Helping schools deliver passion and performance

The education section of the Inspire Schools website lets you discover a host of engaging initiatives and events. Everything from our reading reward scheme Buster’s Book Club to the award-winning walk to school initiative, Young Cooks and the STEM showcase Bright Sparks are detailed in this section, or use the navigation bar at the top of the page or promotional graphics to discover more.

Green-travel stars walk in explorer’s shoes

Children from a Kent primary got to walk in the shoes of the Victorian explorer who founded Thanet’s Powell-Cotton Museum after winning a county-wide green-travel challenge. Pevensey class at Bromstone Primary School in Broadstairs were treated to a special workshop by the...

Posted On 16 Mar 2020

, By Ben Skelton

Where the wild things were

There was no doubt where the wild things were during a prize assembly at a Gravesend primary school. The children at Painters Ash Primary School in Gravesend were rewarded with a visit by the exotic critters of travelling zoo Creepy Claws in recognition of their outstanding...

Posted On 02 Mar 2020

, By Ben Skelton

Win the reading bug this World Book Day

A Buster’s Book Club competition will see one lucky Kent school win a visit from the jolly green giant mascot Buster Bug. To enter, all schools have to do is divulge the ways in which they celebrated the 23rd annual World Book Day on Thursday, March 5. The contest is part of the...

Posted On 25 Feb 2020

, By Liz Nicholls

Size no barrier to book club success

A small rural school is proving size isn’t everything when it comes to competing for the big prizes with literacy scheme Buster’s Book Club. High Halden Church of England Primary School near Tenterden has four classes and just 105 pupils but has been delivering some stand-out...

Posted On 18 Feb 2020

, By Ben Skelton

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Buster Awards 2019 Annual awards for reading reward scheme Buster's Book Club

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Young Cooks Autumn Launch 2019 Cooking competition judges appeal for entries.

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Literacy awards extend deadline and reward home schooling

The children’s charity behind the Kent Literacy Awards has extended the nomination deadline to allow schools to showcase their successful reading and writing initiatives. And to recognise the herculean efforts of teachers during lockdown a Best Home School Literacy Initiative...

Posted On 01 May 2020

, By Liz Nicholls

Seeking star literacy schemes

Schools using successful ways to encourage children to read, write and love the English language could be in line for a Kent Literacy Award. Any primary, secondary, or special school in Kent can enter – and there is a wide range of categories to choose from including most...

Posted On 17 Mar 2020

, By Liz Nicholls

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Joanna story time at Castilion Aquarius Class win green travel challenge

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Dockyard Be the Boss Alexandra takes up post at Boss of Historic Dockyard Chatham

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Author reads latest book to green-travel champs

Pupils were treated to a prize story-time session with a local children’s author and illustrator after winning a regional green-travel challenge. Priscilla Lamont read her appropriately...

Posted On 12 Jun 2019

, By Ben Skelton

Young walkers enjoy story-time prize

Pupils were rewarded for their commitment to green travel with an environmentally themed story-time session delivered by a Kent children’s author. Anthony Cooper read his book, The Curious Tale...

Posted On 12 Jun 2019

, By Ben Skelton

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Green School Awards Launched! 19/20 We have officially opened up the Green School Awards for academic year...

Kent Literacy Awards 2019 Annual event to showcase region's top literacy initiatives

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Charities share Big Quiz jackpot

Good causes are set to share £3,000 raised through the Medway heat of the KM Big Charity Quiz on Friday (March 6). Staged at Chatham’s St...

Posted On 09 Mar 2020

, By Ben Skelton

Final chance for Big Quiz bookings

There is still – just – time to book tables for the Medway heat of the KM Big Charity Quiz, but would-be contestants need to act super-fast to...

Posted On 04 Mar 2020

, By Ben Skelton

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Hay fever

What is it about scarecrows that makes them so great? A couple of weeks ago, me and my mate Ed spent the day doing the KM Charity Walk. It was brilliant. Although, just between you and me, I think Ed preferred the ice cream and barbecue afterwards to the walking bit. But the best...

Posted On 03 Jul 2019

, By Ben Skelton

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