The Workload Advisory Group has now published its report and the Government has issued its response to it. Making Data Work specifically focuses, as you might expect, on the additional pressures that data collection and analysis can place on teachers. The group has come up with a number of recommendations that the DfE has agreed […]

The Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) will be available as a voluntary check at the end of this year (2018/2019) to all eligible Year 4 pupils. In 2019/2020 all schools will be required to implement the test. Now the department has published a document, Multiplication Tables Check Assessment Framework, to give guidance to those who are […]

The DfE has published the document Making Significant Changes to an Open Academy and Closure by Mutual Agreement. It includes information about the changes that an Academy might make and the procedures it needs to follow if it does. Many small-scale changes can be carried out without consultation. However, there are some that affect clauses […]

Bullying in England April 2013 to March 2018 contains some worrying statistics about the number of children who suffer from bullying. Vulnerable groups of students such as those with a long-term illness, living in deprived areas and who have been suspended or excluded, appeared to be most likely to report being bullied. The report distinguishes […]

As concerns continue about the mental health of pupils, the DfE has revised its guidance document Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools. The previous version was published in March 2016 and the new document is worth revisiting. Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools 2018 can be found at https://bit.ly/1qnxNSq. At the same time, a recent […]