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| Weekly update from GOV.UK for: Department for Education Further education corporations and sixth-form college corporations: governance guide Page summary: Legal and regulatory requirements and recommended practice that apply to further education (FE) and sixth-form college corporations. Change made: Updated the section ‘Investments and trading’ following new Charity Commission guidance. Time updated: 12:57pm, 23 October 2023 Privacy information: education providers’ workforce, including teachers Page summary: Details of the personal data the Department for Education (DfE) processes for education providers and teachers. Change made: First published. Time updated: 3:46pm, 23 October 2023 T Level industry placements delivery guidance Page summary: Guidance to help providers and employers deliver high-quality industry placements Change made: Added ‘Recommended supplementary qualifications for students studying agricultural T Levels’. Time updated: 4:27pm, 23 October 2023 Education Secretary says parents can see sex education material Page summary: Education Secretary’s letters make crystal clear that schools must share relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum material with parents. Change made: First published. Time updated: 10:30pm, 23 October 2023 Finding an end-point assessment organisation Page summary: How employers and training providers can find an end-point assessment organisation (EPAO) for their apprentice. Change made: ‘End-point assessment organisations on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register’ has been updated for September 2023. Time updated: 9:40am, 24 October 2023 Early years education recovery programme Page summary: Information on new continuing professional development, qualifications, and support and guidance for the early years sector, funded by the Department for Education. Change made: Updated information on early years child development training, including notification that Module 6 is now available and the title of Module 7 updated to ‘An effective curriculum’.Updated information on national professional qualification in early years leadership, including delivery partners, programme funding, and programme length (time spent per week). Time updated: 10:14am, 24 October 2023 Department for Education non-executive appointments Page summary: Information about non-executive appointments to the Department for Education’s public bodies. Change made: Updated ‘Appointments made: April 2023 to March 2024’ with the appointment of Gary Page as a board member for the Student Loans Company. Time updated: 10:25am, 24 October 2023 International qualified teacher status (iQTS) Page summary: The government’s policy on international qualified teacher status (iQTS). Change made: Removed ‘iQTS pilot phase’ and ‘iQTS wider roll out’ sections and added ‘providers approved to offer iQTS’ following the completion of the approvals process. Time updated: 12:00pm, 24 October 2023 Secretary of State letters to schools about sharing curriculum resources with parents Page summary: Letters clarifying schools’ responsibilities to share teaching materials with parents, particularly relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) resources. Change made: Added a new letter from Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP to schools about sharing curriculum resources. Time updated: 12:20pm, 24 October 2023 Child and family social worker workforce Page summary: We’d like your views on proposals to introduce national rules on the use of agency child and family social workers in local authority children’s social care. Change made: ‘Child and family social worker workforce: consultation response’ and ‘Child and family social worker workforce: consultation analysis’ have been added. Time updated: 9:30am, 25 October 2023 Closed financial health notice to improve: Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College Page summary: A financial health notice to improve issued to Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Change made: Added letter sent to Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College on 3 October 2023 to lift the financial notice to improve. Time updated: 12:46pm, 25 October 2023 Financial health notice to improve: Strode College Page summary: A financial health notice to improve issued to Strode College by the Department for Education. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:47pm, 25 October 2023 Colleges and higher education institutions notices to improve Page summary: Letters issued to general further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and higher education institutions with a notice to improve. Change made: Moved ‘Financial health notice to improve: Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College’ to ‘Closed notices’. Added ‘Financial notice to improve: Strode College’ to ‘Open notices’. Time updated: 12:48pm, 25 October 2023 Expert apprenticeship training providers Page summary: List of training providers taking part in the expert apprenticeship training provider pilot. Change made: First published. Time updated: 1:00pm, 25 October 2023 Government continues children’s social care reform Page summary: Funding for over 460 new children’s social worker apprenticeship opportunities across the country. Change made: First published. Time updated: 3:31pm, 25 October 2023 Pupil premium Page summary: Information on pupil premium funding, how school leaders can use it effectively and pupil premium strategy statements. Change made: Updated the ‘Pupil premium strategy statement template’, ‘Example pupil premium strategy statement (primary)’, ‘Example pupil premium strategy statement (secondary)’ and ‘Example pupil premium strategy statement (special)’ to update the content in the Outcomes sections and reflect the information schools can publish about pupil outcomes in the 2022 to 2023 academic year. Time updated: 4:17pm, 25 October 2023 Participation measures in higher education: 2021 to 2022 Page summary: Participation measures in higher education up to the academic year 2021 to 2022. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 26 October 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 11 September 2023 to 13 October 2023. Time updated: 9:30am, 26 October 2023 Participation measures in higher education Page summary: Statistics relating to participation measures in higher education. Change made: Added ‘Participation measures in higher education: 2021 to 2022’. Time updated: 9:30am, 26 October 2023 Elective home education guidance review Page summary: We’re seeking views on proposed changes to the non-statutory elective home education guidance for local authorities and parents. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 26 October 2023 Children in need: 2022 to 2023 Page summary: Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children’s social services for the year ending 31 March 2023. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 26 October 2023 Statistics: children in need and child protection Page summary: Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children’s social services. Change made: Added ‘Children in need: 2022 to 2023’ statistics. Time updated: 9:30am, 26 October 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 in the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 academic years. Change made: Updated the ‘Initial teacher training: criteria and supporting advice 2023 to 2024’. Section C.2.3 School placements reintroduces the reference to suggested timings for placements in schools/education settings. This was in previous versions of the criteria and remains as suggested timing for 2023 to 2024. Time updated: 12:56pm, 26 October 2023 Disclosure of civil servant roles and salary information Page summary: Information on roles and salaries for members of the Department for Education (DfE) and its arm’s length bodies (ALBs). Change made: Added junior and senior staff data for September 2023. Time updated: 1:27pm, 26 October 2023 Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education Page summary: The Department for Education’s (DfE) position on the use of generative AI in the education sector. Change made: Updated the guidance on ‘Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education’ to include information on data privacy and intellectual property. Time updated: 4:27pm, 26 October 2023 Investment in childcare boosted by new resources and online tools Page summary: More nursery and early years places and spaces to be delivered, with an online childcare eligibility checker to give information about new support. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:01am, 27 October 2023 Early years foundation stage (EYFS): regulatory changes Page summary: We’re seeking views on proposed changes to requirements in the early years foundation stage (EYFS). Change made: Added ‘Early years foundation stage (EYFS): regulatory changes – government consultation response’. Time updated: 9:30am, 27 October 2023 Early years foundation stage (EYFS) 2021 reforms: evaluation Page summary: A report evaluating the statutory EYFS 2021 reforms, aimed at improving early years outcomes for all children. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 27 October 2023 Wraparound childcare: guidance for local authorities Page summary: Explains the role of local authorities and the funding they’ll get to expand the availability of wraparound care in their areas from September 2024. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 27 October 2023 Early years foundation stage consultation: a survey of providers Page summary: Research on how likely childcare providers are to implement proposed changes to the early years foundation stage. Change made: First published. Time updated: 9:30am, 27 October 2023 DfE monthly workforce management information: 2023 to 2024 Page summary: Staff numbers and costs for the Department for Education (DfE) group for the financial year 2023 to 2024. Change made: ‘DfE monthly workforce management information: September 2023’ added. Time updated: 9:51am, 27 October 2023 Termination warning notice to Bournville School Page summary: Termination warning notice to the Fairfax Multi Academy Trust in relation to Bournville School. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00am, 11 September 2023 Termination warning notice to Grestone Academy Page summary: Termination warning notice issued to the Hamstead Hall Academy Trust in relation to Grestone Academy. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:00am, 11 September 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 to Bournville School and Grestone Academy. Time updated: 10:00am, 27 October 2023 International qualified teacher status (iQTS): inspection policy Page summary: The Department for Education’s policy for the iQTS inspection regime. Change made: Added new ‘International qualified teacher status (iQTS): pilot inspection framework’. Time updated: 10:30am, 27 October 2023 DfE and executive agency spend over £25,000: 2023 to 2024 Page summary: Spending over £25,000 by the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies during the financial year 2023 to 2024. Change made: Added ‘Department for Education and executive agency spend: August 2023’. Time updated: 12:00pm, 27 October 2023 Teachers’ pension scheme payments: 2023 to 2024 Page summary: Teachers’ pension scheme payments made on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE) in the 2023 to 2024 financial year. Change made: Added ‘Teachers’ pension scheme payments: August 2023’. Time updated: 12:00pm, 27 October 2023 Senior mental health lead training Page summary: Find out how your school or college can apply for a grant and access 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. | ||