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George set himself a challenge of learning his time's tables over the summer break. See how George got on in our #NowICan video!

#NowICan – George’s progress!

August 2, 2016

George told us that he wants to learn his times’ tables over the summer in our #NowICan video – find out how he has been getting on here!...

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Design your own Lizard Card!

August 1, 2016

Could you design our next limited edition Lizard Card? At Explore, we reward children for both effort and achievement, and always encourage them to...

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Students at Bournemouth at the Speech Competition for UK and Chinese students

Bournemouth hosts Speech Competition for UK and Chinese students

July 28, 2016

Our Bournemouth tuition centre held a Speech Competition with students from Operation China as part of a summer programme for Chinese language and...

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Chris McGovern: Effects of the Summer Slide

Chris McGovern, Chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, shares his views on our latest research into the effect of the ‘summer...

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#NowICan – Mia and Saskia’s progress!

July 25, 2016

Two stars of our #NowICan video, Mia and Saskia, have been very busy working on their summer learning goals – find out how they have been...

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Survey reveals how parents really feel about the summer holidays

July 21, 2016

The school holidays are upon us – a time when children can enjoy the long break ahead of them. But what do parents think about the summer...

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A very royal writing theme!

July 6, 2016

We’ve been analysing all our National Young Writers’ Awards entries (over 10,000 of them!) to find out whether there are common themes...

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Have ‘Sum Fun’ with maths!

July 4, 2016

We’re involving our members to help us find some of the best educational games and products available for families with a new road testing...

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Gracie Harding, writing competition winner

Writing competition winner announced!

June 22, 2016

Congratulations to 11-year-old Gracie Harding from Westgate School in Winchester, who has been named the winner of this year’s National Young...

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Top ten National Young Writers’ entries!

June 20, 2016

We had over 10,000 entries to our National Young Writers’ Awards this year, and we were really impressed by the nation’s...

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#NowICan – George’s progress!

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