With there likely to be little room for manoeuvre in terms of the education budget following the result of July’s general election, the debate about where and how to focus any spending is well underway.
Hannie Kirkham and Sam Derby look at recent research into education at scale to identify emerging trends.
For Ark, scaling reach hasn’t always meant adding schools; the organisation wants to have a much wider impact. Caroline Doherty talks about growth in trusts, the need for consolidation and codification, and providing school solutions at scale.
New research from NFER sheds light on the approaches adopted by MATs in supporting students with SEND. Matt Walker draws on these findings to outline the challenges and opportunities facing MATs in helping to build a more inclusive system.
Catherine Cahn discusses current key trends in the US K-12 market, and how they’re impacting M&A and investment strategies.
In 2002, Andrea Carr founded Rising Stars, which was acquired by Hachette in 2015. She talks here about how educational vision and mission sit alongside commercials when attracting early-stage investment.
Why direct instruction and the development of core knowledge and skills are vital components in preparing learners for the demands of the digital workplace. This is a preview of an article from Education Insights report #2: Trends in International Education.
Two Oriel Square colleagues attended the BookMachine Unplugged: The Publishers’ Sustainability Survival Guide event in Oxford in May 2023. Here, Claire and Helen share the key takeaways and talking points from the event.
We take a look at ongoing innovation in the VTQ space, including concerns over proposed changes, learner demographics, and the impact on the education publishing industry.
Education can transform lives for the better, and teachers are at the heart of that. That’s why we are launching our Teacher Research Group – to bring us and our clients closer to the forefront of education.
The Westminster Education Forum in February 2022 brought together nearly twenty experts from the world of education to discuss the future of assessment in England. Claire Gilbert reports back on the key talking points.
With a wide variety of local contexts, increasing exam pressures, and a patchwork of British, American and other varieties of English being delivered, producing quality ELT resources poses plenty of challenges. Frances Amrani looks at how these challenges can be met by ELT publishers.