| | Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education |
| Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education Education Secretary begins push to recruit 6,500 new teachers Page summary: Education Secretary takes first steps to reset relationship with teaching profession and recruit 6,500 new teachers Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:01am, 8 July 2024 Statistics: key stage 2 Page summary: National curriculum assessments and review outcomes at key stage 2, including measures of progress between key stages 1 and 2. Change made: Added ‘Key stage 2 attainment 2024: national headlines’ to ‘National curriculum assessments at key stage 2’. Time updated: 9:30am, 9 July 2024 Key stage 2 attainment 2024: national headlines Page summary: Provisional national headline results for the 2024 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 9 July 2024 Sir Kevan Collins appointed at DfE as Non-Executive Board Member Page summary: Sir Kevan to provide scrutiny and advice on government’s delivery of high and rising standards in schools. Change made: First published. Time updated: 11:09am, 10 July 2024 Department for Education non-executive appointments Page summary: Information about non-executive appointments to the Department for Education’s public bodies. Change made: Added ‘Department for Education: non-executive board member’ to ‘Appointments made: April 2024 to March 2025’. Time updated: 3:38pm, 10 July 2024 Provision for children under 5 in England: January 2024 Page summary: Statistics on children aged 2 to 4 registered for funded early education and childcare entitlements in England, including on staff and providers delivering them. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 11 July 2024 Statistics: childcare and early years Page summary: Childcare arrangements for all ages and early years provision for children who are 5 years of age or younger. Change made: Added ‘Provision for children under 5 in England: January 2024’. Time updated: 9:30am, 11 July 2024 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 11 September 2023 to 28 June 2024. Time updated: 9:30am, 11 July 2024 Teacher and leader development: ECF and NPQs 2023 to 2024 Page summary: Experimental statistics on ECTs and mentors participating in an ECF induction and other teachers participating in reformed NPQs in the 2023 to 2024 school year. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 11 July 2024 Flexi-job apprenticeships using an approved agency Page summary: Information about flexi-job apprenticeships using approved agencies, in occupations that often use short-term contracts or other non-standard employment models. Change made: Removed the contact details of CSL (Central Services) Ltd from the East of England and South East sections of the ‘Register of flexi-job apprenticeship agencies’, as this agency no longer offers this service. Time updated: 12:26pm, 11 July 2024 Statutory teacher induction: appropriate bodies Page summary: Find an appropriate body to assure your teacher induction. Information about the role of an appropriate body and their locations in England. Change made: Updated the list ‘Find an appropriate body’ to include new links and contact details. Time updated: 2:30pm, 11 July 2024 Academy conversion: important dates Page summary: Deadlines for schools converting to academy status. Change made: Added the key dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 2024. Removed the dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 April, 1 May, 1 June and 1 July 2024, as those dates have now passed. Time updated: 2:00pm, 12 July 2024 School and college security Page summary: Guidance to help schools and colleges manage their security effectively so they can meet their obligations. Change made: Removed a broken link in the ‘School security lockdown’ section of ‘Site security guidance’ and redirected users to a new link providing further resources on protective security. Time updated: 2:00pm, 12 July 2024 T Levels: guidance for providers Page summary: Information for providers of T Levels. Change made: First published. Time updated: 2:00pm, 12 July 2024 International relocation payments: guidance for ITT providers Page summary: Information for ITT providers and schools about international relocation payments for trainee teachers and teachers of languages and physics from outside the UK. Change made: Removed information about the 2023 to 2024 application process which has now ended. Time updated: | ||