| Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education How to set up your Start for Life parent and carer panel: local authority guidance Page summary: This implementation guidance supports local authorities to include the voices of families as they design, deliver and improve their Start for Life offer. Change made: First published. Time updated: 4:06pm, 13 February 2023 Early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers Page summary: List of early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers. Change made: Updated Essex Primary SCITT in the East of England section of the document, removing the graduate entry and assessment-only routes and updating the telephone number. Time updated: 5:45pm, 13 February 2023 Join the Skills Revolution campaign: overview and guidelines Page summary: Find out more about the Join the Skills Revolution campaign, plus review guidelines to help you understand the campaign identity and how to use it. Change made: Join the Skills Revolution: SMEs Skills Horizon 2023 report and social media graphics were added to the campaign page. Time updated: 8:00am, 14 February 2023 Free schools and UTCs: successful applications Page summary: Details of successful applications for free schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) in the pre-opening stage. Change made: The list of free schools and UTCs in the pre-opening stage has been updated for February 2023. Time updated: 9:00am, 14 February 2023 Providing remote education: guidance for schools Page summary: How schools can maintain their capability to provide remote education when it is not possible for some or all of their pupils to attend in person. Change made: Added a link to the guidance for schools on ‘Mental health issues affecting a pupil’s attendance’ to page 6 of ‘Providing remote education: non-statutory guidance for schools’. Time updated: 10:08am, 14 February 2023 Applications for flagship Turing Scheme open Page summary: Schools, colleges and universities can now apply for the third year of the Turing Scheme to fund international study and work opportunities. Change made: First published. Time updated: 3:08pm, 14 February 2023 Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund (TLIF) evaluation and project reports Page summary: Research reports evaluating the effectiveness and impact of the 8 individual projects or programmes funded by TLIF and the TLIF fund overall. Change made: Corrected page 6 of ‘TLIF Evaluation: Tom Bennett Training project evaluation’, where the final paragraph was not fully visible in the text box. Time updated: 4:08pm, 14 February 2023 Levelling up premium payments for teachers Page summary: Between September and March, eligible chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics teachers can apply for levelling up premium payments. Change made: ‘List of eligible and non-eligible schools for levelling up premium payment’ has been updated. Time updated: 11:41am, 15 February 2023 Apprenticeships and traineeships: February 2023 Page summary: Monthly apprenticeship starts from August to November 2022. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 16 February 2023 Statistics: further education and skills Page summary: Statistics on participation and learner outcomes in the further education and skills sector, including apprenticeships, reported from January 2014 to date. Change made: Added ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships: February 2023’ to the ‘Latest releases’ section and moved ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships: January 2023’ to the ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships – older data’ section. Time updated: 9:30am, 16 February 2023 Use of reasonable force and restrictive practices in schools Page summary: We’re seeking to understand how reasonable force, restraint and restrictive practices are used in schools, to inform revisions to guidance. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 16 February 2023 Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Page summary: An overview and directory of subject knowledge enhancement courses for lead schools and initial teacher training (ITT) providers. Change made: Nottingham Trent University, University of Portsmouth and University of Worcester have been added. The contact for University of Brighton and the English SKE course lengths for University of Sussex have been updated. Time updated: 12:12pm, 16 February 2023 School census 2023 to 2024: technical information Page summary: Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2023 to 2024 school census data. Change made: First published. Time updated: 3:51pm, 16 February 2023 National professional qualifications (NPQs) reforms Page summary: The government’s plans to introduce new national professional qualifications (NPQs) and review existing NPQs. Change made: The ‘National professional qualifications (NPQs)’ has been updated to clarify the eligibility criteria for national professional qualifications. NPQ participants can now be matched against Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) records without their name as recorded on the TRA. Time updated: 5:03pm, 16 February 2023 Senior mental health lead training Page summary: Find out how your school or college can apply for a grant and access DfE quality assured training to help develop a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing. Change made: Applicants now gain immediate access to the form for the second stage of their application after completing the first stage. Updated the ‘Applying for a grant’ section to reflect this. Time updated: 9:46am, 17 February 2023 Step up to social work Page summary: Applications for the 2024 programme are open. Change made: ‘Step up to social work’ has been updated to show that applications are now open and to include a link to the applications. Time updated: 9:54am, 17 February 2023 Termination warning notice to Chigwell Row Infant School Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust in relation to Chigwell Row Infant School. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00am, 9 February 2023 Procurement at DfE Page summary: Bidding for Department for Education (DfE) contracts. Change made: We have updated information in the ‘Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)’ section and added the new section ‘Transforming Public Procurement (TPP)’. Time updated: 10:00am, 17 February 2023 Apply to open an alternative provision free school Page summary: Guidance for partnerships seeking to establish a new alternative provision (AP) free school. Change made: Updated to confirm that applications to open a new AP free school closed at midday on 17 February 2023. Time updated: 12:00pm, 17 February 2023 Awarding organisations: submitting qualifications for approval Page summary: Single access point for awarding organisations to submit level 3 alternative academic qualifications (AAQs) or technical qualifications for approval. Change made: Added a link to a proposal submission form for those whose additional specialism is not on IfATE’s predefined list. Time updated: 1:46pm, 17 February 2023 Termination warning notice to Bramley Grange Primary School Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the Grange Trust in relation to Bramley Grange Primary School by the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00am, 17 January 2023 Letters to academy trusts about poor performance Page summary: DfE letters to academy trusts about poor or inadequate performance or weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management. Change made: Added ‘Termination warning notice to Bramley Grange Primary School’ to ‘Warning notices’. Time updated: 2:46pm, 17 February 2023 Academy trust notices to improve Page summary: Letters issued by Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to academy trusts with a notice to improve. Change made: Updated to add Brighter Academy Trust to the list of closed notices. Time updated: 3:00pm, 17 February 2023 Our governance Page summary: Decision-making, executive and managerial bodies in the Department for Education (DfE). Change made: Updated membership details and link to latest DfE annual report and accounts. Time updated: 4:13pm, 17 February 2023 Share your daily school attendance data Page summary: How schools can share daily attendance data and access attendance reports. Change made: Updated the list of data items in the ‘What data we need’ section. Added information on school identifiable level data in the ‘How this data will be used’ section. Also updated the ‘data protection impact assessment (DPIA)’, ‘privacy notice’ and ‘data collection principles’ documents to reflect that this collection is now business as usual. Sections 2 (a), 3 and 6 in the DPIA have been updated. The data is being shared with schools, trusts and local authorities, with aggregated attendance statistics being published. | ||
Author: heather
Categories
The latest news from the DfE
| Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education Free courses for jobs: provider list Page summary: Details of the colleges and training providers that are making free level 3 qualifications available to eligible adults. Change made: The ‘Free courses for jobs: list of providers’ has been updated. Time updated: 2:48pm, 30 January 2023 Academies: making significant changes or closure by agreement Page summary: Guidance for academy trusts planning to make organisational changes or close an academy by mutual agreement with the Secretary of State. Change made: Updated ‘Closure of an academy by mutual agreement’ to remove outdated references and expand guidance on the closure of special educational provision. Time updated: 3:00pm, 30 January 2023 School organisation: local-authority-maintained schools Page summary: Statutory guidance for proposers and decision makers about opening, closing or making organisation changes to local-authority-maintained schools. Change made: We have reviewed this guidance and removed out-of-date information. The legislation remains the same. Time updated: 3:00pm, 30 January 2023 Establishing a new academy: free school presumption Page summary: Guidance on establishing new schools through the free school presumption route and the qualities new school proposers must demonstrate. Change made: Updated the free school presumption guidance to reflect the expectation that local authorities should involve the department in the assessment process and added a section on community cohesion. Added annex D covering pre-opening expectations. Time updated: 3:00pm, 30 January 2023 Choosing a phonics teaching programme Page summary: Sets out what the government is doing to help schools choose a phonics teaching programme. Change made: Updated ‘Choosing a phonics teaching programme’ to reflect updates to SSP programmes and funding information. Time updated: 3:06pm, 30 January 2023 Monthly statistics on initial teacher training recruitment: 2023 to 2024 Page summary: Numbers of candidates and applications for initial teacher training (ITT) for the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Change made: Added data for December 2022 and January 2023. Time updated: 3:35pm, 30 January 2023 Higher education student data UK: 2021 to 2022 Page summary: Detailed open data tables about students at higher education (HE) providers in the UK for the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 31 January 2023 Phonics screening data collection: technical specification Page summary: Specification for software suppliers and local authorities preparing for the phonics screening check data collection 2023. Change made: First published. Time updated: 11:32am, 31 January 2023 Phonics screening check data collection: guide to submitting data Page summary: How local authorities should collect phonics screening check data from all local-authority-maintained schools, academies and free schools. Change made: Updated the important dates section to include the date the 2023 collection opens and the deadline for submitting data. Added a link to the 2023 phonics screening data collection technical specification. Time updated: 11:34am, 31 January 2023 Key stage 1 assessments data collection: technical specification Page summary: Technical specification defining the scope of the 2023 key stage 1 (KS1) assessments data collection from local authorities. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:02pm, 31 January 2023 Key stage 1 assessments data collection: guide to submitting data Page summary: How local authorities should collect key stage 1 (KS1) assessments data from all state-funded schools, including academies and free schools. Change made: Added important dates for 2023. Updated links to GOV.UK guidance for the 2023 data return. Time updated: 12:02pm, 31 January 2023 Accreditation for online education providers Page summary: What the government is doing to make sure that online education providers are of the appropriate quality and meeting the correct standard. Change made: Updated with information about the online education standards and guidance supporting the scheme along with further details about the rollout of the scheme. Time updated: 2:35pm, 31 January 2023 Online education standards and how to meet them Page summary: Online education standards and guidance on how providers of full time online education can meet them. Change made: First published. Time updated: 2:35pm, 31 January 2023 How the online education accreditation scheme works Page summary: How providers of full time online education can join the Department for Education’s online education accreditation scheme. Change made: First published. Time updated: 2:36pm, 31 January 2023 Find, join or create a network for school business professionals Page summary: How business professionals working in schools can find, join or create a network of local school business professionals. Change made: Updated the ‘Find a school business professional network’ attachment. Removed the Leicestershire School Business Professionals Network and the Peterborough and Rutland School Business Managers Group. Added the Cambridgeshire School Business Networking Group and the Wiltshire area MAT CFO network. Updated the email address for the Bath Education Trust and moved the Essex Academies School Business Managers Network to the East of England section. Time updated: 4:01pm, 31 January 2023 Free school meals: guidance for schools and local authorities Page summary: Guidance for schools and local authorities about providing school meals including information on free school meal eligibility. Change made: ‘Free school meals: guidance for local authorities, maintained schools, academies and free schools’ has been replaced with an updated version that adds revised dates for transitional protections, amends broken links and removes outdated information. Time updated: 4:32pm, 31 January 2023 National Leaders of Governance for further education Page summary: Find out about the role of National Leaders of Governance (NLGs) for further education and how NLGs support college improvement. Change made: ‘National Leaders of Governance for further education’ has been updated. The latest round of applications to become a National Leader of Governance has closed. Time updated: 12:50pm, 1 February 2023 How we are supporting degree apprenticeships and higher technical education Page summary: Higher Education and Skills Minister Robert Halfon’s speech to University UK’s conference on degree apprenticeships Change made: First published. Time updated: 3:45pm, 1 February 2023 Long-term strategy launched to fix children’s social care Page summary: Government to transform children’s social care, with ambitious plans that put families at the heart of reform Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:15am, 2 February 2023 Secondary accountability measures (including Progress 8 and Attainment 8) Page summary: Information for schools about secondary school accountability measures, including Progress 8 and Attainment 8. Change made: Updated ‘Secondary accountability measures: 2022 guidance’ to reflect revised data. Time updated: 9:30am, 2 February 2023 Statistics: performance tables Page summary: Statistics on the attainment of primary, secondary and post-16 pupils. Change made: ‘16 to 18 school and college performance data in England: 2021 to 2022 (revised)’ has been added to ‘School and college: post-16 (key stage 5)’ section. Time updated: 9:30am, 2 February 2023 A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2022 (revised) Page summary: The attainment of students at the end of their 16 to 18 study in England. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 2 February 2023 16 to 18 school and college performance data in England: 2021 to 2022 (revised) Page summary: The attainment of students at the end of their 16 to 18 study in England. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 2 February 2023 Key stage 4 performance 2022 Page summary: Statistics on the achievements of young people at the end of key stage 4 in England, in the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Change made: The attached link has revised statistics on the achievements of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in schools. Time updated: 9:30am, 2 February 2023 Statistics: 16 to 19 attainment Page summary: Statistics on the attainment of 16- to 19-year-olds in England, including exam results and performance tables. Change made: ‘16 to 18 school and college performance data in England: 2021 to 2022 (revised)’ has been added to ‘16 to 18 school and college performance tables’ section.’A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2022 (revised)’ had been added to ‘A levels and other 16 to 18 results’. Time updated: 9:30am, 2 February 2023 Secondary school performance data in England: 2021 to 2022 Page summary: The achievements of pupils at key stage 4, at school level, local authority area and in England. Change made: The ‘Secondary school performance data in England: 2021 to 2022’ statistics have been updated with revised data. Time updated: 9:30am, 2 February 2023 Convert to an academy: guidance for sixth-form colleges Page summary: Advice and application form for sixth-form colleges considering becoming a 16 to 19 academy. Change made: Guidance updated to include information for sixth-form colleges designated as having a religious character as regulations now allow them to convert. Also updated to reference guidance for sixth-form college academy converters with an ESFA contract. New application form added for sixth-form colleges designated as having a religious character. Time updated: 10:00am, 2 February 2023 Children’s social care national framework and dashboard Page summary: We’re consulting on the children’s social care national framework and dashboard indicators. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:01am, 2 February 2023 Child and family social worker workforce Page summary: We’d like your views on proposals to introduce national rules on the use of agency child and family social workers in local authority children’s social care. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:02am, 2 February 2023 Children’s social care: Stable Homes, Built on Love Page summary: We are seeking views on our proposals to reform children’s social care. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:03am, 2 February 2023 New school proposals Page summary: Lists of local authorities seeking academy and free school proposers, and of all academies and free schools already set up. Change made: 2 new primary school projects in Staffordshire have been added to ‘Local authorities seeking proposers’ – Tamworth, Dunstall Farm and Tamworth, Golf Course. Time updated: 1:04pm, 2 February 2023 Apply for FE senior pay approval Page summary: Explains the process for colleges to get approval from government for remuneration of £150,000 and over, and bonuses of more than £17,500. Change made: Added a link to recently published guidance to help colleges meet new requirements following reclassification, including for FE senior pay applications. Time updated: 3:15pm, 2 February 2023 Colleges and higher education institutions notices to improve Page summary: Letters issued by ESFA to general further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and higher education institutions with a notice to improve. Change made: ‘Notice to improve: Richmond upon Thames College’ and ‘Financial health notice to improve: Nottingham College’ moved to ‘Closed notices’. Time updated: 4:25pm, 2 February 2023 Academies consolidated annual report and accounts: 2020 to 2021 Page summary: Report on academy school sector expenditure and performance for the year ended 31 August 2021. Change made: Added an accessible version of ‘Academy schools sector in England: consolidated annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021’. Time updated: 4:33pm, 2 February 2023 Higher education student finance 2023 to 2024: equality analysis Page summary: Analysis of how changes made to student finance regulations for the 2023 to 2024 academic year will affect specific protected groups. Change made: First published. Time updated: 4:46pm, 2 February 2023 Termination warning notice to Farnborough Grange Nursery and Infant Community School Page summary: Termination warning notice to The Good Shepherd Trust, in relation to Farnborough Grange Nursery and Infant Community School. Change made: First published. Time updated: 5:00pm, 5 January 2023 Termination warning notice to Huish Episcopi Academy Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the members and directors of Huish Episcopi Academy. Change made: First published. Time updated: 5:00pm, 20 January 2023 Letters to academy trusts about poor performance Page summary: DfE letters to academy trusts about poor or inadequate performance or weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management. Change made: Added termination warning notices to Huish Episcopi Academy and Farnborough Grange Nursery and Infant Community School. Time updated: 11:50am, 3 February 2023 Department for Education commercial pipeline data: 2022 to 2023 Page summary: Commercial pipelines providing a forward look of potential commercial activity within the Department for Education for the 2022 to 2023 financial year. Change made: Added commercial pipeline publication for January 2023. Time updated: 2:07pm, 3 February 2023 Apprenticeships bursary for care leavers Page summary: Details of the bursary payment some apprentices may be entitled to if they are under 25 when they start an apprenticeship and they are or have been in care. Change made: The ‘Apprenticeships care leavers’ bursary guidance’ has been revised to include updated information on the bursary amount, how the bursary is claimed, and signposts to further information. Time updated: 2:14pm, 3 February 2023 Academy trust notices to improve Page summary: Letters issued by Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to academy trusts with a notice to improve. Change made: We have updated the page to add the notice to improve issued to St Aidan’s Church of England Academy. Time updated: 3:00pm, 3 February 2023 Adoption support fund (ASF) Page summary: Local authorities and regional adoption agencies (RAAs) can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive and special guardianship order families. Change made: Added a link to the Kinship charity. Time updated: 4:20pm, 3 February 2023 School closures during the 2023 teacher strike Page summary: A summary of the closures of state-funded schools in England during the 2023 teacher strike. Change made: Updated with regional level data. | ||
| Free schools and UTCs: successful applications Details of successful applications for free schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) in the pre-opening stage. Change made: The list of free schools and UTCs in the pre-opening stage has been updated for January 2023. Choosing a phonics teaching programme Sets out what the government is doing to help schools choose a phonics teaching programme. Special educational needs person level survey: technical specification Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities completing returns for the 2023 special educational needs person level survey (SEN2). Office for Students framework document Responsibilities, governance and accountability between the Office for Students and the Department for Education. Handling strike action in schools Guidance on what to do when school staff go on strike. Change made: The guidance has been updated to ask schools to prioritise vulnerable children and young people, children of critical workers, and pupils due to take public examinations and other formal assessments where they have no option but to restrict attendance. Other updates include changes to regulation on engaging with agency staff, providing remote education where practical and reasonable to do so, and best practice on managing staff shortages. Higher education staff statistics UK: 2021 to 2022 Page summary: Details of staff employed at higher education (HE) providers in the UK for the academic year 2021 to 2022. Higher education statistics Statistics about higher education including student enrolments and qualifications, and staff level data. School census 2022 to 2023: technical information Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2022 to 2023 school census data. Buying for schools Resources for buying goods and services, and finding DfE-recommended suppliers. School resource management self-assessment checklist This self-assessment checklist helps academy trusts check they are managing resources effectively and identify any adjustments they need to make. Statistics at DfE The Department for Education publishes official statistics on education and children. Share Your Skills: stakeholder toolkit Toolkit providing information on how you can support the campaign. We’ve published the latest version of the stakeholder toolkit. Retention strategies for 16- to 19-year-old full-time learners Findings from research into how to reduce early withdrawals by 16- to 19-year-olds from full-time courses. Children looked after return 2022 to 2023: technical specifications Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2022 to 2023. Multiply local allocations: quarterly progress report Quarterly reporting guidance and form for local areas using Multiply funding to improve adult numeracy skills. Higher education student statistics UK: 2021 to 2022 Details of student enrolments and qualifications obtained by higher education (HE) students at HE providers in the UK for the academic year 2021 to 2022. Post-16 maths participation for pupils ending KS4 in 2018 to 2019 This report provides an estimate of post-16 maths participation for state-funded pupils at the end of key stage 4 (KS4) in 2018 to 2019. Department for Education: prompt payment data How long the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies and other arms-length bodies take to pay invoices. Common basic data set (CBDS) and assessment component files Assessment component files: 2023 Assessment framework specification files for software suppliers developing management information systems (MIS). Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools How schools can buy, install and maintain an automated external defibrillator. Letters to academy trusts about poor performance Page summary: DfE letters to academy trusts about poor or inadequate performance or weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management. The power of music to change lives: a national plan for music education Sets out our vision for music education and how this can be achieved through partnerships with schools, music hubs, the music and creative sector, and others. Music education: information for parents and young people A guide to the national plan for music education and how to get help for parents, carers and young people. School admission appeals code Statutory guidance on how schools should organise and run their pupil admission appeals. Admission appeals for school places Guidance to help admission authorities advise those involved with school admission appeals to understand their roles and responsibilities. Get the Jump campaign: key messages and tone of voice Guidance on tone of voice and key messages for the Get the Jump campaign, launched to help young people aged 14 to 19 to understand their education and training choices. Get the Jump: templates for social media, newsletters and websites Range of social media posts, newsletter and website copy for you to use or adapt to support the Get the Jump campaign. Get the Jump: creative assets Skills for Life: Unlock your potential cam Unlock your potential campaign: key messages Unlock your potential campaign: brand guidelines and logos Join the Skills Revolution campaign: overview and guidelines Find out more about the Join the Skills Revolution campaign, plus review guidelines to help you understand the campaign identity and how to use it. Join the Skills Revolution campaign: social media content Join the Skills Revolution campaign: editorial content to share Defibrillator deliveries begin for all schools that need one | ||
| Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education Introducing new rules for supported accommodation providers: children and young people with experience of care Page summary: We’re seeking the views of looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17 on the proposed new rules for their supported accommodation. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00pm, 5 December 2022 Introducing regulations for supported accommodation provision Page summary: We’re seeking views on proposed regulations and guidance for supported accommodation for looked after children (LAC) and care leavers aged 16 and 17. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00pm, 5 December 2022 Changes to the subject content for modern foreign language GCSEs Page summary: We’re seeking views on our proposed changes to the current subject content for modern foreign language GCSEs. Change made: Added a link to the updated GCSE subject content for modern foreign languages. Time updated: 1:02pm, 5 December 2022 Independent special schools and colleges Page summary: Independent schools for pupils with special educational needs, including those approved under section 41 of the Children and Families Act. Change made: Updated ‘Special schools and colleges approved under section 41 in England and Wales’ documents. Time updated: 4:49pm, 5 December 2022 Investment to shield schools from high energy bills and boost to budgets Page summary: £500m for energy efficiency upgrades in schools and colleges, and extra £2bn for schools next year to be split between mainstream schools and high needs Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:15am, 6 December 2022 Energy efficiency: guidance for the school and FE college estate Page summary: Guidance to support building users, premises managers and senior leadership teams to reduce energy, costs and carbon use. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:31am, 6 December 2022 FE capital funding Page summary: An overview of capital funding for post-16 education providers, the type of funding available, what it can be used for and when to apply. Change made: ‘Additional FE funding for the 2022 to 2023 financial year’ section has been added. Time updated: 9:32am, 6 December 2022 School capital funding Page summary: An overview of school capital funding, who it’s for, current and past allocations, how it’s calculated and spending guidance. Change made: ‘Additional school capital funding for the 2022 to 2023 financial year’ section has been added. Time updated: 9:32am, 6 December 2022 Levelling up premium payments for teachers Page summary: Between September and March, eligible chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics teachers can apply for levelling up premium payments. Change made: Page updated as eligible teachers can now apply for payments until March, rather than January. We have also updated the list of eligible and non-eligible schools, the methodology document which explains our funding approach, and a list of relevant degree codes for those eligible to claim. Time updated: 4:58pm, 6 December 2022 Early-career payments for teachers Page summary: Between September and March, eligible chemistry, languages, mathematics and physics teachers can apply for early-career payments. Change made: Eligible teachers can now apply for payments until March, rather than January. Time updated: 4:58pm, 6 December 2022 Teachers: claim back your student loan repayments Page summary: Between September and March eligible biology, chemistry, physics, computing and languages teachers can claim back student loan repayments made while employed as a teacher. Change made: Eligible teachers can now apply for payments until March, rather than January. Time updated: 4:58pm, 6 December 2022 National tutoring programme calculator tool Page summary: Work out how much your school will need to contribute and track information during the academic year 2022 to 2023 to add to your year-end statement. Change made: First published. Time updated: 5:03pm, 6 December 2022 National Leaders of Governance for further education: national leaders Page summary: National Leaders of Governance (NLGs) carry out college improvement work by supporting governors and clerks to improve governance. Change made: Updated the list of current national leaders. Time updated: 2:33pm, 7 December 2022 Wings School Notts: warning notice Page summary: A warning notice to Wings School Notts from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 24 November 2022 Cumbric: warning notice Page summary: A warning notice to Cumbric from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 14 November 2022 Cross Keys Learning: warning notice Page summary: A warning notice to Cross Keys Learning from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 22 November 2022 Ryde School with Upper Chine: warning notice Page summary: A warning notice to Ryde School with Upper Chine from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 17 November 2022 Beis Trana Girls’ School: warning notice November 2022 Page summary: A warning notice to Beis Trana Girls’ School from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 22 November 2022 Beis Ruchel Girls School: warning notice November 2022 Page summary: A warning notice to Beis Ruchel Girls School, Manchester, from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 22 November 2022 Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School: warning notice Page summary: A warning notice to Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 18 November 2022 The Gateshead Cheder School: warning notice Page summary: A warning notice to The Gateshead Cheder School from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 23 November 2022 Cambian New Elizabethan School: warning notice Page summary: A warning notice to Cambian New Elizabethan School from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 14 November 2022 Parkside House School: warning notice Page summary: A warning notice to Parkside House School from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 18 November 2022 Barnet Hill Academy: warning notice Page summary: A warning notice to Barnet Hill Academy from the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 18 November 2022 Warning notices to independent schools Page summary: DfE letters to independent schools failing to meet the independent school standards for education, safeguarding, governance and other areas of school operation. Change made: Warning notices issued to the following schools have been added to ‘Open Notices 2022’: Wings School Notts, The Gateshead Cheder School, Cross Keys Learning, Beis Trana Girls’ School, Beis Ruchel Girls School, Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School, Parkside House School, Barnet Hill Academy, Ryde School with Upper Chine, Cumbric and Cambian New Elizabethan School.Warning notices issued to the following schools have been added to ‘Open Notices 2021’: Eton Dorney, Begdale House School, Fosse Bank School, Ohr Emes, Arco Academy, Abrar Academy, New Direction, Camp Hill Education, Westfield House School, Lighthouse School, Suffah Primary School, Lubavitch Yeshiva Ketanah of London, Ateres Girls High School, Build-a-Future Independent School, Hafs Academy and Jamia Islamia Birmingham. Time updated: 3:00pm, 7 December 2022 Department for Education non-executive appointments Page summary: Information about non-executive appointments to the Department for Education’s public bodies. Change made: ‘Appointments made: April 2021 to March 2022’: ‘March 2022’ entry updated to reflect a change of end date for Dr Michael Spence and the appointment of Sir Martyn Oliver as a non-executive director of the OfS. Time updated: 3:23pm, 7 December 2022 £490 million skills training boost to help get more people into jobs Page summary: Multimillion pound investment to radically improve university and college facilities and provide better teaching for students. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:15am, 8 December 2022 LA and school expenditure: 2021 to 2022 financial year Page summary: How schools and local authorities spent their funding on education, children’s services and social care in the financial year 2021 to 2022. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 8 December 2022 DfE external data shares Page summary: Department for Education (DfE) approved data shares with external, third-party organisations. Change made: DfE external data shares for September 2022 have been added. Data for April to June 2022 is available in the archived list. Time updated: 9:30am, 8 December 2022 Pupil attendance in schools Page summary: Data on the levels of attendance and overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Change made: ‘Pupil attendance in schools’ statistics updated to include data covering the period 12 September 2022 to 25 November 2022. Time updated: 9:30am, 8 December 2022 Statistics: local authority and school finance Page summary: Statistics on local authority and school spending on education, including academies and children and young people’s services. Change made: ‘LA and school expenditure: 2021 to 2022 financial year’ has been added under ‘Local authority and school finance’. Time updated: 9:30am, 8 December 2022 Skills Bootcamps: starts 2021 to 2022 Page summary: A summary of provider-reported Skills Bootcamps starts between April 2021 and March 2022. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 8 December 2022 Statistics: further education and skills Page summary: Statistics on participation and learner outcomes in the further education and skills sector, including apprenticeships, reported from January 2014 to date. Change made: Added ‘Skills Bootcamps: starts 2021 to 2022 ‘. Time updated: 9:30am, 8 December 2022 Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory Page summary: An overview and directory of subject knowledge enhancement courses for lead schools and initial teacher training (ITT) providers. Change made: ‘Teach First’ has been added to the directory for ‘Biology’, ‘Chemistry’, ‘Computing, ‘Mathematics’ and ‘Physics’. The ‘Design and Technology’ section has also been updated to remove the ‘North East Learning Trust’ and ‘Leicestershire Secondary SCITT’. Time updated: 12:44pm, 8 December 2022 Termination warning notice to The Open Academy Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust in relation to The Open Academy. Change made: First published. Time updated: 5:00pm, 29 November 2022 Letters to academy trusts about poor performance Page summary: DfE letters to academy trusts about poor or inadequate performance or weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management. Change made: Added termination warning notice to The Open Academy, in the warning notices section. Time updated: 10:00am, 9 December 2022 National professional qualifications (NPQs) reforms Page summary: The government’s plans to introduce new national professional qualifications (NPQs) and review existing NPQs. Change made: Updates have been made to ‘National professional qualifications (NPQs)’ to clarify information on NPQ providers and how to apply for an NPQ. Time updated: 4:40pm, 9 December 2022 Risk protection arrangement (RPA) summary provisioning analysis Page summary: Summary risk provisioning analysis for the Department for Education. | ||
Categories
The latest news from the DofE
| Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education National leaders of governance reform: evaluation Page summary: An evaluation of the reformed national leaders of governance programme’s success in its first year. Millions invested in language lessons Page summary: Thousands of students to benefit from high quality language teaching and new Centre of Excellence DfE and executive agency ePCS spend over £500: 2021 to 2022 Page summary: Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS) over £500 in the 2021 to 2022 financial year. Change made: Added ‘Department for Education and executive agency spend over £500 by ePCS’ for January 2022, February 2022 and March 2022. Individuals prohibited from managing or governing schools Page summary: These individuals must not manage independent schools, academies and free schools or be a governor at a local-authority-maintained school. Free schools and UTCs: successful applications Page summary: Details of successful applications for free schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) in the pre-opening stage. Change made: The list of free schools and UTCs in the pre-opening stage has been updated for November 2022. Bid to supply Skills Bootcamps Page summary: Information for potential suppliers about Skills Bootcamps including how to qualify onto, and bid for contracts through, the dynamic purchasing system (DPS). Alternative provision census 2023: technical specification Page summary: Business and technical specifications for local authorities and software suppliers to prepare for the alternative provision census 2023. Childminder mentor programme Page summary: Information on the DfE early years COVID-19 recovery childminder mentor programme, which offers support and mentoring to childminders. Early years experts and mentors programme Page summary: Information on the DfE early years COVID-19 recovery programme, which offers leadership support, coaching and mentoring. Planned student loan interest rates cut again from due to market rates Page summary: Student loan interest rates to be capped at 6.3% from September 2022 due to market rates. T Levels capital fund Page summary: Details on the fund and how to apply. Change made: ‘Eligibility for SEA’ in the ‘Specialist equipment allocation (SEA)’ guidance has been updated to show who is eligible for wave 4 SEA funding. Research at DfE Page summary: Find DfE research publications and invitations to tender for new research projects. Department for Education major projects: accounting officerassessments Page summary: Accounting officer assessment summaries for Department for Education programmes and projects. School Teachers’ Review Body remit letter for 2023 Page summary:The Secretary of State’s letter to the School Teachers’ Review Body asking for recommendations on teachers’ pay and conditions for 2023. Minister Halfon speech at the Times Higher Education Conference Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon delivered a speech to the Times Higher Education Conference. School census 2022 to 2023: technical information Page summary: Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2022 to 2023 school census data. Early years census: technical specification Page summary: Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the early years census 2023. Change made: School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) reports Page summary: Documents relating to the School Teachers’ Review Body’s reports. Data protection: privacy notice model documents Page summary: Suggested privacy notices for schools and local authorities to issue to staff, parents and pupils about the collection of data. Share your daily school attendance data Page summary: How schools can share daily attendance data and access attendance reports. Education and training statistics for the UK: 2022 Page summary: Annual data release on schools, pupils, teachers, qualifications gained, education expenditure, further education and higher education in the UK. Children looked after in England including adoption: 2021 to 2022 Page summary: Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2021 to 2022. Statistics: education and training Page summary: Statistics on education and training in the UK, including schools, post compulsory education, qualifications and education expenditure. Statistics: looked-after children Page summary: Statistics on children under local authority care at national and local authority level. Appropriate body reform and induction assessment Page summary: We are reforming the appropriate body (AB) sector and seeking views on the transitional period, the roles of the AB and the value of formal assessment in statutory teacher induction. New school proposals Page summary: Lists of local authorities seeking academy and free school proposers, and of all academies and free schools already set up. Termination warning notice to Carre’s Grammar School Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the Robert Carre Trust in relation to Carre’s Grammar School. Early years stronger practice hubs Page summary: Information for early years practitioners about stronger practice hubs. Termination warning notice to Greyfriars Academy Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the Unity Education Trust in relation to Greyfriars Academy. Termination warning notice to Southminster Church of England Primary School Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the Diocese of Chelmsford Vine Schools Trust in relation to Southminster Church of England Primary School. Termination warning notice to Bracebridge Heath St John’s Primary Academy Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to St John’s Primary Academy Bracebridge Heath Ltd in relation to Bracebridge Heath St John’s Primary Academy. Early years education recovery programme Page summary: Information on new continuing professional development, qualifications and support and guidance for the early years sector funded by the Department for Education. Change made: ‘Early years education recovery programme: supporting the sector’ was updated with programme availability information for stronger practice hubs and PDP3. Letters to academy trusts about poor performance Page summary: DfE letters to academy trusts about poor or inadequate performance or weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management. International qualified teacher status: criteria for providers Page summary: The criteria that organisations must meet to provide international qualified teacher status (iQTS) for applicants training outside the UK. International qualified teacher status (iQTS): inspection policy Page summary: The Department for Education’s policy for the iQTS inspection regime. Academy trust notices to improve Page summary: Letters issued by Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to academy trusts with a notice to improve. | ||
Categories
Updates from the DofE
| Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education Convert to an academy: guidance for sixth-form colleges Page summary: Advice and an application form for sixth-form colleges considering becoming a 16 to 19 academy. Change made: The guidance and application form have been replaced with updated versions following the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 and 2022 Schools White Paper. The clarity of the guidance has also been improved in response to stakeholder feedback, and terminology and procedural descriptions have been updated to ensure accuracy, including updated links to HMRC VAT guidance and post-Brexit arrangements. Time updated: 9:30am, 3 October 2022 Improvement notice issued to Devon County Council: September 2022 Page summary: An improvement notice issued to Devon County Council to improve services for children and young people with SEND. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00am, 29 September 2022 Improvement notices and directions Page summary: Improvement notices and directions about children’s services issued to councils by the Department for Education. Change made: Added ‘Improvement notice issued to Devon County Council: September 2022’ to the ‘Open notices’ section. Time updated: 9:30am, 3 October 2022 Children looked after return 2022 to 2023: guide Page summary: Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2022 to 2023. Change made: ‘Children looked after return 2022 to 2023: guide’ document updated, changes described in the version history. Time updated: 12:41pm, 3 October 2022 Emergency planning and response for education, childcare, and children’s social care settings Page summary: How educational and childcare settings should plan for and deal with emergencies, including significant public health incidents and severe weather. Change made: The guidance has been updated to include ‘extreme heat’ as an example of severe weather on pages 4 and 7. Time updated: 3:28pm, 3 October 2022 National Careers Service satisfaction and progression surveys: 2020 to 2021 Page summary: Research looking at National Careers Service users’ satisfaction and progression after their telephone call, meeting with an adviser or visit to the website. Change made: First published. Time updated: 4:59pm, 3 October 2022 Higher Education Statistics Agency: de-designation Page summary: We’d like your views on the de-designation of the Higher Education Statistics Authority as the designated data body under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. Change made: We have published the government’s response to the consultation. Time updated: 5:40pm, 3 October 2022 Designation of the data body for higher education in England Page summary: Notices de-designating the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and designating Jisc as the designated data body (DDB) after their merger in October 2022. Change made: First published. Time updated: 5:40pm, 3 October 2022 Prisoners start as apprentices at big name employers Page summary: Prisoners at open prisons in England are to start high-quality apprenticeships at big name employers thanks to change in law and the Government’s skills agenda. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:57am, 4 October 2022 Department for Education major projects: accounting officer assessments Page summary: Accounting officer assessment summaries for Department for Education programmes and projects. Change made: Added ‘Accounting officer assessment: National Tutoring Programme (NTP)’. Time updated: 3:05pm, 4 October 2022 Children looked after return 2022 to 2023: technical specifications Page summary: Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2022 to 2023. Change made: Updated ‘Children looked after return 2022 to 2023: validation rules’. The changes are detailed in the document’s version history. Time updated: 4:34pm, 4 October 2022 Monthly statistics on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment Page summary: Numbers of candidates and applications for initial teacher training (ITT) for the 2022 to 2023 academic year. Change made: ‘Initial teacher training recruitment: candidate applications and numbers, September 2022’ zip file has been added. Time updated: 5:19pm, 4 October 2022 Free courses for jobs: provider list Page summary: Details of the colleges and training providers that are making free level 3 qualifications available to eligible adults. Change made: The list of providers currently offering free courses for jobs has been updated. The list of free level 3 qualifications available to eligible adults has been removed, as these qualifications are available on the National Careers Service course finder. Time updated: 5:20pm, 4 October 2022 Free courses for jobs Page summary: Explains how to apply for a free level 3 qualification. These courses could help you improve your wage outcomes and job prospects, and gain skills that employers value. Change made: The page has been updated to make it clearer that you can use the National Careers Service course finder to find a suitable free level 3 qualification. Time updated: 5:22pm, 4 October 2022 National Tutoring Programme: guidance for schools 2022 to 2023 Page summary: Information for school leaders on how to provide tuition for pupils through the National Tutoring Programme in the 2022 to 2023 academic year. Change made: ‘National Tutoring Programme: guidance for schools 2022 to 2023’ has been revised to embed links to supplier services throughout. Minor changes have also been made to the guidance on the employment of academic mentors, to make it clearer for schools. Time updated: 10:47am, 5 October 2022 Children looked after return 2023 to 2024: guide Page summary: Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2023 to 2024. Change made: First published. Time updated: 3:28pm, 5 October 2022 Children looked after return: guide to submitting data Page summary: How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual children looked after return (also known as SSDA903). Change made: Updated ‘return documents’ section with latest 2023 to 2024 information. Time updated: 3:28pm, 5 October 2022 Secondary accountability measures (including Progress 8 and Attainment 8) Page summary: Information for schools about secondary school accountability measures, including Progress 8 and Attainment 8. Change made: Updated guidance for 2022. Time updated: 9:30am, 6 October 2022 Key stage 4 qualifications, discount codes and point scores Page summary: Approved key stage 4 qualifications (GCSEs, Technical Awards, AS levels and graded music exams), discount codes and point scores for reporting in the 2014 to 2024 school and college performance tables. Change made: ‘Key stage 4 discounting and early entry guidance (2022)’ has replaced ‘Key stage 4 discounting and early entry guidance (2019)’. Time updated: 9:30am, 6 October 2022 Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2022 Page summary: Provisional information on the 2022 phonics screening check and assessments at key stage 1, including breakdowns by pupil characteristics. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 6 October 2022 Key stage 2 attainment (provisional): 2022 Page summary: Provisional results for the 2022 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2. Change made: Updated to include key stage 2 attainment by phonics prior attainment. Time updated: 9:30am, 6 October 2022 Statistics: key stage 1 Page summary: Statistics on national curriculum assessments at key stage 1 and phonics screening check results. Change made: Added, ‘Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2022’. Time updated: 9:30am, 6 October 2022 Elective home education and children missing education: submit your data Page summary: How local authorities can share aggregate data on children who receive elective home education (EHE) and those children missing education (CME). Change made: First published. Time updated: 11:07am, 6 October 2022 School preference data collections: technical specification Page summary: The requirements local authorities should meet when submitting data for the 2023 school preference data collections. Change made: First published. Time updated: 11:27am, 6 October 2022 School preference data collections: guide to submitting data Page summary: How local authorities should submit data for the annual school preference collections. Change made: Collection deadlines for 2022 to 2023 have been added to the ‘Important dates’ section. A link to the 2023 technical specification has been added to the ‘Collection documents’ section. Time updated: 11:28am, 6 October 2022 Post-16 capacity fund for 2023 to 2024 Page summary: How eligible providers of 16 to 19 education can apply for capital investment to accommodate upcoming demographic increases in 16 to 19-year-olds. Change made: ‘Post-16 capacity fund 2023 to 2024: guidance for applicants’ updated to include further information on ‘How to apply’ in section 5.1. The registration deadline for Jaggaer, the application portal, has been extended. Time updated: 1:00pm, 6 October 2022 Lord Glenamara Memorial prize winners Page summary: A list of the winners from secondary schools and sixth-form colleges from across the North East region since the prize was set up in 2012. Change made: The names of the winners of the 2022 awards have been added to the page. Time updated: 2:39pm, 6 October 2022 16 to 18 accountability headline measures Page summary: Guide for schools, colleges and local authorities on how the 16 to 18 performance measures are calculated. Change made: ‘16 to 18 accountability headline measures: technical guide’ updated for 2022. Removed ‘16 to 18 accountability measures: update for 2021 to 2022 performance measures’ and ‘Progress scores for 16 to 18: school and college performance tables 2019’. Time updated: 3:41pm, 6 October 2022 Termination warning notice to Chellaston Academy (July 2020) Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to Peak Multi Academy Trust about Chellaston Academy by the Department for Education. Change made: This termination warning notice was removed on 1 June 2021. Time updated: 10:00am, 7 October 2022 Termination warning notice to The Ecclesbourne School Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to The Ecclesbourne School by the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 22 September 2022 Termination warning notice to Chellaston Academy (September 2022) Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to QEGSMAT in relation to Chellaston Academy by the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00am, 6 September 2022 Termination warning notice to The Telford Park School Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to Community Academies Trust in relation to The Telford Park School by the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:00am, 3 October 2022 Termination warning notice to Eckington School Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the Learner Engagement and Achievement Partnership Multi Academy Trust in relation to Eckington School. Change made: First published. Time updated: 5:00pm, 23 September 2022 Letters to academy trusts about poor performance Page summary: DfE letters to academy trusts about poor or inadequate performance or weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management. Change made: Added termination warning notices to Chellaston Academy (September 2022), Littleport and East Cambs Academy, The Telford Park School, The Ecclesbourne School and Eckington School to ‘Warning notices’. Moved previous termination warning notice to Chellaston Academy (July 2020) to ‘Removed notices’. Time updated: 10:00am, 7 October 2022 Register of end-point assessment organisations Page summary: How to find an end-point assessment organisation (EPAO) for your apprentice and how to apply to join the EPAO register. Change made: Updated the attachments ‘Register list of end-point assessment organisations’ and ‘Register list of standards’. Time updated: 10:21am, 7 October 2022 Behaviour in schools Page summary: How school staff can develop a behaviour policy. Change made: Updated the ‘Details’ section of the page to make it clear that the guidance also applies to independent schools. There are no changes to the guidance. Time updated: 1:25pm, 7 October 2022 Centres for Excellence in Maths programme funding conditions Page summary: The conditions under which ESFA will pay the Centres for Excellence in Maths grant funding in the 2022 to 2023 financial year. Change made: Updated for the financial year 2022 to 2023, including information on the funding available for centres and relevant payment schedule. Time updated: 2:49pm, 7 October 2022 Schools causing concern Page summary: Statutory guidance on local authorities’ and regional directors’ responsibilities relating to schools and PRUs causing concern. Change made: ‘Schools causing concern guidance’ has been updated to give greater clarity on the operational process the department will follow in relation to the ‘schools not making the necessary improvements’ measure. Time updated: 3:21pm, 7 October 2022 Why am I getting this email? You asked GOV.UK to send you one email a week about: Department for Education Unsubscribe Change your email preferences | ||
Categories
Updates from Transport for London
Here is a presentation of TfL STARS October November 2022 Update
This will help explain how to do your Handsup survey and gives information on our International Walk to School Week. Should you require further support please contact: smart.travel@haringey.gov.uk.
