science education

Planning KS3 and KS4 Science

20th Aug 2018

With the new school year on the horizon, we asked Science consultant Ed Walsh for his advice on effective planning for both KS3 and KS4 Science. Q: I have been asked to come up with a skeleton, ‘knowledge based’ scheme of work for KS3 (which, for us, includes Years… Read More

Reading the Runes

4th Sep 2017

No doubt anyone with an interest in GCSE exam results will have followed the stories emerging from this year’s data set. This was always going to be a more complicated picture with the impact of revised specifications and the new grading system. Furthermore, this year, being a transition year with… Read More

Science: The lost Nobel Prizes of the Great War

25th Sep 2015

The Great War, or the 1st World War as it is more commonly called, was the first war that involved more than armies and navies slugging it out on land and sea. Between 1914 and 1918 most of the population of Europe was involved in some way.  Apart from them… Read More

Science education and the importance of thinking long-term

19th May 2015

Ed Walsh considers what the outcome of the general election will mean for science education and the importance of thinking long-term. Read More

Science education: what should we ask from the next government?

22nd Apr 2015

Education reform has been a defining feature of the Coalition, as the election race hots up, Ed Walsh suggests a few things the next Education Secretary should bear in mind. Read More