experience and support in the areas of group participation to get the students ready for
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school. Providing this service at such a young age ensures we are giving the necessary supports early and will hopefully decrease the need for support in later life.” Looking to the future, Woodbury will continue to adapt and enhance their service offering for the benefit of its pupils, as Lauren is proud to conclude.
“As part of our ongoing focus on improving our service offering, Woodbury’s Board is continually analysing the service we provide. Specifically in relation to its quality and effectiveness of current services, with a view to expanding, amending or adapting what we do to ensure we are continually striving to reach our full potential. There are many options in the pipeline and I am excited to continue to work with the board in our future ventures.” CONTACT DETAILS: Company: Woodbury Autism Education and Research Name: Lauren Chapman Address: Building 11, Balcombe Heights Estate, 92 Seven Hills Road, Baulkham Hills, NSW, 2153, Australia Telephone Number: +61405961528 Web Address: www.woodbury.org.au
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Wildchild Adventure
Best School Residential Adventure Trip Provider 2019 - Southern England Dedicated to helping children to explore the wonders of the great outdoors, Wildchild Adventure offers residential school trips and outdoor adventure days for primary and secondary schools, as well as youth groups based across the UK. Celebrating the firm’s success in this year’s Private Education & Development Awards we profile the firm and discuss the unique services it offers. Since its inception in 2007 Wildchild Adventure has been providing an extensive range of Outdoor Adventure, Bushcraft and Team-building activities which are designed to immerse children in the wonderful world of the great outdoors. Seeking to offer an innovative service, Wildchild Adventure creates unique school trips designed to provide invaluable enrichment experiences to support and enhance traditional classroom teaching. They also give children a balance of academic learning, real-life experiences and new perspectives. These outdoor adventure programmes are delivered in natural woodland areas, helping children learn about, appreciate and connect with the natural world they live in. Across the education sector, and particularly in private education, children enjoy huge academic advantages and opportunities, which also bring more pressure and responsibility than ever before, not just for students, but also for teaching staff and school leaders. Teachers have the challenging task of teaching a comprehensive and constantly expanding curriculum, while incorporating ever advancing new technology to support and advance its learning.
The team at Wildchild Adventure see it as their role to provide meaningful and authentic outdoor experiences to balance the cerebral and intensive classroom learning. The company’s trips are an opportunity for children to apply their learning in the physical world, to learn more about the natural world they live in, and to enjoy the exploration, den building, fire lighting and outdoor fun time that is so important for children of all ages to experience. Many of the Wildchild’s competitors focus entirely on the outdoor adventure aspect of their trip, offering back to back adrenalin fuelled activities that take children from harness to harness, competing for who climbed highest, and who reached furthest. While the Wildchild Adventure team acknowledge the importance of these outdoor adventure activities, they feature in their adventure programmes as part of a balanced itinerary with teamwork and bushcraft activities, evening games and hot chocolate around the campfire - giving children a more well-rounded experience of the great outdoors that appeals to everyone. Wildchild Adventure focuses on selfachievement, perseverance and teamwork, and it is these attributes that are encouraged and celebrated on every trip the firm undertakes. It’s likely this innovative approach is what’s attracted the growing number of private education providers choosing Wildchild over the larger residential providers, bringing pupils as young as 6/7 for their annual dose of the ‘real’ outdoors! As testimony to the success of this approach, over recent years Wildchild Adventure has welcomed a growing number of private education providers, who are choosing its unique brand of bushcraft adventure programmes
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as a way of connecting children with nature and immersing them in the great outdoors to balance intensive school programmes. Thanks to this constantly evolving and growing market, Wildchild Adventure is adapting its business to meet the very needs of the children it supports. Moving forward, the firm foresees that this focus on outdoor play, awareness and appreciation of nature and connecting children with their peers and teachers will grow and develop across the private education landscape as a conscious move away from the busy and intensive residential programmes offered by many other providers. Wildchild Adventure residential trips are available to book all year round, offering either authentic camping or cosy indoor accommodation at woodland centres in Hertfordshire and Surrey. Our bespoke programmes can be adapted to be anything from a 1-night introductory adventure for Year 2 pupils, through to a challenging resilience building trip for KS3 students through to young adults. CONTACT DETAILS: Company: Wildchild Adventure Name: Lynda Regan Telephone Number: 0845 371 7099 Web Address: www.wildchildadventure.com
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, Future Institute of Higher Education & Training
Future Institute of Higher Education & Training: Best Female Higher Education Facilitators 2019 - Middle East Previously known as Future Institute for Ladies, Future Institute of Higher Education & Training is an internationally renowned education provider supporting women and helping guide them into the world of work. We profile the organisation to find out more about the unique and vital services it has to offer. Founded by Mrs. Rajaa Moumena in 1991, Future Institute has since flourished and established links with a number of distinguished colleges in Britain and now works with the Inchbald School of Design, London, Mercator Language School, England, Bournemouth and Poole College, England and is one of Pearson Assured institutes around the world.
Over its 28-year history, Future Institute has become so much more than an education facility, developing into a vital tool for helping women enter a wide range of the country’s workforce. Today Future Institute provides pioneered courses for women in a range of areas, recognising and forecasting areas in which women would soon be permitted to work. This foresight has enabled Future
Institute to grow into the market leader for educating women. Seeking to offer clients quality support, Future Institute believes in standards: whether through its peaceful campus which is designed to prepare them for the workplace through mirroring a genuine office environment, or through ensuring that they are achieving the best possible education through its internationally recognised courses, it is these standards that have made it one of the leading educational facilities in the Saudi Arabia.
combine theory with practice, giving a mix a knowledge and skill that is significant for employment. Over the coming years Future Institute will remain committed to supporting women and driving them to excellence through its provision of specialist training. CONTACT DETAILS: Company: Future Institute of Higher Education & Training Contact: Earlen D. Adora Website: https://future-center.com/
All Future Institute trainers and staff members are motivated educators, driven by seeing their student’s success in the marketplace. They create memorable courses that
“All Future Institute trainers and staff members are motivated educators, driven by seeing their student’s success in the marketplace. They create memorable courses that combine theory with practice, giving a mix a knowledge and skill that is significant for employment.”
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Institut auf dem Rosenberg
Most Prestigious International Boarding School 2019 - Switzerland: Institut auf dem Rosenberg Thanks to its illustrious history spanning more than 130 years, artisans of education Institut auf dem Rosenberg are welcoming students aged 6 – 19 years old from around the world to experience an international education with an entrepreneurial mindset, which challenges the stereotypical educational paradigm. As part of our showcase of a selection of the winners from this year’s Private Education & Development Awards we profile the school to learn more. Opened in 1889, the Institut auf dem Rosenberg draws on its rich history of excellence in teaching to offer students a truly exceptional programme of activities beyond the core curriculum, designed to prepare them for a future world, where digitalisation and globalisation will irrevocably alter the world as we know it today. Rosenberg prides itself on providing a truly holistic education beyond the classroom preparing the students for roles of leadership in the 21st Century. Rosenberg has been in the Gademann family for four generations, and speaking with that experience, Headmaster Bernhard Gademann takes an unorthodox stance to education commenting: “Schools kill creativity instead of enabling it; they also tend to fear individuality whereas we focus on educating forming personalities. In a world in which artificial intelligence has an increasingly prominent role, the last human bastion are our ingenious minds and our unique ability to collaborate.
Yet, schools do not adapt quickly enough, with teaching styles and content remaining almost unchanged for the past 120 years. We challenge this stereotype and refuse to run an educational establishment like a factory line. Our unique Talent & Enrichment Programme offers a completely new perspective, preparing the first truly enlightened generation for leadership in an exciting new world.” The ‘Talent & Enrichment Programme’ offers over 40 courses in a diverse array of fields including product design, biotechnology, hotel management, digital art, international law and artificial intelligence to name a few, along with a rich sports programme of 30 activities. Rosenberg is also continuously investing in state-of-the-art technology such as the latest generation of smart boards as well as their own school app, designed to augment a student’s learning experience and a secure platform for dialogue with teachers. The schools Creative Lab is a unique experimental facility, allowing student to explore their creativity and be introduced to the latest advances in technology, collaborating with large corporations as well as start-up companies. Rosenberg focuses on the personal strengths and ambitions of each student and carefully tracks their individual development. Small classes, averaging eight students with a teacher to student ratio of 1:3 ensures that each student meets their full academic potential. Rosenberg’s wide choice of academic courses is unique not only amongst private boarding schools in Switzerland, but also the world. The academic offering extends across 5 different options, including British GCE Advanced Levels (A Levels), the American High School Diploma, AP Examinations, the IB DP (International Baccalaureate) as well as the GIB (German
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International Baccalaureate), so a curriculum can be chosen that suits the individual. The school has strong ties and partnerships with thoughts leaders, prominent companies and organisations across different sectors to ensure the content being taught is up to date and relevant; they also offering inspiring trips abroad. They describe their culture as a ‘130-year-old start-up’ and they boast an Innovation Department ensuring that research and development are at the heart of everything they do, positioning them as world leaders in forward-thinking education. Bernhard Gademann summarises the current status quo in education and Rosenberg’s forward-thinking alternative approach: “The disconnect between skills taught in traditional schools and the requirements to succeed in the professional world has never been this extensive. With change taking an exponential trajectory, this gap will only grow bigger. Rosenberg bridges this gap by merging the academic world with the learning requirements of the 21st Century.” CONTACT DETAILS: Company: Institut auf dem Rosenberg Name: Manuel Bernardo Address: Höhenweg 60, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland Telephone Number: +41 71 277 77 77 Email: info@instrosenberg.ch
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, Ditcham Park School
Excellence Award for Primary & Secondary STEM Education Programmes - England Nestled in the countryside near Petersfield in Hampshire lies Ditcham Park School, a co-educational independent school dedicated to providing an exceptional standard of education and support to students aged 2 to 16 years old. As part of our showcase of a range of this year’s Private Education and Development Awards we profile the school and explore how it works to ensure every student and their family receives the highest possible standard of support throughout their education. With spectacular views south across the Solent, Ditcham Park School has beautiful views as well as an exemplary programme of education designed to bring out the best in its pupils.
School benefits from the town’s magnificent scenery and thriving infrastructure. Petersfield is well known for its excellent Independent and Maintained Schools, and Ditcham Park School is proud to be part of this and work to create academic excellence for its pupils and the town.
this focus on STEM education and driving students towards the knowledge they need for the future will be paramount to Ditcham Park School and its ongoing success.
As part of its focus on providing students with the support they need, the school works with them and their family to identify and develop their individual interests and abilities. This helps the school to provide an environment where each and every pupil is happy and can flourish.
Seeking to prepare its pupils for the world beyond its walls, Ditcham Park School’s recent focus has been on providing a highquality Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) programme, and moving forward the school will remain committed to enhancing this as it looks towards a bright and exciting future.
Name: Graham Spawforth Address: Ditcham Park School, Ditcham Park, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 5RN Telephone Number: 01730 825659 Web Address: www.ditchampark.com
Located in Petersfield, a vibrant and prosperous market town in Hampshire within commuter reach of London and Portsmouth, Ditcham Park
“Seeking to prepare its pupils for the world beyond its walls, Ditcham Park School’s recent focus has been on providing it’s pupils with high-quality Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) programmes.”
Ultimately, as the private education market moves towards a greater reliance on technology
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, Center For Educational Research and Development
Most Pioneering in Educational Resilience Skills Training & Development 2019 - USA The Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD) is an internationally recognized non-profit focused on organizational development by applying resilience as a skill set to enhance functioning and meet desired outcomes. We profile the organisation to find out more about the solutions it has to offer. Corporate Vision’s impartial five-member professional panel determined that the Center for Educational Research + Development (CERD) has proven to be a dynamic force in its innovative work with an array of organizations and institutions. CERD’s focus on building long-lasting resilience capacity “will underpin the success of its client organizations and their individual employees well into the future,” the panel concluded. Dr. Joel H. Brown, the founder and executive director of CERD and lead author of “Resilience Education,” says, “The traditional view of resilience focuses on overcoming problems or adversity. Yet resilience is an intrinsic capability nearly everyone possesses – not a personality trait or the province of a lucky few who can overcome adversity. CERD is among the first to reconceptualize professional development by coaching clients to focus on each person’s resilience as a workplace skill that can be intentionally brought forward to meet desired outcomes.” From Europe to Canada and across the U.S., Corporate Vision found CERD to be a “pioneer” in this field. It provides three standalone or combined services to a wide range of businesses, non-governmental organizations, government agencies and educational institutions: • Needs assessment/strategic planning. • Resilience Development Awareness Coaching. • Evaluation. In needs assessment/strategic planning, as the culture of an organization grows further toward development promotion, the CERD team considers specific dimensions and full
agency operations in total. This constructive, collaborative, strengths-based assessment provides the basis for a focused strategic plan.
On the first day of coaching, clients can begin applying newly identified resiliency skills, signifying service-delivery efficiency.
CERD also offers clients its ‘resilient development awareness coaching’ (RDAC) program. “The RDAC program includes increasingly sophisticated exercises in which we coach individuals to look inward, identify and emotionally connect with their available strengths and use them to mobilize key resilience skills to meet both personal and professional goals,” Brown says. “We base our approach on substantial neurobiological research supporting a linkage between emotions and learning. When individuals can intentionally tap their capacity for resilience and hone that as a focused skill, they deal more effectively with adversity and – just as important – have the greatest potential to thrive. They form closer connections with colleagues, communicate more effectively, are more engaged in their work and are better equipped to meet their professional and personal goals.”
Additionally, because skills are internalized and fundamental to human interaction, when there are changes in agency needs or the workplace environment, clients have the flexibility to respond effectively.
“CERD’s focus on building long-lasting resilience capacity will underpin the success of its client organizations and their individual employees well into the future,” the panel concluded.
Company: Center For Educational Research and Development Contact: Dr. Joel Brown Phone Direct: US (01) 510.717.0687 Email Direct: jhb@cerd.org Website: www.cerd.org
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CERD’s program/policy evaluation takes traditional efforts a step further. In addition to determining if services are working in client organizations’ best interests, CERD incorporates strengths-based dimensions known to produce long-lasting, positive outcomes. Based on these services and their extensive review, Corporate Vision concludes: “CERD (web: www.cerd.org) enjoys a stellar reputation, being held in high regard by the institutions with which they have partnered.” CONTACT DETAILS:
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, The Brighton School
Leading Dyslexic Education Provider for Grades 1-12 - USA: The Brighton School The Brighton School is an innovative establishment dedicated to teaching dyslectic students and providing them with the skills they need to succeed in the modern world. We profile the school to learn more. Working closely with parents, caregivers and students, the Brighton School seeks to provide the most effective, evidencebased learning environment in Louisiana for students with dyslexia and related learning differences. Over recent years the school has flourished thanks to the efforts of a committed and dedicated team of administrators and teachers. Just under three years ago, the school had a mere ninety-four students. While financially sound, the school had drifted from its mission. A new executive director was hired in 2016, and since that time, the school has transformed into a better and brighter version of itself. Today, the Brighton School has 145 students in grades first through twelfth while projecting an August 2019 opening enrolment in the neighbourhood of 150-155 mission appropriate students. Since 2016, the school has
added three reading therapy programs, has established a group of well-trained teachers, and has added a vibrancy to its small school that continues to be dedicated to driving change in the teaching of children with learning difficulties. This past May, Brighton graduated a dozen seniors. Nine will be moving on to college in fields such as education, engineering, and psychology, two have established their own businesses and the last student has entered the welding workforce.
and team of teachers is aware that students with learning differences also come with under-developed executive functioning skills. As such, educators provide instruction and support to develop executive function skills, which include task initiation, planning and organization, impulse control and goal setting. Attention to these important skills lays a foundation whereby students can access designed curriculum at their highest potential.
Based on each student’s psychoeducational evaluation, the school’s population possesses a very diverse set of needs. To meet the needs of its unique student body, The Brighton School employs an eclectic array of programs, approaches and strategies. The school’s innovative curriculum embeds multi-sensory (auditory, visual, kinesthetic and tactile) strategies in all content areas, while simultaneously developing and reinforcing executive functioning skills and social/ emotional development. This approach continues beyond the regular classrooms into art, technology and physical education classes as well.
Ultimately, the Brighton School promotes the intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth of students with dyslexia and related learning differences and supports each child in achieving their highest potential through the implementation of evidencebased instructional techniques. The school’s mission is to fully equip its students to become successful adults and lifelong learners. This will remain its focus as it looks towards a bright and exciting future.
“Take content off the page, and put it into the hands of the kids.” is a mantra heard throughout the school. Done well, learning is translated in a way students can understand. Brighton’s students need to touch learning, build learning, and create learning through all their senses. The school’s students require multiple experiences with content to solidify learning. Teaching students the way they learn is a way of life at The Brighton School. On average, a dyslexic student needs up to 1500 exposures before learning is firmly placed into long-term memory. In the age of more content at a quicker pace, The Brighton School aims to facilitate learning as much as possible, working with students to understand their needs. The school’s administration
CONTACT DETAILS: Company: The Brighton School Contact: Cheryl Ollmann Website: https://thebrightonschool.org/
, Make Believe Group
Make Believe Group To Add Seven Performing Arts Schools To Business The franchised business to reach 42 outlets by September amid ambitious expansion plans for 10 further schools this year. Make Believe, the UK’s leading international theatre school, will unveil two new performing arts schools this month and a further five in September. This month we will see schools open in Chelmsford and Woking, teaching after-school singing, dancing and even acting classes to children aged 3-18. The Make Believe franchise will come to London’s Brixton, Wood Green, Hampstead and Finchley, as well as Guildford in September, with ambitious plans to launch 10 more by the end of 2019. The extracurricular classes give children and young adults the chance to explore their love
of performing arts and take part in annual productions. The MB talent division, One Dream, partners with major shopping centres and supermarkets, such as Tesco and – most recently – TLV Fashion Mall in Tel Aviv, to invite talented youngsters to audition in their hundreds for cash prizes and school scholarships. A number of these young people have also gone on to enjoy mainstream success through their Make Believe classes, with Charis Tetteh playing a lead role in School of Rock the musical on the West End. Meanwhile, six-yearold Angelica Pearl Scott is the youngest actress at the school to achieve professional success, landing a role in The King and I last year.
Charlotte Borg, franchise owner of Make Believe Chelmsford, said: “I feel privileged to bring Make Believe to Chelmsford. As well as being a lot of fun, our classes help deliver inner confidence and belief, skills that are essential as children grow.” Joel Kern, founder and managing director of Make Believe, added: “We are in an exciting period of growth at Make Believe, with each franchisee chosen for holding the same values that we have championed since we were first founded in 2004. Our franchisees must be as passionate about performing arts as the children are for them to benefit from the full experience. I’m excited to build on our collaborative business throughout this year and see more stars born.” The business taught just five students in its first year, and now boasts schools in over 35 locations teaching 50 classes to more than 3,500 children in the UK, Australia and Israel. Make Believe aims to help young people build up their confidence, as well as to develop presentation and communication skills.
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, LGfL and Virgin Media
LGfL and Virgin Media Business Expand Partnership To Transform Digital Learning For 1.2 Million UK Schoolchildren Enhanced £50 million commitment between LGfL and Virgin Media Business will more than double the capacity of LGfL’s Ignite National Education Network and transform connectivity at thousands of schools. Additional bandwidth will allow teachers and pupils to take advantage of new technology including augmented and virtual reality, live-streaming and 1:1 pupil/device ratios. A landmark commitment between Virgin Media Business and not-forprofit LGfL (London Grid for Learning) will deliver the UK’s fastest schools’ network to LGfL’s growing community of approximately 3,000 schools across the UK. More than 1.2 million school children are set to benefit from improved digital classrooms and faster connection speeds as a result of the deal, which will help children develop 21st century digital skills. Accompanying investments in network security will help ensure that LGfL’s network is one of the safest in the world for schools. Schools on LGfL’s Ignite Network can now benefit from ultrafast connections of up to 1,000Mbps at no additional cost, placing them at the forefront of all UK internet connectivity. The increased bandwidth at the core and edge of LGfL’s network will enable and empower schools to bring augmented and virtual reality, live-streaming and 1:1 student/ device ratios into the classroom, as well as providing access to
public sector networks Govroam and Eduroam for remote working – both of which require a high bandwidth connection to operate effectively. Under LGfL’s refreshed plans, all schools will be now offered free upgrades to a minimum connection speed of 100Mbps (for both upload and download) with LGfL schools, on average, receiving a 200% plus boost in their bandwidth enabling hundreds of schools to increase their connection speed to 1,000Mbps. In addition, schools will be equipped with future-proof technology which can be quickly and remotely upgraded, helping save schools time and money should they wish to further boost their connection in future. In addition to increased speeds, schools will also benefit from next generation firewalling, designed to keep them safe from hackers and other online threats. This then complements LGfL’s existing range of enhanced security software including Malwarebytes, Sophos Intercept X, advanced email filtering and Meraki device management. Assistance and training is also available to schools using these services. As a charity whose mission is to ‘save schools money and keep
children safe’, LGfL is committed to the advancement of education. Acting as lead negotiator for its members, the charitable trust uses its significant group purchasing power to secure groundbreaking pricing and terms on goods, services and support – effectively saving members ‘more money than they spend’ on their LGfL edtech subscription. Latest deals secured by LGfL’s purchasing initiative SmartBuy include partnerships with Adobe to provide Creative Cloud to LGfL schools, as well as Apple, Google, Sophos and Malwarebytes. As LGfL’s long-standing connectivity partner, Virgin Media Business is committed to helping schools become digital-first institutions. Working with LGfL, Virgin Media Business provides schools with affordable access to ultrafast and resilient broadband through a virtual private network (VPN). Already effectively saving the education sector a collective £100million a year, this latest LGfL deal will see schools benefit from even greater bandwidth at no extra cost. Commenting on the partnership, John Jackson, CEO, LGfL said, “LGfL is determined to place UK education at the heart of digital innovation worldwide. Our strategic partnership with VMB in
our Ignite Network will massively boost bandwidth for our core network along with connectivity for schools, enabling pupils and teachers to take advantage of the latest cutting-edge technology such as AR, VR and livestreaming to improve outcomes in the classroom. “Our plans to boost bandwidth will be complemented by investments in cybersecurity, reflecting our priority to not only provide one of the fastest networks for schools but one of the safest. By providing this huge boost to UK Education at no extra cost LGfL is achieving its mission to save schools money whilst ensuring they are fully equipped for the future.” Peter Kelly, Managing Director of Virgin Media Business, said: “By providing thousands of schools with an ultrafast, safe and secure digital platform, we’re revolutionising the classroom and giving children the tools and skills they need to thrive in the digital age. We’re delighted to build on our long-standing partnership with LGfL and use the power of technology to help more than one million school children excel everyday.”
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