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Young minds are inspired and nurtured by those who teach them - whether that be at home, within an early years setting, at school, in college, at university, through an apprenticeship or other vocational/technical route, or by learning from colleagues in the workplace.

Those who teach tend to enjoy learning the most when it comes from their peers. So we built a safe, secure environment where you can share your mistakes and your successes, compare experiences (both good and bad), bounce ideas, learn about best practice, and help and mentor one another.

At the same time, we aim to keep you up-to-date with the latest education news, policy, research, events and CPD opportunities - and we publish blog posts to help you in your day-to-day practice and with your mental health and wellbeing.

Because if we can help to make your life even just a little bit easier, then you can get on with what you do best - and your students, their communities, and society in general will be all the better for it.

EdCentral is a not-for-profit social enterprise. Feel free to browse around and if you like what you see, please spread the word. If you're working at the front line of education and you have a blog piece or some research you'd like to share on our site, send it over to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and if it's relevant to our network we'd be happy to publish it.

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A safe place to ...

Connect and collaborate:
Find kindred spirits and share your experiences.

Inform practice:
Browse our fully searchable research library and access bite-size summaries.

Start your own discussion groups:
Make them open to all EdCentral members or restrict them to invited contacts.

Gain new insights:
Keep on top of policy changes, review expert blogs and learn about education thought leaders.

Find inspiration:
Browse tales from the frontline, share ideas, and collaborate with like-minds.

Discover new CPD opportunities:
Browse upcoming events to support your continuing professional development.

... and to stay up to date with the latest education news

Our unique, hand-curated daily EdNews digest is:

Time saving:
All the latest education news in one place - available to view from 9:00 a.m each weekday morning.

Comprehensive:
Manually compiled from over 300 sources - covering mainstream media, education press, education unions, professional bodies, government departments and agencies, and key education commentators and bloggers.

Interactive and fully searchable:
Filtered by phase, the new EdNews system also allows you to choose the topics you want to view. You can search the archives too, both from May 2022 onwards and prior to that via the historic archive page within the main EdNews menu tab.

Flexible:
View on your desktop, laptop or any mobile device; quickly scan the headlines in plain list format or browse using dynamic view - both with direct links to the original news sources.

Stay informed:
Don't miss out on the day's latest education news, sign up for our daily EdNews alert here.