Compliance

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

Monday

6th Mar 2023

Did we forget SEND in Slant?
There is a danger that the way some schools are implementing the Slant behaviour-for-learning approach is setting pupils with SEND up to fail, argues headteacher Clive Lawrence 
Did we forget SEND in SLANT?

Wednesday

1st Mar 2023

Secondary school admissions policies ‘reinforce inequality’
Research into admissions comes on the day that families find out if their child has been accepted into the secondary school of their choice

Tuesday

28th Feb 2023

How we can improve diversity on school governing boards
On National School Governors’ Awareness Day, the CEO of the charity Governors for Schools explains why increasing the diversity of school governors in terms of age, race and background is so important
What schools can do to improve governing board diversity

Monday

13th Feb 2023

Why schools must take the RAAC danger seriously
As the deadline for schools returning a DfE questionnaire on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete approaches, the head of estates for a MAT explains that this is an issue schools must not overlook
words wall

Monday

23rd Jan 2023

DfE persistent absence data delay ‘disappointing’, says ex-minister
Exclusive: Robin Walker, former DfE minister and chair of the Commons Education Select Committee, says work on persistent absence should be a ‘priority’ for the department
Dusty chair
Exclusive

Monday

16th Jan 2023

Strikes: Schools told to take ‘all reasonable steps’ to stay open
Schools should prioritise exam students, vulnerable children and pupils with key worker parents, Department for Education guidance states
Strikes: Schools told to take ‘all reasonable steps’ to stay open

Friday

6th Jan 2023

Fears for pupil safety as safeguarding referrals result in ‘no action’
Why do so many safeguarding referrals from schools end in ‘no further action’, and why is the system increasingly ‘fraught and difficult’? 91¶¶Òõ investigates
Fears for pupil safety as safeguarding referrals result in ‘no action’

Thursday

5th Jan 2023

Ministers hold off on full anti-strike powers over schools
Government to consult on minimum safety levels in education in the event of strikes, if voluntary deals cannot be struck with unions
Teacher strikes: Ministers hold off on full anti-strike powers over schools

Tuesday

6th Dec 2022

Mould: How schools can tackle this health hazard
The tragic death of a two-year-old boy from mould underlines why this perennial problem cannot be ignored – especially as schools look to cut back on heating. A building expert explains the risks and the solutions
moisture

Thursday

24th Nov 2022

Suspensions up on pre-pandemic levels but exclusions still lower
The number of suspensions last autumn is the highest in a single term since at least 2016
Suspensions up on pre-pandemic levels but exclusions still lower

Friday

11th Nov 2022

‘Vice-like’ grip of challenges means we have to act
‘Funding shortages, pay erosion and the teacher supply crisis’ are pushing school leaders to draw a line in the sand, warns Geoff Barton
of challenges means we have to act

Sunday

6th Nov 2022

DfE warned after ‘woeful’ data breach helped betting firms
Information commissioner reprimands DfE over ‘prolonged misuse’ of up to 28 million children’s learning records – but withholds £10m fine
data breach