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Adi Bloom
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Computer coding classes for disadvantaged children could boost social mobility in digital careers
More than 200 state-school pupils from disadvantaged homes will learn computer code, as part of two new pilot schemes designed to improve social mobility in the digital-technology sector
24 August 2016
Want a good book for the zombie apocalypse? Ask an award-winning school librarian
One librarian invited pupils to attend a zombie apocalypse. Another hosted a dinner party with Mr Darcy. A third has her own double-decker bus.
23 August 2016
Former state school pupils dominate Team GB medals at Rio Olympics
A new generation of former comprehensive school-educated Olympic medallists is challenging the traditional public-school dominance of elite sports, study shows
22 August 2016
Pupils learn to become classroom campaigners on new course
Students will learn ways to push for greater equality in schools
22 August 2016
‘He was desperate to be a footballer’: Mo Farah’s PE teacher discusses his most famous pupil
Alan Watkinson, a PE teacher at Isleworth and Syon School in West London, taught Mo Farah, 33, the 10,000m gold medallist at Rio and a double gold medallist at London 2012. He spoke to TES
20 August 2016
Meet the teachers who lit Team GB’s Olympic flame
Educators recall the commitment and perserverance of their pupils who were destined for glory as athletes competing in Rio de Janeiro
19 August 2016