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The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about
WEBFeb 29, 2024 · 6. Flag long-term sick leave with LAs. Schools will have to give councils the name and address of sick pupils who they believe will miss 15 consecutive or cumulative days. Schools will also be “expected to inform a pupil’s social worker and/or youth offending team worker if there are unexplained absences from school”.
SEND review: DfE finally publishes improvement plan - Schools Week
WEBMar 2, 2023 · Freddie Whittaker. Political Editor. Ministers finally published their special educational needs and disabilities improvement plan today, three years after the SEND review was first launched. The government has pledged to go ahead with most major reforms. However a £70 million “change programme” – which will run for two to three years ...
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WEBSchool attendance: New ‘research commission’ to examine pupil engagement. Group to survey more than 100,000 school pupils, as new government quiet on future of attendance alliance. Freddie Whittaker. 2d.
Scaled scores for 2019 key stage 2 SATs announced - Schools Week
WEBJul 9, 2019 · The Department for Education has today released the marks pupils needed for the 2019 key stage 2 tests to achieve the government’s “expected” score. These scores are for the 2019 academic year. For 2022 scores, click here! To meet government expectations, pupils must achieve 100 in their scaled scores. But this equates to different marks.
18 new attendance hubs to help 2,000 schools cut absence
WEBJan 8, 2024 · A total of 32 hubs will now provide support to help drive down absence at 2,000 schools across the country, however this still equates to fewer than one in ten schools. See the full list of new hubs below. The key announcement today was a £15 million expansion of the attendance mentoring scheme to …
Pay scales for teachers in England from September 2021 - Schools …
WEBOct 1, 2021 · The new teacher and school leadership pay scales for 2021-22 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. It follows the announcement at last year’s spending review of a pay freeze for all public sector workers earning more than £24,000 a year. Those earning less are supposed to get a pay …
Teacher pay: What schools need to know about the 6.5% offer
WEB13 Jul 2023, 14:29. Teachers and school leaders have been offered pay rises of 6.5 per cent from September. Schools will be expected to fund 3.5 per cent from their own budgets, with the remaining 3 per cent coming from cuts to the Department for Education’s own budget. The deal has the backing of unions, which have said they will recommend ...
Bridget Phillipson: Who is the new education secretary? - Schools …
WEBJul 5, 2024 · Phillipson has been an MP since 2010. She was elected to represent Houghton and Sunderland South. She is the first MP representing a north east constituency to be education secretary since Edward Short, who served under Harold Wilson in the late 1960s. She was appointed as shadow education secretary in …
Labour education 'mission': Full details revealed - Schools Week
WEBJul 6, 2023 · Schools should be held to account for pupils’ attainment in at least one creative or vocational subject, Labour has said, in a document setting out its education “mission”.. The document, seen by Schools Week ahead of its official publication later today, sets out more details of the party’s planned curriculum and assessment review, which it said would look at accountability measures.