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Guidance: Primary school accountability

7 September 2022

The Department for Education has published the ‘Primary school accountability in 2022: technical guide’, which replaces the existing documents. The newly published guidance includes further information about Key Stage 2…

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New content expected on school websites

7 September 2022

The Department for Education has updated their lists of what schools and must or should publish on their websites in the 2022 to 2023 academic year. This includes new sections…

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Online Safety Policy and Practice Report 2022

6 September 2022

The Schools in England Online Safety Policy and Practice report for 2022 looks at the latest strengths and weaknesses seen in online safety over the past year for schools in England.…

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Ofsted English curriculum video released

5 September 2022

Ofsted has released their latest curriculum webinar. In this video, Kirsty Godfrey, Senior HMI and Specialist Adviser, talks about the English curriculum, with a particular emphasis on catch-up. The key…

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Key stage 1 SATs will be scrapped, STA confirms

4 September 2022

At the end of July 2022, school leaders were informed, via email, that the end of KS1 assessments would no longer be compulsory from the 2023/24 academic year. The STA…

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Ofsted: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on schools

3 September 2022

Over the past year, Ofsted has produced a series of reports in their education recovery series, where they have explored how schools, prisons, early years providers and further education and…

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Child protection course for school governors

3 September 2022

NSPCC Learning has released an updated version of the online safeguarding training for school governors. The course is aimed at governors of schools and trustees of academies. Training is provided…

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Statistics: Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England

2 September 2022

The latest national statistics for permanent exclusions and suspensions in England were published on 28th July 2022. They relate to the 2020/21 academic year and include data on: reasons schools…

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Searching, screening and confiscation: advice for schools 2022

1 September 2022

The DfE have produced new guidance explaining the powers schools have to screen and search pupils, and to confiscate items they find. The new document comes into force today, 1st…

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Behaviour in schools: advice for headteachers and school staff 2022

31 August 2022

The DfE have produced new guidance for schools on behaviour which comes into force from 1st September 2022. This publication provides advice to schools on behaviour in schools and the…

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Supporting Afghan Refugee Children in Schools (Webinar)

30 August 2022

This free webinar hosted by The Bell Foundation and Refugee Education UK will focus on how schools can support children from Afghanistan. Developed in response to last summer’s crisis in…

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Equality Duty compliance

18 July 2022

As part of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) schools are required to have 'due regard' to the need to: eliminate discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the…

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