Compliance

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

Tuesday

23rd May 2023

Safeguarding concerns rising, say 3 in 4 school staff
More guidance needed on how to deal with safeguarding issues such as sexual harassment and violence, 91¶¶Òõ survey suggests
Water dripping on an umbrella
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Monday

8th May 2023

DfE must back more international school accreditation systems
As the COBIS conference brings together international heads from around the world, CEO Colin Bell explains why it’s time the government backed its accreditation system to help the sector continue to expand
Colin Bell COBIS CEO

Tuesday

2nd May 2023

Ofsted: Ex-inspector crowdfunds £40K for legal challenge
School leaders hope to fund a High Court action to compel Ofsted to reveal the evidence it uses to downgrade schools
Ofsted: A former inspector has helped raise £40,000 for a legal challenge over school inspections

Monday

24th Apr 2023

‘Something has gone badly wrong at Ofsted’
The interview Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman gave to the BBC over the weekend suggested her organisation is still refusing to listen and learn, argues Tom Campbell
Ofsted crisis: What happens next?

Thursday

20th Apr 2023

Want to improve attendance? Give parents a nudge
A pre-pandemic study showed that sending messages to parents about absence can drastically improve attendance. More research is now being planned and schools are being asked to get involved
Text app

Thursday

13th Apr 2023

Weekly round-up: Teacher strikes and staff shortages
This week’s essential education news and analysis includes the threat of a second major teaching union joining strike action, a warning over teacher shortages and new research on parent engagement in schoolwork
Round, up

Friday

31st Mar 2023

Schools ordered to share RHSE materials
Letter to go to schools today as review announced that will see Oak National Academy produce ‘high-quality, compliant resources’
Sex education
A 9-point plan for a better Ofsted
Anyone applying for the job of Ofsted chief inspector should consider making these changes to the school inspection system, argues Tom Campbell, CEO at E-ACT multi-academy trust
A nine-point plan for a better Ofsted

Tuesday

28th Mar 2023

Concern over inspections of special schools, MPs told
Special schools not always getting specialist Ofsted inspectors, cross-party Education Committee is told
Concern over Ofsted inspections of special schools, MPs told

Tuesday

21st Mar 2023

‘Rumbling crisis’ in behaviour management, says DfE tsar
Tom Bennett also says good work had been done in recent years and warned it has been historically ‘incredibly hard’ to know what behaviour is like in schools
Behaviour

Tuesday

14th Mar 2023

Gibb: Teaching about suicide could be ‘requirement’ in RSE
Government review of relationships and sex education and health education could include a specific requirement to teach about suicide prevention, schools minister suggests
Suicide help

Friday

10th Mar 2023

Why tackling attendance may be about to get much easier
School leaders and ministers have lamented the post-Covid drop in school attendance, but a tech solution may help schools reverse the trend, finds Dan Worth
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