The campaign has been given wholehearted
support from headteacher Claire Knowles, and this month the school will receive a Bronze Award from the Soil Association's Food for Life programme.
This is not an empty promise, both independent evaluation and our annual feedback
from headteachers evidence the impact of partnership on our partner schools.
GLF schools, led by Jon Chaloner
from the Headteachers Round Table, notably took on an extra five schools during 2016 - 17, rising from 19 to 24.
Everyone in the education ecosystem,
from headteachers concerned about truancy, right through to teachers and parents who spot the warning signs, and of course the child, can benefit from an online approach.
Increasing take up requires a cultural change in school that has the support and
commitment from the headteacher, the governing body and the leadership team in school.
A Department for Education spokesperson said:» «We are clear that any child that has an authorised
absence from their headteacher, including being ill or in hospital, would not be expected to take their key stage 2 tests according to the published timetable.»
They will then write their own
letter from Headteacher, Professor Dolores Umbridge, to Mr and Mrs Weasley using the information provided.
The mistake, which is being blamed on «human error», follows
calls from headteachers for the spelling, punctuation and grammar, or «SPAG» tests, to be scrapped, and warnings that tens of thousands of pupils could have been exposed to the questions and answers ahead of time.
The review wants to hear
specifically from headteachers, designated safeguarding leads, special educational needs coordinators and educational psychologists.
The Public Accounts Committee heard this
week from headteachers who said they had «cut teaching to the bare bones» to meet budget pressures.
The first stage consultations on national funding formula for schools and high needs, which were published in March, have been met with an overwhelmingly positive
response from headteachers, teachers, governors and parents.
Ofsted has said it is reviewing its policy of sharing information about problem schools with the Department for Education, following
allegations from headteachers that the information is being used to put them under premature pressure to become academies.
If an LA doesn't have growth funding to give to schools, it could face some
resistance from headteachers with difficult budgets, who simply can't afford to subsidise an expansion.
We've spoken to everyone,
from headteachers, to food teachers, parents, school governors, and kids themselves.
From a headteacher's point of view, the issues surrounding safeguarding are important.
Hinds has been welcomed to the job by Paul Whiteman,
from the headteachers» union NAHT, who called for stability at a time of immense change in education.
MPs on the parliamentary education committee have heard evidence
from headteachers and local authority officers, who warned that vulnerable pupils are being forced out of mainstream schools due to «cliff - edge» accountability measures and a narrowing of the school curriculum.