Complaints unmanageable? A recent Tes investigation has shown that parental complaints faced by schools are increasing. Their survey reveals: More than 8 out of 10 school lea... 19th Mar 2024
Ofsted Website Change The new Ofsted Chief Executive, Sir Martyn Oliver has announced that Ofsted will change its website. At present each school is given one overall grade... 18th Mar 2024
Small Primary Schools Devon County Council has been looking into place planning for small rural primary schools. It is worth analysing the term ‘small’ in relation to s... 14th Mar 2024
Flexi Schooling – does this happen in your school? Flexi schooling is being discussed with Devon schools. Although children being home-educated are not normally registered at any school, parents someti... 13th Mar 2024
Wraparound childcare guidance Guidance has been issued on how schools should respond to requests for wraparound childcare. The national wraparound childcare programme is part of th... 12th Mar 2024
New maintained schools and academy schools governance handbook The Department of Education (DfE) has just published the latest governance handbook in two versions, one for maintained school governors and one for a... 11th Mar 2024
Children not in school Two sets of statistics have just been published concerning children who are not present in mainstream schools. Some parents prefer to educate their ch... 7th Mar 2024
Governor or school leader food hero? Jamie Oliver’s Good School Food Awards are open for nominations. He wants to celebrate the inspiring governor or school leader going above and beyon... 6th Mar 2024
Children ready for school? A report by Kindred on school readiness following a survey of 1000 parents and 1000 teachers of children of reception age for 2023 has provided some i... 5th Mar 2024
Attendance Guidance Updated Attendance Guidance has now been published that will become mandatory from September 2024. Some new advice has been included for schools. From Septemb... 4th Mar 2024