Blogs & Updates

Calculations for Pupil Premium 2016-2017
  September 08 2016

MIS

In order to assist you in understanding the pupil level, pupil premium information provided in CSV format by the DfE, we have provided you with a spreadsheet for download, along with a presentation ...
Welcome to the new year
  September 06 2016

MIS

Another new academic year is upon us and we know that you have already been very busy in your schools preparing for the arrival of the new and returning pupils. Despite the summer holidays only jus...
Top 10 tips to protect your school from computer viruses
  August 24 2016

ICT

Virus detection & prevention can be difficult to manage for busy schools with multiple users across site. We've provided some top tips to help you to combat the increasing number of virtual threa...
Are you ready? Get set...
  August 23 2016
Having nearly understood the Omnium and Keirin watched at the Olympics, Quidditch and school finances seem simple (and JK Rowling agrees!). So with just a few days until school opens – are you re...
HR Policy Audit & Review
  August 11 2016
HR Policy Audit and Review - Autumn Offer Ensure your policies are up to date and legally compliant with a bespoke audit - just £499! Full review of up to 10 existing policies Assess content taki...
Teacher pay scales 2016/17
  August 10 2016
We have implemented the new teaching staff pay scales for 2016/17. The general rule is a 1% increase in value of each 2015/16 salary scale. Last year we introduced three scale tables - A, B and C. Th...
21 Questions To Ask . .
  August 05 2016
Last year the All Party Parliamentary Group on Education, Governance and Leadership published two lists of questions to challenge governance in schools and academies. One was to help challenge school...
National Funding Formula - Update
  July 22 2016
The Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening has released a written statement to Parliament on school funding. In the statement, she has said the national funding formula will be delayed an...
School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions
  July 20 2016
School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) September 2016 Please be advised that the School Teachers’ Review Body has published its 26th report on the recommended changes to the School...
Schools Out
  July 18 2016
The last blog of the 2015/2016 Academic Year. I write this as a new Education secretary, Justine Greening, is appointed. No doubt over the summer we will see whether this changes the direction of gov...