Changes and challenges in education
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Changes and challenges in education
- Coronavirus: latest updates Keep up to date with the latest COVID-19-related announcements that affect your school, and find out what guidance is currently in place. We check this daily and update it whenever there's a significant change.
- Schools white paper 2022: summary Find out about upcoming policy changes and what they mean for your school or trust. Plans include new attainment targets in literacy and numeracy, an academy-led education system and a drive to increase attendance.
- Sustainability and climate change: summary of the DfE's strategy The government has published its sustainability strategy to improve the education sector’s response to climate change by 2030. Find out what it's planning to introduce and when, and how your school will be affected.
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Need-to-knows
- DfE launches consultation on changes to behaviour and exclusion guidance 4 Feb 2022 09:29 New national behaviour benchmark and exclusions applied for safeguarding reasons, included in proposed changes.
- DfE publishes new statutory guidance on the cost of school uniform 19 Nov 2021 08:51 The new guidance requires schools to make sure that the total cost of their uniform is affordable for parents.
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) updated for 2022 20 May 2022 14:02 KCSIE 2022 has landed. There aren't any huge announcements, but be clear on the most important changes now.
- STPCD 2021 published 4 Oct 2021 10:30 Teachers on the main and upper pay ranges can receive TLR3 payments to cover catch-up tutoring in response to the pandemic, and working days are reduced to 194 for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday.