| Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education Schools causing concern Page summary: Statutory guidance on local authorities’ and regional directors’ responsibilities relating to schools and PRUs causing concern. Change made: The guidance has been updated to reflect changes to Ofsted’s inspection process in relation to a school judged inadequate solely due to ineffective safeguarding. Changes have also been made to bring text on trust-level intervention (formerly financial intervention in academies) into line with the updated academy trust handbook. Time updated: 9:30am, 10 July 2023 Early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024 Page summary: Guidance for local authorities on the early years supplementary grant for 2023 to 2024. Change made: Friday 7 July 2023: we made minor corrections in the Early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024: methodology document as follows:- Section 4.1: ‘3 and 4-year-old entitlements’: corrections were made in the ‘Formula factor’ table, ‘EYSG supplementary hourly factor’ column, within rows ‘Free schools meals (FSM)’ and ‘Disability living allowance (DLA)’- Section 4.2: ‘2 year-old entitlement funding’: a correction was made to the increased base rate in paragraph 3. Time updated: 12:10pm, 10 July 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: Added ‘School census 2023 to 2024: business and technical specification v1.3’ and ‘School census 2023 to 2024: annexes’. Time updated: 2:50pm, 10 July 2023 Key stage 2 attainment 2023: national headlines Page summary: Provisional national headline results for the 2023 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 11 July 2023 The reading framework Page summary: Guidance for primary and secondary schools to meet existing expectations for teaching reading. Change made: Updated to include pupils up to year 9. Added guidance: developing fluency (section 4), pupils who need the most support (section 5), what skilled readers can do (section 6), organising and promoting books (section 7), developing a reading for pleasure culture (section 8), reading across the curriculum (section 9), teaching reading in the English lesson (section 10), national assessments (section 11), leadership and management of reading (section 12) and supporting pupils’ reading in key stage 3 (section 13). Time updated: 9:30am, 11 July 2023 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 2023: national headlines’. Time updated: 9:30am, 11 July 2023 16 to 19 study programmes: guide for providers Page summary: Information for education and training providers on the planning and delivery of study programmes. Change made: Updated guidance for the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Time updated: 10:57am, 11 July 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 June 2023. Time updated: 3:49pm, 11 July 2023 Expected post-16 level 3 qualifications for 2025 Page summary: A summary of the number and type of qualifications which awarding organisations intend to submit for approval from 2025. Change made: First published. Time updated: 4:40pm, 11 July 2023 Attainment in maths and writing SATs increases compared to 2022 Page summary: Key Stage 2 results show an improvement in the majority of subjects as pupils continue to catch up from the pandemic. Change made: First published. Time updated: 4:53pm, 11 July 2023 Childcare regulatory changes 2023: equality impact assessment Page summary: Equality analysis of how childcare regulatory changes may affect groups with protected characteristics. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 12 July 2023 Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework Page summary: The standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5. Change made: Added new version of ‘Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage’ which applies from 4 September 2023. The following 3 changes will apply: the current statutory minimum staff:child ratios in England for 2-year-olds changes from 1:4 to 1:5; childminders can care for more than the specified maximum of three young children if they are caring for siblings of children they already care for, or if the childminder is caring for their own child; clarifying that ‘adequate supervision’ while children are eating means that children must be within sight and hearing of an adult. Time updated: 9:30am, 12 July 2023 ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence Page summary: We are seeking high-quality, relevant research that may inform amendments to the core content framework and the early career framework. Change made: Added ‘Updating the evidence base of the ITT core content framework and the early career framework: government response to call for evidence’. Time updated: 10:00am, 12 July 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 ‘Details of local authorities seeking proposers’ to include a new Lancashire primary special school in Firbank, Lancaster. Time updated: 10:56am, 12 July 2023 National professional qualifications frameworks Page summary: Description of the national professional qualifications (NPQs) available to teachers and school leaders for providers to use when designing their courses. Change made: Added the ‘Leading primary mathematics NPQ framework’ and updated the page to reflect that the reformed NPQs are no longer new. Time updated: 11:00am, 12 July 2023 National professional qualifications (NPQs) Page summary: Fully funded professional development for school teachers and leaders. Change made: Added information about the leading primary mathematics NPQ. Time updated: 11:10am, 12 July 2023 School closures during the 2023 teacher strikes Page summary: A summary of the closures of state-funded schools in England during the 2023 teacher strikes. Change made: Added ‘Ad-hoc notice: school closure during the 5 July and 7 July 2023 teacher strikes’. Time updated: 1:29pm, 12 July 2023 Early years stronger practice hubs Page summary: Information for early years practitioners about stronger practice hubs. Change made: First published. Time updated: 2:18pm, 12 July 2023 Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners Page summary: Guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers. Change made: Added link to our consultation on a new version of the ‘Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners’. Time updated: 4:16pm, 12 July 2023 How to register and use the apprenticeship service as an employer Page summary: Guidance on how to use the apprenticeship service to access funds to pay for apprenticeship training. Change made: The way users sign in to their apprenticeship service account has changed. We have updated the ‘Before setting up your apprenticeship service account’ section to reflect this. Time updated: 9:30am, 13 July 2023 Chinese and Japanese AS and A levels: proposed subject content Page summary: We’re seeking your views on changes to the current subject content of Chinese and Japanese AS and A levels to allow the use of English where it is reasonable. Change made: Published the consultation outcome. Time updated: 9:30am, 13 July 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 30 June 2023. Time updated: 9:30am, 13 July 2023 Statistics: widening participation in higher education Page summary: Annual statistics on young people’s participation in higher education, including their background characteristics. Change made: ‘Widening participation in higher education: 2023’ was added. Time updated: 9:30am, 13 July 2023 Primary school accountability Page summary: Technical guidance on primary school accountability measures. Change made: Updated the ‘Primary school accountability in 2022: technical guide’ to include further information for primary performance measures for 2022 to 2023, 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025. Time updated: 9:30am, 13 July 2023 GCE AS and A level languages with smaller cohorts Page summary: Subject content for modern foreign language (smaller cohorts) GCE AS and A levels for teaching in schools from 2018. Change made: Replaced ‘GCE AS and A level subject content for languages with smaller cohorts’ with an updated version that includes an additional annex to show the exceptions to the subject for AS and A level qualifications in Japanese. Time updated: 9:30am, 13 July 2023 GCE AS and A level modern foreign languages Page summary: Subject content for modern foreign language GCE AS and A levels for teaching in schools from 2016. Change made: Replaced ‘GCE AS and A level subject content for modern foreign languages’ with an updated version with an additional annex to show the exceptions to the subject for AS and A level qualifications in Chinese. Time updated: 9:30am, 13 July 2023 Widening participation in higher education: 2023 Page summary: Annual statistics on young people’s participation in higher education, including their background characteristics. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:59am, 13 July 2023 FE Funding and Accountability Reform: Equality impact assessment Page summary: Equality analysis of how proposals to reform the further education (FE) funding and accountability systems may affect groups with particular protected characteristics. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:00am, 13 July 2023 Implementing a new FE funding and accountability system: response summary Page summary: A summary of the formal government response to our consultation: reforming the further education (FE) funding and accountability systems. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:00am, 13 July 2023 Implementing a new FE funding and accountability system Page summary: We are seeking views on our proposals for reforming the further education (FE) funding and accountability system. Change made: The ‘Skills for jobs: implementing a new further education funding and accountability system’ formal consultation response has been added. Time updated: 10:00am, 13 July 2023 T Level foundation year: framework for delivery Page summary: Guidance on delivering the T Level foundation year. Change made: A link has been added to the national technical outcomes for the T Levels transition programme. Time updated: 11:09am, 13 July 2023 T Level foundation year: national technical outcomes Page summary: The national technical outcomes (NTOs) set out what students are expected to be able to do by the end of their T Level foundation year. Change made: First published. Time updated: 11:10am, 13 July 2023 Awarding qualified teacher status to overseas teachers Page summary: The Department for Education (DfE) is changing the way we award qualified teacher status (QTS) to teachers from overseas. Change made: Qualified teachers from Guernsey and Jersey can now use the ‘apply for qualified teacher status in England’ service to check they meet the requirements and apply. Guernsey and Jersey are also mentioned in the ‘English language proficiency’ section. Time updated: 11:46am, 13 July 2023 Apply for qualified teacher status (QTS) if you teach outside the UK Page summary: Routes to qualified teacher status (QTS) for non-UK and UK teachers and those with teaching experience living and working outside the UK. Change made: Qualified teachers from Guernsey and Jersey can now use the ‘apply for qualified teacher status in England’ service to check they meet the requirements and apply. Time updated: 11:47am, 13 July 2023 Qualified teacher status (QTS): qualify to teach in England Page summary: Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England. Change made: Minor update to reflect that since February 2023 teachers who trained in Scotland or Northern Ireland have been able to us the ‘Apply for QTS in England’ service to check they meet the requirements and apply. Time updated: 11:48am, 13 July 2023 Joint Statement on Teachers’ Pay: 13 July 2023 Page summary: The Prime Minister, the Education Secretary, the General Secretaries of the four education unions and General Secretary Elect of NEU made a joint statement on Teachers’ pay. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:52pm, 13 July 2023 School Teachers’ Review Body 33rd report: 2023 Page summary: Recommendations from the School Teachers’ Review Body on teachers’ and school leaders’ pay. Change made: First published. Time updated: 1:47pm, 13 July 2023 Calculate teacher pay Page summary: School teachers and leaders in England can use this service to see how their salary could change following the 2023 pay award. Change made: First published. Time updated: 2:00pm, 13 July 2023 Termination warning notice to Co-op Academy Grange Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the Co-operative Academies Trust in relation to Co-op Academy Grange. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:00am, 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 Co-op Academy Grange to ‘Warning notices’. Time updated: 10:00am, 14 July 2023 All systems are go for new space degree apprenticeship Page summary: Government launches new opportunity to launch an exciting career in space engineering Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:45am, 14 July 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 July 2023. Time updated: 12:00pm, 14 July 2023 Higher education short courses: information for learners Page summary: Higher education short courses currently available for learners across England. Change made: ‘Courses available in the higher education short courses trial’ list updated: Teesside University course details now available through the link to their website. Time updated: 1:20pm, 14 July 2023 Statistics at DfE Page summary: The Department for Education publishes official statistics on education and children. Change made: Added ‘Schools’ finances during the Covid-19 pandemic’ to the list of upcoming ad hoc statistics and data releases. Time updated: 2:50pm, 14 July 2023 Disadvantaged students to benefit from government’s Turing Scheme Page summary: Over 40,000 people across the UK will get the transformational opportunity to study or work abroad in over 160 destinations across the world. | ||
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