Compliance

Find the latest statutory guidance and understand how it affects your school, from updates to key DfE documents to brand-new legislation

Wednesday

22nd May 2024

How to begin a music development plan
The DfE has published new guidance advising schools to share information about their music offerings online; a music educator explains how to start
Guitar plan
The sweet spot for teacher autonomy and the war against fidelity
Fidelity has been the buzzword of the past year, but strict prescription of teaching can have downsides alongside the positives, argues Jon Hutchinson. So, he asks, how much autonomy should teachers have?
The sweet spot for teacher autonomy and the war against fidelity

Wednesday

15th May 2024

3 school website updates leaders need to know
DfE guidance includes additions on pay gap reporting and music development plans, and removes mention of the pandemic’s impact on assessments
3 school website updates leaders need to know

Monday

29th Apr 2024

Draw up ‘bomb threat checklist’, all schools advised
Settings should also appoint a ‘security lead’, according to government guidance on how to respond to terrorism
Bomb threat playground

Tuesday

23rd Apr 2024

Changes to sexual harassment law schools need to know
With new law coming in to strengthen worker protection against sexual harassment, an education lawyer outlines what schools and trusts should be doing to prepare
Law change

Thursday

28th Mar 2024

What’s it really like to join a MAT?
Teachers all over the country are being told their school will join a multi-academy trust. But what is the experience like for staff? Tes asked frontline teachers and those in SLT for their stories – warts and all
What’s it really like to join a MAT?

Tuesday

6th Feb 2024

Barran: RAAC-hit schools ‘left on their own’ by councils
Academies minister says the DfE is ‘worried about the support some primary schools are getting from their local authorities’
Barran RAAC

Thursday

25th Jan 2024

Weekly round-up: Schools’ soaring costs and digital guidance
Tes’ education news round-up this week includes more schools in deficit as a result of rising costs, new guidance on technology and schools’ support pact for Ofsted inspections
Weekly round-up: Schools’ soaring costs and digital guidance

Friday

12th Jan 2024

School leadership is about commitment, not compliance
An outstanding school understands that leadership must not be limited to those in the most senior promoted roles, says secondary depute head Ed Carlin
Crevasse ladder

Tuesday

19th Dec 2023

Transgender guidance: what schools need to know
The DfE has published its long-awaited draft transgender guidance. Here are the key details for schools
Transgender guidance: What schools need to know

Monday

11th Dec 2023

Why we should extend the school day
New research into parent opinions on education shows a more rounded curriculum is in demand – and it could be achieved with an extended school day, say these leaders
13 hour day

Monday

27th Nov 2023

The Teachers’ Standards and how to meet them
Everything you need to know about the Department for Education’s Teachers’ Standards