The 2024 Guide for School Governors, created by Become in collaboration with Aaron King (9000Lives.org) - download it here.
The current state of online safety in schools across England
The latest 360 Degree Safe report on online safety in English schools from the UK Safer Internet Centre reveals a surprising and concerning slowdown in progress. Schools are struggling to keep up with the rapidly evolving demands of online safety, underscoring the need for renewed focus and investment in this critical area. Key findings: Stagnation … Continue reading The current state of online safety in schools across England
How Schools Can Close the Digital Skills Gap
This is a new report from ProjectEVOLVE based on an annual research review conducted by Professor Andy Phippen. The report highlights most teachings with ProjectEVOLVE happens in primary schools, with by far the biggest proportion being in Key Stage 2. There is a significant tail off around aspect use in secondary schools. The report identifies … Continue reading How Schools Can Close the Digital Skills Gap
Access to local and national data on child sexual abuse in England and Wales.
The Data Insights Hub is a new interactive dashboard from the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse that is designed to enable professionals, commissioners and researchers to find, understand and use official data on child sexual abuse. You can access the data hub here.
New findings from a national study of young people with Special Educational Needs
The SEND Futures Discovery Phase study is a national study carried out by the National Centre for Social Research, in collaboration with the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) on behalf of the Department for Education. Across two rounds of data collection, the study has gathered information and views from around 3000 parents of young people with … Continue reading New findings from a national study of young people with Special Educational Needs
Disability, disparity and demand
Disability, disparity and demand: an analysis of the numbers and experiences of children in care and care leavers with a disability or long-term health conditions is an insight paper from Coram Voice that looks at what we do, and importantly do not know about children in and leaving care with a disability or long-term health … Continue reading Disability, disparity and demand
Who Is Losing Learning?
A new report from the IPPR explores the rising tide of lost learning, and sets out a strong economic case to invest in reducing escalations. They introduce an ‘exclusions continuum’ that brings together different datasets and presents an overview of the rising prevalence of children losing learning, whether through absence, suspension, internal exclusion or the … Continue reading Who Is Losing Learning?
The School Survey 2024
The Children’s Commissioner, who has a statutory duty to represent the views and interests of children in England to Government, is requesting information from all schools and colleges across the country. The survey is available on her website, here.
Delay to Key stage 4 performance announcement, 2024
The DfE has released a notice stating that the publication of Key stage 4 performance, 2024 is delayed due to quality issues in data submitted by an awarding organisation which were identified in the “Check Your Performance Measures Data” exercise. The information won't be available until November - December 2024, which is after the date … Continue reading Delay to Key stage 4 performance announcement, 2024
Support for children and young people with special educational needs
A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that around 1.9 million children and young people aged 0 to 25 years in England (11%) were identified as having special educational needs (SEN) in January 2024, with 1.7 million at school. This won't come as a surprise to teachers. The report finds that "although … Continue reading Support for children and young people with special educational needs
ParentKind’s National Parent Survey 2024
The National Parent Survey 2024 is Parentkind’s new research that puts the views and voices of UK parents front and centre. Over 5,000 parents took the time to share their experiences and the challenges they face every day as a parent. This year’s survey covers a broad range of topics affecting parents, including mental health, … Continue reading ParentKind’s National Parent Survey 2024
School-Based Nursery Capital Grant
The School-Based Nursery Capital Grant is a one-time grant available for eligible state-funded primary-phase schools. Schools can bid for up to £150,000 of funding to use solely for capital expenditure, to convert surplus space within a school building so that it is suitable for nursery provision. Schools must submit their application, including all supporting documents, … Continue reading School-Based Nursery Capital Grant
Protecting staff from sexual harassment: the governor’s role
The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 comes into force on 26 October 2024, under which employers must take ‘reasonable steps’ to prevent sexual harassment against staff. Sexual harassment is defined as 'unwanted conduct of a sexual nature'. This could include verbal or written harassment, as well as physical harassment, such as … Continue reading Protecting staff from sexual harassment: the governor’s role
The mature MAT model
The NGA has published a new report, The mature MAT model success, innovation and challenges in the trust system. This report follows two previous NGA studies, in 2019 and 2021, charting the trust system’s evolution with a particular focus on governance. Download the report here to explore the following themes: The mature academy trustThe resources … Continue reading The mature MAT model
Impact of school closures in Key Stage 1
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published a report on the impact of school closures in Key Stage 1 on attainment and social skills of pupils in Year 4 and Year 5 in academic year 2023/2024, using a longitudinal observational study that followed a group of children who were at the very start of primary … Continue reading Impact of school closures in Key Stage 1
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