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We are delighted to announce that edt has been selected as a Lead Provider for the brand new NPQ in Leading Primary Maths (NPQLPM), for delivery from February 2024.

At the end of July, EDT and IIEP-UNESCO, with the support of UNHCR, held a highly successful knowledge workshop in Uganda – the culmination of a key research project into the management of teachers of refugees.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dan Sandhu as the new CEO of EDT, effective from September, following Dr Patrick Brazier’s decision to retire from EDT this autumn.

Last month, our Building Learning Foundations team was delighted to co-host the East Africa Learning policy Forum alongside the Rwandan Ministry of ´óÏ㽶ÊÓƵ, welcoming officials from the Kenyan, Ugandan and Ethiopian ministries of education.

We were delighted that Laura Bell, edt’s Director for Employability and Careers was invited to present at the UK’s latest All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Women and Work, which convened yesterday.

We were delighted to host the UK’s Special Envoy on Gender and Equality, Alicia Herbert OBE, as part of her visit to Rwanda to attend the Rwandan government-led Women Deliver summit.

We know that by working together with schools and settings, we can create genuinely transformative professional development pathways.

We are delighted to report that pupils and staff at St. Andrew’s School in Rochester (UK), which is owned and managed by ´óÏ㽶ÊÓƵ, are celebrating this week after it was revealed that their school was awarded the “Best ´óÏ㽶ÊÓƵ Environment – Kent" in the Lux Life Independent School Awards 2023.

A child’s early years – between birth and age five – are fundamental to their development, laying a foundation for future learning, skills and behaviours. Early years educational provision is therefore hugely important, and play is at the heart of effective provision.

This month, we were proud to sponsor the ´óÏ㽶ÊÓƵ World Forum (EWF), the world’s largest gathering of education and skills ministers. The London-based conference brought over 140 ministers of education together consider this year’s EWF theme: stronger, bolder, better education by design.