Blogs & Updates
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...
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...
Tempus Fugit
July 01 2016
Time Flies! Its July already and time to dust off the trophies for sports day, get out the tombolas for the summer fete and say good bye to staff leaving at the end of term.
There will be transition...
Turnbull Report - A left field view on risk management for schools
June 15 2016
Euro 2016 has started. Up and down the land adults and school children will be making assessments of the chances of their country in winning (at least one match), and thinking about mitigating the ri...
Here comes summer!
June 06 2016
At the start of the final half term of this school year we look at the EFA’s calendar and at some of the announcements in the last few weeks.
EFA Calendar For The Final Half Term
We start this blog...
Education for All
May 25 2016
“A Bill will be brought forward to lay foundations for educational excellence in all schools, giving every child the best start in life. There will also be a fairer balance between schools, through...
Support staff pay scales 2016 - latest news
May 05 2016
Just a quick update with regards to the support staff pay scales for 2016. You may well be aware of this, but for those of you who are not, we hope that this proves useful.
In March, two of the recogn...
Changes to CFR & March Accounts Return
April 26 2016
April is a busy period in all schools.
For those in the maintained sector it is the start of a new financial year - with the EFA announcing changes to CFR.
All academies are required to provide ...
Finance