Category: Management
New requirements for the labelling of allergens on prepacked direct sale foods
The Food Information Regulations 2014 require all food businesses, including school caterers, to show the allergen ingredients’ information for the food they serve. This makes it easier for schools to identify the food that pupils with allergies can and cannot eat. These regulations were further enhanced in 2019 and come into effect on 1 October 2021. This change […]
Read MoreAcademy Trust Handbook 2021
Each summer the Academies Financial Handbook is revised and updated by the DfE in readiness for the forthcoming academic year. This time the document, which comes into force on 1 September 2021, has a new title – the Academy Trust Handbook – which could be said to reflect trusts’ increasingly broader responsibilities. The actual layout and headings […]
Read MoreCompulsory MAT status?
We considered this in our answer to a Do you know? question earlier this year: But since then, things have moved on. The question was: How likely do you think it is that the government will revisit its previous intention of getting all schools into MATs? At the time, our reply went back over government […]
Read MoreDo you know? updates
Every week we receive a range of enquiries from member schools, mainly these are to our telephone helpline but also on occasions to our Do You Know? (DYK) online service. The queries sent in to DYK by schools are answered by one or other of our expert consultants and the anonymised replies are then made […]
Read MoreExclusions
The temporary changes to the school exclusion process due to COVID-19 have been extended until 24 September 2021. Our CEFM model policy, information for governors and model letters have all been updated. They can be found here.
Read MoreGovernance update
The role of governors and trustees in supporting and challenging their schools and academies has probably never been more crucial than it is during the current pandemic. The government issues regular updates to keep those involved in school governance abreast of the often rapid changes that have taken place recently. The latest edition (October 2020) covers […]
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