| 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 | ||
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