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Governor Twilights: pupil premium strategy

8 December 2024

Free governor twilight sessions from Staffordshire research school your governors may be interested in: holding leadership teams to account for the effectiveness of their pupil premium strategy.  All sessions are…

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Climate action support for schools

5 November 2024

Is your school looking for support to become zero carbon? Let’s Go Zero is the national campaign uniting teachers, pupils, parents and their schools as they all work together to…

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School-Based Nursery Capital Grant

31 October 2024

The School-Based Nursery Capital Grant is a one-time grant available for eligible state-funded primary-phase schools. Schools can bid for up to £150,000 of funding to use solely for capital expenditure,…

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How the budget will impact schools

30 October 2024

In today's budget, Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an increase to the core school's budget which is a real terms growth of 1.8 per cent. Below are 5…

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Improve your school open day

18 October 2024

First impressions are hugely important. Get these wrong and parents won’t bother attending your school open day. An unfriendly response to enquiries will be enough to put people off before…

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‘Parachute payments’ could help schools cope with falling rolls

13 October 2024

New “parachute payments” could help protect schools from the financial implications of falling rolls, a report has proposed. Primary pupil numbers have been dropping nationally since 2019, and secondary numbers are…

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Changes to Ofsted’s ungraded inspections webinar

3 October 2024

In this webinar, inspectors discuss Ofsted's new approach to ungraded inspections from September 2024. They explain: - the changes that have been made and why they have made them -…

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Schools in deficit – Why it happens and what to do

2 October 2024

Being a school in budget deficit can stem from a number of factors. Join us as we explore them as well as potential solutions… Drop in pupil numbers: One such…

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Ofsted’s autumn update webinar available

30 September 2024

In their autumn update webinar, hosted live on 19th September 2024, inspectors provided an outline of Ofsted's updates to the school inspection handbook for maintained schools and academies. This included…

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Ofsted webinars about changes to inspection

13 September 2024

Ofsted is hosting two webinars this month to help the sector understand the changes made to the inspection process. School inspection update: autumn 2024 In this webinar Ofsted will provide…

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ESFA to close

12 September 2024

The government has announced the impending closure of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in March 2025. The functions fulfilled by the ESFA will be brought into the Department…

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Government confirms above inflation pay award for teachers

2 September 2024

School teachers and leaders will receive a fully funded 5.5% pay award, reflecting the vital contribution they make to children’s life chances. The decision means the recommendations of the School Teachers’…

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