| 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. | ||
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