Compliance

Find the latest statutory guidance and understand how it affects your school, from updates to key DfE documents to brand-new legislation

Thursday

20th Jan 2022

KCSIE 2022: The key proposed changes
New Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance is out for consultation – here ÌÇÐÄVlog looks at what the changes could mean for schools
Safety

Monday

10th Jan 2022

Covid: Nearly 1 in 4 teachers say absence having major impact
Almost half of teachers surveyed by union say they are being expected to cover lessons
Absence, Scotland

Sunday

2nd Jan 2022

Omicron: How schools can apply for air purifier units from the DfE
The DfE has set out the criteria by which schools can apply for 7,000 air purifier units in a bid to combat the spread of the Omicron variant. Here is everything you need to know about how to apply
How can schools apply for a new air purifier? Here is everything you need to know.

Wednesday

22nd Dec 2021

Biggest primary academy chain appoints new chief
REAch2 announces new chief executive officer as Sir Steve Lancashire steps down

Cathie Paine takes over at

Tuesday

21st Dec 2021

Academy conversions drop by half
Expansion of the academies programme has been slowing down year on year since 2016, a new DfE report shows
Omicron Covid variant: Government wants schools open until Christmas

Friday

17th Dec 2021

10 questions with... Sam Twiselton
Sam Twiselton, director of Sheffield Institute of Education, talks about a teacher who inspired her love of philosophy and following her mum into teaching
Interview Sam Twiselton

Thursday

16th Dec 2021

Omicron: Trust heads to close classrooms, DfE told
Chartered College of Teaching boss Dame Alison Peacock warns securing new wave of supply teachers will take weeks
Dame Alison Peacock has called for school leaders to be trusted to make decisions about moving to remote learning.
Hundreds of schools join legal action over SIMS contract
ESS owner ParentPay says five months’ notice is ‘not unreasonable’

Wednesday

15th Dec 2021

Schools given ‘flexibility’ on January return date
But Downing Street urges schools not to ‘deprive’ children of education this week
Secondary schools will be given some flexibility over when they return in January, MPs have been told.

Wednesday

8th Dec 2021

DfE to be investigated over Covid Christmas party
Gavin Williamson ‘instigated’ the gathering, top DfE official tells MPs
SAH

Tuesday

7th Dec 2021

Hancock calls for primary pupils dyslexia check
Former health secretary Matt Hancock calls for new dyslexia check and reveals he was not diagnosed until university
Matt Hancock has called for all pupils to be checked for dyslexia before they leave primary school.

Monday

6th Dec 2021

Why schools and trusts can now hire ‘expert governors’
Providing access to expert governors for struggling settings – or those willing to pay £500 a day for their insights – could have a huge benefit across education, claims the National Governance Association
Expert governors can now come and help schools and trusts