Compliance

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

Tuesday

18th May 2021

‘Release heads from test and trace duty to stop exodus’
School leaders have spent 100 extra hours identifying and notifying contacts of Covid cases this year, NAHT warns

Friday

14th May 2021

GCSEs 2022: Covid could stop geography fieldwork again
Ofqual is proposing to remove the mandatory requirement for fieldwork for geography, geology and environmental science

Thursday

13th May 2021

Collection of English and maths attainment data halted
But only in secondaries as primary school data will still be gathered to monitor Covid impact on the attainment gap

Friday

30th Apr 2021

Exclusive: ‘Unacceptable’ DfE failure over off-rolling
Delay to government consultation on keeping track of children not in school is ‘ridiculous’, says teachers’ leader

Monday

1st Mar 2021

Exclusive: Catch-up tutors snubbed by schools in North
Poll suggests 81% of North East schools not using National Tutoring Programme and 31% of those that do may not continue

Tuesday

26th Jan 2021

Call to legally force colleges to consider skills needs
A new national vision for skills and lifelong learning must be introduced in Wales, says independent commission

Tuesday

22nd Dec 2020

DfE still wants colleges to roll-out testing in January
Government says it is ‘encouraging’ colleges to introduce mass Covid testing from the first week of term

Monday

21st Dec 2020

Covid testing: AoC urges leaders not to feel pressured
College leaders should not feel they have to give up holiday to prepare for mass testing, says Association of Colleges

Tuesday

15th Dec 2020

7 ways to spread Christmas spirit in class ‘bubbles’
From treasure hunts to tree decorating, this teacher shares how to celebrate Christmas together, even in ‘bubble groups’

Tuesday

8th Dec 2020

Delivering T levels: 5 things you need to know
T levels bring with them important new expectations of educators, says Zac Aldridge from NCFE
Prioritise RSE to fight online grooming, schools told
Children’s commissioner highlights delays in RSE curriculum roll-out but urges schools to use it amid a rise in grooming

Thursday

3rd Dec 2020

Post-16 high-needs system needs ‘radical shake-up’
The current high-needs system is overly complicated and has a detrimental impact on students, research finds