Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education Leaving care allowance uplift: section 31 grant determination letter Page summary: Grant determination letter confirming £1,000 increase to the leaving care allowance from April 2023. Change made: Cumbria’s allocation has been split between Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness. Letter updated to show this. Time updated: 9:18am, 12 June 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 May 2023. Time updated: 11:56am, 12 June 2023 Qualified teacher status (QTS): English language test Page summary: How to provide an English language test as part of your QTS application that will meet all the requirements. Change made: First published. Time updated: 4:29pm, 12 June 2023 Department for Education framework documents Page summary: Framework documents setting out the relationship between the Department for Education (DfE) and its public bodies. Change made: Added link to ‘Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted): Memorandum of Understanding’. Time updated: 5:16pm, 12 June 2023 Education staff wellbeing charter Page summary: An explanation of the education staff wellbeing charter and the benefits of using it. Change made: Added a link to the form to sign up to the education staff wellbeing charter. Updated the privacy notice for the education staff wellbeing charter and the list of wellbeing resources. Time updated: 12:54pm, 13 June 2023 New board to oversee Government’s plan to improve music education Page summary: The Government is today launching a new music Education Monitoring Board with a wide range of expertise. Change made: First published. Time updated: 3:24pm, 13 June 2023 Common basic data set (CBDS): database Page summary: The latest common basic data set (CBDS) and version control log for use by software suppliers developing management information systems. Change made: Updated the common basic data set (CBDS) database. The changes are listed in the version history tab. Time updated: 4:37pm, 13 June 2023 Generative artificial intelligence in education call for evidence Page summary: We’re seeking views on how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is being used across education in England, and the opportunities and risks it presents. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:44am, 14 June 2023 Early years census: technical specification Page summary: Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the early years census 2024. Change made: Published documents for the 2024 early years census, replacing the 2023 versions. Changes are listed in the version history. Time updated: 10:46am, 14 June 2023 Memorandum of understanding between DfE and Grammar School Heads Association Page summary: The memorandum of understanding is a commitment between the Grammar School Heads Association (GSHA) and the government. Change made: The memorandum of understanding has been updated for 2023 to 2027. Time updated: 11:00am, 14 June 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 June 2023. Time updated: 12:00pm, 14 June 2023 New drive to better understand the role of AI in education Page summary: Education Secretary to address benefits of technology in education at London Tech Week. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:38pm, 14 June 2023 Special educational needs person level survey: technical specification Page summary: Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities completing returns for the 2024 special educational needs person level survey (SEN2). Change made: Added the 2024 special educational needs person level survey validation rules and technical specification. Time updated: 1:39pm, 14 June 2023 Education Secretary addresses London Tech Week Page summary: Gillian Keegan discusses the importance of digital skills and artificial intelligence at London Tech Week Change made: First published. Time updated: 2:35pm, 14 June 2023 Alternative provision census 2024: technical specification Page summary: Business and technical specification for local authorities and software suppliers to prepare for the alternative provision census 2024. Change made: Added ‘Alternative provision census 2024: validation rules’. Time updated: 5:08pm, 14 June 2023 British Sign Language GCSE moves one step closer to the classroom Page summary: New GCSE will be the first of its kind and will teach students how to communicate through sign language. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:15am, 15 June 2023 Statistics: school applications Page summary: Statistics on secondary and primary school applications, including details of offers parents receive on National Offer Day. Change made: Added ‘Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2023.’ Time updated: 9:30am, 15 June 2023 Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2023 Page summary: Offers made to applicants for secondary and primary school places in England to start in September 2023, and the number and proportion that received preferred offers. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 15 June 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 2 June 2023. Time updated: 9:30am, 15 June 2023 GCSE British Sign Language (BSL): proposed subject content Page summary: We are seeking views on the proposed subject content for a new GCSE in BSL. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:00am, 15 June 2023 Reducing school workload Page summary: Support and practical resources for schools to help reduce workload, including the school workload reduction toolkit. Change made: Updated the ‘Research and analysis’ section by adding links to: ‘Working lives of teachers and leaders – wave 1’, ‘Exploring school collaboration and workload reduction’ and ‘Teacher, school and post-16 institution surveys’. Removed the school snapshot surveys for winter 2018 and summer 2018. Time updated: 12:56pm, 15 June 2023 British schools overseas: how to get accredited Page summary: How to apply for the voluntary accreditation scheme for British schools overseas and where to get support. Change made: The guidance has been corrected to clarify that to get accredited schools need to arrange an inspection and demonstrate they meet the BSO standards. Time updated: 3:18pm, 15 June 2023 Mainstream free school revenue funding Page summary: How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for mainstream free schools in the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Change made: Added ‘A guide to new mainstream free school revenue funding: 2023 to 2024’. Time updated: 3:47pm, 15 June 2023 Special free school revenue funding Page summary: How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for special free schools in the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Change made: Added ‘A guide to new special free school revenue funding: 2023 to 2024’. Time updated: 3:48pm, 15 June 2023 Alternative provision free school revenue funding Page summary: How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for alternative provision (AP) free schools in the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Change made: Added ‘A guide to new alternative provision free school revenue funding: 2023 to 2024’. Time updated: 3:48pm, 15 June 2023 16 to 19 free school revenue funding Page summary: How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for 16 to 19 free schools in the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Change made: Added ‘A guide to new 16 to 19 free school revenue funding: 2023 to 2024’. Time updated: 3:48pm, 15 June 2023 Initial teacher training (ITT): criteria and supporting advice Page summary: Mandatory guidance on the criteria that organisations must meet to provide initial teacher training (ITT) until 31 August 2024. Change made: Updated section C1.2 Degree criteria with information about accepting candidates whose graduate status is delayed. Time updated: 7:19am, 16 June 2023 Termination warning notice to Kenton School Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the Northern Leaders Trust in relation to Kenton School. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00am, 31 March 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 for Kirkby Stephen Grammar School, Seaton Academy and Kenton School to ‘Warning notices’. Time updated: 10:00am, 16 June 2023 Further education institutions: changing a name Page summary: How to change the name of an institution in the further education sector, including the criteria used to assess applications and advice on sensitive words. Change made: Updated to explain that the Charity Commission can reject unsuitable names. This is in line with updated Charity Commission guidance. Time updated: 2:23pm, 16 June 2023 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. Change made: Documents updated: ‘Explanation of privacy notices’, ‘Privacy notice: suggested text for pupils’, ‘Privacy notice: suggested text for school workforce’, ‘Privacy notice: suggested text for school and trust governance roles’, ‘Privacy notice: suggested web text for a local authority’, ‘Privacy notice: suggested text for looked-after children and children in need’. Time updated: 2:47pm, 16 June 2023 Higher technical education skills injection fund 2 Page summary: Guidance for providers on applying for the second round of the higher technical education (HTE) skills injection fund. Change made: Updated ‘how to apply’ and ‘what this fund does not cover’ sections in ‘Higher technical education skills injection fund 2: guidance for applicants’. |
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