Compliance

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

Tuesday

24th Jun 2025

How our school built a culture of allergy awareness
A primary head explains how they knew it was time to establish a more robust ‘allergy-safe’ approach – and how they did it
Bumblebee in playground

Monday

16th Jun 2025

How to make EDI work in practice
For an academy trust board, an equality, diversity and inclusion policy is far more than a box-ticking exercise and it takes work to put it into practice, trustees tell 91¶¶Òõ
TREE with different hands for leaves

Tuesday

20th May 2025

6 safety priorities schools should know about
These are the areas that school leaders often overlook when thinking about health and safety, according to a school-based accident expert
6 safety priorities life buoy

Monday

19th May 2025

Ethical dilemmas: when religious beliefs clash with curriculum
The latest instalment in our ethical leadership series presents another case study of how the Framework for Ethical Leadership can guide school leaders through difficult situations
Ethical dilemmas tread carefully

Tuesday

13th May 2025

SEND: Ofsted urged to check if schools meet legal duties
The watchdog’s focus on inclusion in schools under its proposed new inspection framework should be strengthened, MPs are told
Ofsted checks

Tuesday

6th May 2025

5 key insights from new DfE security guidance
New guidance gives advice to schools on preparing for security risks – from antisocial behaviour to terrorist threats. A deputy head picks out five key themes leaders should know about
Data padlock

Tuesday

29th Apr 2025

How should a trust board manage risk?
Nuanced understanding of risk is crucial to inform decision-making at board level. But what does that look like in practice?
Trust Essentials: How should academy trust boards approach risk management?

Thursday

27th Mar 2025

The insurance update schools need to know about
The DfE’s risk protection arrangement scheme provides coverage for injuries at work, legal liabilities and damage to property. A lawyer explains a revision to the scheme that schools should be aware of
The insurance update schools need to know about

Wednesday

12th Mar 2025

Why schools resist flexible working (and how to change their minds)
Despite much rhetoric about flexible working, there is not enough flexibility for teachers in schools – and that’s down to a number of core challenges, argues Mark Roberts, who details how to fix them
Stretching Time

Friday

7th Mar 2025

What a recent High Court case ruling means for school exclusions
Court judgement potentially has major implications for how discrimination and human rights claims could be made by those challenging exclusion decisions, a lawyer explains
What a recent High Court case ruling means for school exclusions

Friday

14th Feb 2025

Why trusts need an appetite for risk
Risk can be a scary word – but if you want to innovate, then knowing where you’re comfortable taking risks and articulating this to trustees is vital, Dan Worth discovers
Standing on cracked ice

Thursday

13th Feb 2025

How teachers seeking leadership roles can gain valuable experience
When teachers add their expertise to a charity’s board of trustees, they also gain valuable skills that will prove useful in progressing their career, says Paul Bisland
How teachers seeking leadership roles can gain valuable experience