[PDF] Top 20 House of Commons Library: Briefing paper: Number 8023, 5 June 2018: Safeguarding in English schools

... 62 Schools must also have procedures to make a referral to DBS if a person in regulated activity has been dismissed or removed due to safeguarding concerns or if they would have been had they not ... See full document

... effective safeguarding requires collaboration between local agencies, and that everyone who comes into contact with children has a role to play in “identifying concerns, sharing information and taking prompt ... See full document

... Recent years, however, have seen concerns being raised that children are leaving school rolls in rising numbers, in particular as they approach GCSE level, because of pressures within the school system. It has been ... See full document

... in June 2015, the Schools Minister Nick Gibb expanded on the Government position: We believe that [local authorities] are best placed to determine how resources should be used in the areas that they serve ... See full document

... The Resolution Foundation considered the FSM eligibility issue in a blog post published on 11 January 2018: So far all families [on Universal Credit] are entitled – because very few working families with children ... See full document

... independent schools not meeting the relevant criteria from charitable status: ...independent schools are expected to meet, in line with their size and ...independent schools deliver these new ... See full document

... achieved solely by increasing the PAN in line with the School Admissions Code. 14 In the case of community, foundation and voluntary schools, local authorities can also propose that a school’s premises be enlarged ... See full document

... £1.9 billion at the end of 1995-96, £3.6 billion at the end of 1998-99 and £8.4 billion at the end of 2001-02. The increase seen in 2017-18 alone was more than £15 billion. The sale of the final tranche of mortgage style ... See full document

... March 2018 the Education and Skills Funding Agency published the list of schools who had successfully bid for funding from the Condition Improvement ... See full document

... how schools deal with sexual harassment and violence, which is mostly targeted at girls, a disregard for existing national and international equality obligations, and a lack of guidance and support for ... See full document

... We, therefore, recommend that all organisations offering out-of-school-hours provision, as well as individuals offering private tution on a commercial basis, be required to register w[r] ... See full document

... independent schools not meeting the relevant criteria from charitable status: ...independent schools are expected to meet, in line with their size and ...independent schools deliver these new ... See full document

... achieved solely by increasing the PAN in line with the School Admissions Code. 14 In the case of community, foundation and voluntary schools, local authorities can also propose that a school’s premises be enlarged ... See full document

... The Scottish Government guide to Choosing a School states that: If you have a child who is due to start primary school or who will be transferring to secondary school soon, your council will probably suggest that you ... See full document

... primary schools. To sustain the impact of the premium, schools have used it to invest in training for existing ...ends. Schools also raised issues related to sourcing good quality provision in their ... See full document

... Introductory information about exclusion and the appeal process is provided on the gov.uk School discipline and exclusions website. Under the Education Act 2011 new arrangements for school exclusion came into force in ... See full document

... secondary schools visited, opportunities for students to listen to and communicate in the target language were often limited by many teachers’ unpreparedness to use it, and that teaching in Key Stage 4 was focused ... See full document

... A further teacher supply analysis, intended to build on some of the areas covered previously, was published in February 2018. The first two sections of the report looked at post-ITT employment rates and the ... See full document

... There are also a number of specialist competitive scholarships available to recruits in certain shortage subjects. Scholarships are jointly awarded by the Government and professional bodies, and selection is ... See full document

... Recent years, however, have seen concerns being raised that children are leaving school rolls in rising numbers, in particular as they approach GCSE level, because of pressures within the school system. It has been ... See full document