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Weekly update from GOV.​UK for: Department for Education Communiqués from the Interministerial Group for Education Page summary:
A note of the meetings held by the Interministerial Group for Education. Change made:
Added ‘UK Education Ministers Council Communiqué: 8 June 2023’. Time updated:
10:00am, 26 June 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:
Updated the list of DfE assured senior mental health lead training courses. Time updated:
1:09pm, 26 June 2023 Get help with flexible working in schools Page summary:
Flexible working ambassador multi-academy trusts and schools (FWAMS), workshops and webinars to help trusts and schools to implement flexible working. Change made:
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10:00am, 27 June 2023 Pupil Premium Plus post-16 programme: grant determination letters Page summary:
The grant determination letters to local authorities participating in the Pupil Premium Plus post-16 programme. Change made:
Added ‘Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) post-16: section 31 grant determination letter 2023 to 2024’. Time updated:
10:00am, 27 June 2023 Flexible working: resources for teachers and leaders Page summary:
Resources, including guidance and case studies, to help to promote flexible working in schools. Change made:
Added link to ‘Get help with flexible working in schools’ and ‘Support with flexible working’ section. Time updated:
10:00am, 27 June 2023 Local authority interactive tool (LAIT) Page summary:
An interactive spreadsheet for comparing data about children and young people across all local authorities in England. Change made:
Updated ‘Local authority interactive tool’ and ‘Local authority interactive tool: version log’. Time updated:
11:47am, 27 June 2023 Full-time enrolment of 14 to 16-year-olds in further education and sixth-form colleges Page summary:
Information for further education and sixth-form colleges directly enrolling 14 to 16-year-olds for the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Change made:
Removed ‘Hugh Baird College’ from the Northern England colleges section. Time updated:
4:30pm, 27 June 2023 Evaluation of memorandum of understanding between DfE and GSHA Page summary:
Outcomes of the memorandum of understanding between the Grammar School Heads Association (GSHA) and the government, between 2018 and 2022. Change made:
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9:30am, 29 June 2023 Home-to-school travel Page summary:
Local authorities’ responsibilities when making home-to-school travel arrangements for children of compulsory school age. Change made:
The statutory guidance has been updated to help local authorities perform their functions in relation to home to school travel for children of compulsory school age. Time updated:
9:30am, 29 June 2023 Student loan forecasts, England: 2022 to 2023 Page summary:
Forecasts of student borrower numbers, student loan expenditure and student loan repayments in England. Change made:
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9:30am, 29 June 2023 Graduate labour market: statistics Page summary:
These statistics provide information on graduate, postgraduate and non-graduate employment rates and earnings for England. Change made:
Added ‘Graduate labour market statistics: 2022’. Time updated:
9:30am, 29 June 2023 Statistics: student loan forecasts Page summary:
Forecasts of student numbers, student loan expenditure and student loan repayments in England. Change made:
‘Student loan forecasts, England: 2022 to 2023’ has been added. Time updated:
9:30am, 29 June 2023 Graduate labour market statistics: 2022 Page summary:
These statistics provide information on graduate, postgraduate and non-graduate employment rates and earnings for England. Change made:
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9:30am, 29 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 16 June 2023. Time updated:
9:30am, 29 June 2023 Home to school travel and transport: statutory guidance Page summary:
We’re seeking views on revised statutory guidance for local authorities on home to school travel and transport for children of statutory school age (5 to 16). Change made:
Added the ‘Home to school travel and transport for children of compulsory school age: consultation response’. Time updated:
9:30am, 29 June 2023 Local authority school places scorecards 2022 Page summary:
The scorecards display a snapshot of the progress local authorities are making in delivering good-quality school places. Change made:
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9:30am, 29 June 2023 Local authority school places scorecards Page summary:
Scorecards display a snapshot of the progress each local authority across England is making towards ensuring there are sufficient good-quality school places. Change made:
Added ‘Local authority school places scorecards 2022’. Time updated:
9:30am, 29 June 2023 Technical education learner survey 2021 Page summary:
Findings from the first year of fieldwork for a survey of technical education learners, conducted in the summer of 2021. Change made:
Added link to the 2022 technical education learner survey report. Time updated:
10:00am, 29 June 2023 Serious youth violence research programme Page summary:
Reports which explore how systems of support may protect young people from, or expose them to, involvement in serious youth violence. Change made:
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10:00am, 29 June 2023 Educational psychology services: workforce insights and impact Page summary:
A research report exploring the system, practice and reported impact of educational psychology services in England. Change made:
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10:00am, 29 June 2023 Technical education learner survey 2022 Page summary:
Findings from the second year of fieldwork for a survey of technical education learners, conducted in the summer of 2022. Change made:
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10:00am, 29 June 2023 ECITB annual report and accounts: 2022 Page summary:
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 December 2022. Change made:
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10:09am, 29 June 2023 Applying for stage 2 of the local skills improvement fund Page summary:
Information for further education providers about stage 2 of the local skills improvement fund, including eligibility requirements and how to apply. Change made:
Updated for stage 2 of the application process. Time updated:
12:12pm, 29 June 2023 Unlock your Potential campaign: brand guidelines and logos Page summary:
How to use the campaign logo as part of your campaign along with brand guidelines. Change made:
‘Funded by UK Government’ logos have been added and the brand guidelines have been updated. Time updated:
3:07pm, 29 June 2023 Find, join or create a network for school business professionals Page summary:
How business professionals working in schools can find, join or create a network of local school business professionals. Change made:
Updated ‘Find a school business professional network’ with new contact details for South Yorkshire Business Leaders Group and Dudley Association of School Business Managers. Time updated:
3:36pm, 29 June 2023 Statistics: national achievement rates tables Page summary:
National achievement rates tables (formerly success rates) for apprenticeships and education and training. Change made:
Added a link to the further education and skills statistics collection. The national achievement rates are now published as part of the further education and skills and apprenticeships and traineeships statistical publications. Time updated:
4:16pm, 29 June 2023 Industry training board review 2023: call for evidence Page summary:
A call for evidence on the role and effectiveness of the construction and engineering construction industry training boards (CITB and ECITB). Change made:
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12:01am, 30 June 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 Buile Hill Academy to ‘Warning notices’. Time updated:
10:00am, 30 June 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:
Updated ‘Section 6A approved and under consideration schools’ to amended Sinfield Primary Norfolk to Silfield Primary, and moved Myton Gardens, Warwickshire from schools under consideration to schools approved. Time updated:
11:50am, 30 June 2023 All state secondary schools now have a life-saving defibrillator Page summary:
5,435 defibrillators have been delivered to 3,066 secondary schools in England. Change made:
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12:12pm, 30 June 2023 Apply for Department for Education (DfE) personal data Page summary:
How to apply for access to personal data from DfE and its executive agencies. Change made:
Updated the DfE data sharing service application form and guidance, higher education data tables, individualised learner record data tables, National Pupil Database data tables and the information security questionnaire. Added the statistical disclosure control document. Added a link to the childcare and early years survey of parents. Time updated:
3:58pm, 30 June 2023 How DfE shares personal data Page summary:
Information on how the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies share personal data. Change made:
Updated ‘How we share data’ with information on the Higher Education and Research Act, and ‘Vision for sharing data’ with what’s included in LEO data. Added link to our personal information charter in ‘Data we collect’. Time updated:
3:58pm, 30 June 2023