Blackrod Primary school in Bolton is one of the many primary schools which adopted the Cornerstones curriculum when the new national curriculum came in to force last year. Here, deputy head Jill Bramwell tells us how it’s been going: Bolton’s Blackrod Church School, in the Greater Manchester region, has a long established commitment to creative… Read more
Iain Broome
Iain is a Creative Consultant at Cornerstones and currently produces The Curriculum, our new podcast. He's previously worked on a range of other Cornerstones products, including the Cornerstones Curriculum, Love to Investigate and Cornerstones Yoimoji.Former Sheffield research scientist encourages schoolchildren to support heart charity
A former Sheffield research scientist who’s PhD was funded by the British Heart Foundation is now encouraging thousands of primary school children to raise money for the charity. Dr Fran Barnes, who works for Cornerstones Education, has written a science project called ‘Blood Heart’ which has been sent to more than 1,100 primary schools in… Read more
Outstanding Hardwick Primary School
OUTSTANDING in all areas was Ofsted’s verdict on Hardwick Primary School following inspection earlier this year (May 2014). This ringing endorsement of the Derby school was all the more impressive given that it was operating under special measures just 18 months previously and had been judged to ‘require improvement’ at their last inspection just over… Read more
Sheffield schoolchildren create memorial to former teacher killed at Battle of Somme
Pupils at a Sheffield primary school are creating a display of 440 hand-made poppies in memory of a former teacher killed at the Battle of the Somme. Woodseats Primary School teacher Alexander Walter Shiell died on July 1st 1916 – the very first day of World War One’s bloodiest battle – alongside hundreds of other… Read more
Cornerstones team shortlisted for award
Cornerstones Education has been shortlisted for a business growth award after more than doubling the number of schools it works with in the last year. Cornerstones Education supplies creative curriculum teaching and learning materials to primary schools across England and Wales. The company has increased the number of schools it supplies from 500 schools to… Read more
Former ice skating star with a talent for teaching joins Cornerstones
A former professional ice skater with a talent for teaching has joined Cornerstones Education Ltd. Hayley Beecher learned to skate at Doncaster Dome leisure complex when it first opened in 1989 and regularly competed in British Figure Skating Championships all over the UK between the ages of 8 and 18. She has now joined Cornerstones’… Read more
An allotment for growing minds – a Cornerstones case study
Radishes, runner beans, parsnips and potatoes & these are just some to the things pupils at one of our Welshschools have been growing in their own allotment. The Swiss Valley School in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire has worked with the Cornerstones creative curriculum since 2012. They set up their own garden project in the same year and,… Read more
Online resources to help teachers prepare lessons
A Barnsley education company has worked with a digital design agency to create an innovative online resource which helps teachers prepare high quality lessons more quickly. Cornerstones Education supplies more than a thousand schools with creative curriculum teaching and learning materials in hard copy format. It has now launched a digital hub to be used… Read more
Welcome Ruth Linden to our team!
We’ve welcomed a new member to our team of schools consultants & meet Ruth Linden and read all about her appointment in our press release here: A former teacher who ran her own business for 14 years has been recruited by Barnsley-based creative curriculum suppliers, Cornerstones Education. Ruth Linden has been appointed to a newly-created… Read more