| Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education Department for Education non-executive appointments Page summary: Information about non-executive appointments to the Department for Education’s public bodies. Change made: Added the details of those reappointed to the Ofsted board between April 2023 and March 2024. Time updated: 10:00am, 15 May 2023 Dedicated schools grant: very high deficit intervention Page summary: High needs reforms and savings targets have been agreed for local authorities with the highest dedicated school grant deficits. Change made: ‘Safety valve’ agreements for Hammersmith and Fulham, Hillingdon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Rotherham, Salford, South Gloucestershire, Surrey and York have been updated, following a change in their funding profiles. There has been no change in the total funding connected with any ‘safety valve’ agreement. Time updated: 10:00am, 15 May 2023 Initial teacher training reform funding guidance Page summary: Funding available to training providers and placement schools for initial teacher training (ITT) in 2024 to 2025. Change made: First published. Time updated: 3:57pm, 15 May 2023 Initial teacher training reform partnership grant Page summary: Funding guidance for initial teacher training (ITT) providers on the grant to establish new partnerships. Change made: Updated the page as the grant application process closed on 28 February 2023. Time updated: 3:57pm, 15 May 2023 Moving to the UK and British citizenship: guidance for Chagossians Page summary: This guidance is for people of Chagossian descent who have, or are applying for, British citizenship and are planning to move to the UK. Change made: First published. Time updated: 5:24pm, 4 May 2023 Gillian Keegan writes to NEU on the teachers’ pay offer Page summary: Letter to NEU about the response from the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) on whether the teachers’ pay offer was evidenced to be fully funded. Change made: First published. Time updated: 5:27pm, 15 May 2023 Early analysis of English Hubs phonics attainment: 2021 to 2022 Page summary: Research report presenting the analytical findings about the estimated impact of the English Hubs Programme on pupils’ phonics attainment. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 16 May 2023 PIRLS 2021: reading literacy performance in England Page summary: Findings from the progress in international reading literacy study (PIRLS) 2021, assessing and comparing the reading attainment and attitudes of year 5 children. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 16 May 2023 International comparisons of education Page summary: International comparison studies of education including reports of England’s results in OECD PISA, and IEA TIMSS and PIRLS studies. Change made: Added ‘PIRLS 2021: reading literacy performance in England’ to the TIMSS and PIRLS reports section. Time updated: 9:00am, 16 May 2023 Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision Page summary: A summary of the delivery of commitments in the transforming children and young people’s mental health provision green paper. Change made: Added ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health implementation programme: data release’ and ‘data tables’ for 2023. Time updated: 9:30am, 16 May 2023 England moves to fourth in international rankings for reading Page summary: England came fourth out of the 43 countries that tested children of the same age in the Progress International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 16 May 2023 DfE monthly workforce management information: 2022 to 2023 Page summary: Staff numbers and costs for the Department for Education (DfE) group for the financial year 2022 to 2023. Change made: ‘DfE monthly workforce management information: March 2023’ has been added. Time updated: 10:29am, 16 May 2023 FE funding: initial teacher education (ITE) bursaries 2023 to 2024 Page summary: Guidance for FE ITE providers about bursary funding for the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Change made: Information has been added to clarify how Ofsted ratings of ‘inadequate’ and ‘requires improvement’ for FE ITE affect a provider’s eligibility for the FE ITE bursary. Time updated: 10:58am, 16 May 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: Updated the list of free schools and UTCs in the pre-opening stage for May 2023. Time updated: 12:00pm, 16 May 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: Added 3 primary schools in Hampshire to ‘Local authorities seeking proposers’ in Wellesley, Aldershot; Hounsome Fields, Basingstoke; and Waterlooville. Time updated: 12:45pm, 16 May 2023 Area SEND inspections: support and challenge following inspection Page summary: Guidance for local area leaders on what support they’ll receive depending on the outcome of their inspection. Change made: First published. Time updated: 4:55pm, 16 May 2023 Finding a school place when relocating from hotel accommodation Page summary: Information for Afghan guests in the UK on obtaining a school place in England when relocating after leaving hotel/serviced accommodation. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:38am, 17 May 2023 Submit a school land transaction proposal Page summary: Find out when you’ll need to involve the Secretary of State for Education and which forms you’ll need to submit. Change made: The ‘General Consent Order (GCO): The School Playing Fields General Disposal and Change of Use Class Consent’, ‘General Consent Order (GCO): The Academies General Disposal and Appropriation Class Consent’, ‘General Consent Order (GCO): Schedule 1 Academies Act 2010 – notification form’ and ‘General Consent Order (GCO) Section 77 School Standards and Frameworks Act 1998 – notification form’ have been updated for 2023. Time updated: 1:38pm, 17 May 2023 Government to tackle post pandemic absence rates with new support Page summary: Successful attendance programmes expanded by Government to get more children into school. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:01am, 18 May 2023 Persistent absence for unauthorised other reasons: who is at risk? Page summary: Study into the factors associated with persistent absence for unauthorised other reasons (PAUO) in secondary school-aged pupils. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 18 May 2023 Children accommodated in secure children’s homes: 31 March 2023 Page summary: Statistics on approved placements by type, sex, age, ethnicity and length of stay. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 18 May 2023 Statistics: secure children’s homes Page summary: Statistics on secure children’s homes, including the number of children they accommodate as of 31 March each year. Change made: Added ‘Children accommodated in secure children’s homes: 31 March 2023’. Time updated: 9:30am, 18 May 2023 Statistics: pupil attendance and absence Page summary: Fortnightly pupil attendance statistics, and autumn, combined autumn and spring, and full year pupil absence statistics. Change made: Added ‘Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2022’. Time updated: 9:30am, 18 May 2023 Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2022 Page summary: Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 18 May 2023 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 5 May 2023. Time updated: 9:30am, 18 May 2023 Improving support for children missing education Page summary: We are seeking evidence to improve the way children missing education are identified and supported. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:05am, 18 May 2023 Sustainability leadership and climate action plans in education Page summary: The Department for Education’s (DfE) sustainability leadership and climate action plans initiative. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:08am, 18 May 2023 Birmingham City Council’s SEND service: commissioner’s report Page summary: Independent reports and recommendations from the commissioner for SEND services in Birmingham. Change made: Added ‘Improving special educational needs and disability (SEND) services in Birmingham: second report’. Time updated: 12:00pm, 18 May 2023 School capacity survey: guide for local authorities Page summary: How local authorities should submit data for the annual school capacity survey (SCAP). Change made: Updated the page with information for the 2023 survey. Added ‘School Capacity (SCAP) Survey 2023: guide for local authorities’ and removed the 2022 guide. Also added ‘Forecasting demand for SEND provision for SCAP23’. Time updated: 1:33pm, 18 May 2023 Funding boost to improve outside learning facilities Page summary: Government announces £15 million to help young people in disadvantaged areas to learn outside and experience nature Change made: First published. Time updated: 3:02pm, 18 May 2023 Apply for a college capital loan Page summary: Eligible further education (FE) institutions can apply for a loan for capital projects that face a funding gap following the reclassification of the FE sector. Change made: Updated the self-funded project application form. Time updated: 3:07pm, 18 May 2023 Improvement notice issued to Plymouth City Council: May 2023 Page summary: An improvement notice issued to Plymouth City Council following an Ofsted inspection in December 2022. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:00am, 19 May 2023 Initial teacher training (ITT) bursary: funding manual Page summary: A training bursary guide for schools and ITT providers. Change made: Added the India Young Professionals Scheme visa to the list of visas eligible for the international relocation payment in ‘Initial teacher training bursaries funding manual: 2023 to 2024 academic year’. Time updated: 10:00am, 19 May 2023 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 Plymouth City Council: May 2023’ to the ‘Open notices’ section. Time updated: 10:00am, 19 May 2023 Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: programme summaries for Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2021 to 2022 Page summary: This page includes summaries of Conflict, Stability and Security Fund programmes in the Europe, Middle East and North Africa regions. Change made: First published. Time updated: 11:49am, 19 May 2023 Further education leadership mentoring programme Page summary: Information about the support available from the further education (FE) leadership mentoring programme and how to apply. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00pm, 19 May 2023 Initial Teacher Training: special schools and alternative provision Page summary: Guidance on the involvement of special schools and alternative provision in Initial Teacher Training (ITT). Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:22pm, 19 May 2023 Initial teacher training (ITT) Page summary: Guidance for providers on initial teacher training (ITT). Change made: Added ‘Initial Teacher Training: special schools and alternative provision’ and updated bursary information in ‘Running your ITT programme’. Time updated: 12:22pm, 19 May 2023 Wildflowers seeds for every primary school class in honour of the Coronation Page summary: To mark the Coronation all state funded primary schools will be sent wildflower seeds, inspired by His Majesty The King’s love of nature. Change made: The percentage figure of wildflower habitats lost in the UK has been amended, from 98% to 97%. This was a typo in the original version. | ||
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