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Schools White Paper: Opportunity For All webinars  

24 May 2022

Regional Schools Commissioners are running free webinar Schools White paper events for maintained primary schools. Although these events are organised regionally, they are virtual and will cover the same material…

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Acute hepatitis in children on the increase

19 May 2022

Nationally an increase in acute hepatitis, which is an inflammation of the liver, is being seen in young children, particularly in 1-5 year-olds. This is being investigated by UK Health…

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New guidance for improving attendance

11 May 2022

Many school leaders are working hard to improve attendance rates in their schools. The Department for Education (DfE) has released two guidance documents to support schools in their endeavours to…

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Key stage 2 tests: special consideration guidance

6 May 2022

Special consideration is designed to allow schools to highlight where pupils’ key stage 2 (KS2) test results may be affected by traumatic circumstances at the time of the tests. It…

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School funding and pupil premium report 2022

30 April 2022

The Sutton Trust published the results of its latest poll on school funding carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). Key findings include: 57% of senior leaders…

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DfE: Additional funding for newly qualified teachers

29 April 2022

In recognition of the challenging initial teacher training and induction that some newly qualified teachers (NQTs) experienced due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, all state-funded schools that have or had…

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Schools offered free cyber defence tools

28 April 2022

UK education settings can now sign up for the National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) Web Check and Mail Check services to protect their websites and email servers from cyber attacks.…

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DfE: Updated – School reports on pupil performance guidance

26 April 2022

Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year reports for parents has been updated to remove references to temporary arrangements introduced for the pandemic and to reflect the publication…

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What is values based leadership?

22 April 2022

Values based leadership is when leaders draw on both their own core values and the negotiated and defined values of the work organisation for guidance and motivation. Values-based school leaders…

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Overcoming adversity in teaching: exploring resilience within

21 April 2022

The increased demands on teachers, which are normally considered to drain resources and threaten wellbeing, have left 77% of teachers experiencing symptoms of poor mental health due to their workload,…

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Securing Good Attendance & Tackling Persistent Absence: Department for Education and Ofsted webinar

3 April 2022

Ofsted and the Department for Education delivered a webinar on 15 February 2022 sharing the findings of a recent Ofsted report looking at effective school practice for reducing absence and…

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Increasing attendance with parent messages – Supportive ‘how-to’ guide for schools

30 March 2022

Catching up on lost learning during school closures will only be possible with good school attendance, but attendance rates remain below pre-pandemic levels. The Behavioural Insights Team have produced a…

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