Compliance

Find the latest statutory guidance and understand how it affects your school, from updates to key DfE documents to brand-new legislation

Thursday

5th Dec 2024

Tough conditions forced ‘poorly informed’ cutbacks on school estate
DfE capital advisers found that smaller trusts and SATs, in particular, often did not have the funds to employ dedicated estates specialists
Market conditions forced ‘poorly informed’ cutbacks on school estate

Tuesday

19th Nov 2024

How cold can your classroom get - legally?
With temperatures across the UK starting to dip, we look at how cold a school classroom can get before it becomes legally uninhabitable
How cold can your classroom get - legally?

Monday

30th Sep 2024

It’s time for education to embrace the power of OpEx
A big prize is waiting for schools and trusts that follow the operational excellence approach, says Institute of School Business Leadership chief Stephen Morales
It’s time for education to embrace the power of OpEx

Thursday

8th Aug 2024

KCSIE 2024: Key safeguarding changes schools need to know
This year’s update to official safeguarding guidance includes only minor changes in language. Here we outline the key updates
Child's hands typing on keyboard illustration

Wednesday

31st Jul 2024

Concern as blame for unsafe buildings ‘shifts’ towards trusts
Academy trusts that fail to keep their school estate safe could be hit with a Notice to Improve, despite trust leaders warning that they don’t have funding for repair works
school buildings

Monday

22nd Jul 2024

Boosting teacher watchdog powers should protect more children
A lawyer explains why new proposals to widen the Teaching Regulation Agency’s powers make “good sense” to help close gaps in its current remit
Sweep under rug

Monday

15th Jul 2024

School uniform costs: How things could change under Labour
A lawyer outlines why a small line in the Labour manifesto could have big implications for school uniform costs – and could arrive at any moment
School uniform

Thursday

27th Jun 2024

We must reinforce the role of civic leadership in education
Gary Wilkie, CEO of Learning in Harmony Trust, says the Nolan Principles of Public Life provide the bedrock for ethical leadership, whatever the challenges schools face
We must reinforce the role of civic leadership in education

Wednesday

19th Jun 2024

DfE ‘robs’ schools of £1.9bn for crumbling buildings, say unions
School Cuts coalition calculates schools could have an extra £36,000 each on average if the DfE distributed unspent capital funds
DfE ‘robs’ schools of £1.9bn for crumbling schools

Tuesday

18th Jun 2024

DfE to spend nearly £5m researching risks of older school buildings
The project will use artificial intelligence to learn about ‘defects’ associated with different types of buildings
DfE to spend nearly £5m researching risks of older school buildings

Thursday

30th May 2024

Can flexible working really solve the teacher recruitment crisis?
In this edition of our Big Debate webinar, three trust leaders discuss the increasing range of flexible working opportunities on offer to their staff. But are initiatives like these enough to attract more teachers into the profession?
flexible working

Thursday

23rd May 2024

Schools told by DfE that building repair cash put on hold
Trusts are informed that DfE funding that was approved is now on hold – just days before building work is due to get underway
Several schools have been told that repair cash has now been put on hold while DfE carries out checks
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