03 Jul, 2024 Menopause in the workplace - ignorance is not bliss… it’s expensive! The perils of ignoring an OH report By Sarah Harnett Engaging with your occupational health (OH) professional and following their advice formed the basis of our recent podcast. Only two...
20 Jun, 2024 School sickness absence - Three top tips By Sarah Harnett According to Employer Link's recent analysis of academy trust workforce costs document, levels of sickness absence in academies almost...
03 May, 2024 Department for Education publishes guidance on procuring school uniforms By Rumandeep Dhariwal The Department for Education has recently published updated guidance on procuring school uniform supplies. The guidance is aimed at...
20 Mar, 2024 DfE making lighter reading for schools when it comes to governance – two new governance guides launched By Esther Campsall So it’s big news but not big news. Instead of maintained schools and academies having to sift through a joint Governance Handbook which...
13 Dec, 2023 Changes to Ofsted’s post-inspection arrangements and complaints handling By Molly Quinney Tim Coolican Lorna Kenyon-Pain Following the tragic death of Ruth Perry, Ofsted commenced a consultation, proposing to change its post-inspection arrangements. Ofsted...
19 Oct, 2022 Minimising the impact of separation on children with SEND By Anthony Collins "I don't know how I'm going to keep my children warm this winter." Earlier this week, I met with the head teachers of two schools for...
02 Aug, 2022 Local authority MATs - collaboration or competition? By Anthony Collins The deadline has just passed for local authorities (LAs) to have registered their interest in establishing a multi-academy trust (MAT) as...
16 Feb, 2022 Levelling up in education - and a MAT collaboration By Anthony Collins In this short blog I’d like to highlight: Some national policy priorities for educational levelling up; andAn exciting local...
10 Aug, 2021 Urgent health and safety repairs? Academies told to use reserves By Anthony Collins The Department for Education has recently published revised guidance on the availability of Urgent Capital Support (accessible here) when...
02 Jul, 2021 End of the road for single academies? By Phil Watts What many of us had anecdotally believed to be the case for a couple of years now, appears to have been confirmed as fact. Recently...
25 Jun, 2021 Ofsted review highlights widespread sexual abuse in schools and colleges By Anthony Collins Earlier this year, my colleague Chris Whittington and I shared our immediate thoughts following the emergence of the Everyone’s Invited...
01 Apr, 2021 'Everyone’s Invited' – Some immediate actions for schools after experiences of ‘rape culture’ highlighted By Anthony Collins Co-written with safeguarding and regulatory expert, Kaleigh Grainger. The Everyone’s Invited movement, set up to highlight and tackle...