Sentences with phrase «government guidance for schools»

The Terrace Higgins Trust noted that the current government guidance for schools was so out of date it is older than the majority of pupils currently in school learning about the subject.

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The Coalition Government's education policies, which have allowed schools to charge for educational activities which were previously free and which have seen the abolition of the national guidance on school charging policies, have been instrumental in driving the increasing financial burdens that parents face for items such as school uniform and equipment.

ENDS Notes to editors The NASUWT led the campaign to secure recognition of the problem of prejudice - related bullying and was instrumental in securing a detailed suite of support and guidance for schools provided by the previous Labour Government.

The Coalition Government's decision to scrap equalities guidance for schools and colleges will leave teachers vulnerable to discrimination and harassment, the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, has argued today.

Current law and government guidance discriminates in favour of religion in requiring daily acts of «Collective Worship» in schools, and in favour of Christianity in requiring that for schools without a religious character, the majority of these acts of Collective Worship should be «of a broadly Christian character».

As reported by Schools Week, the government has launched a call for evidence in order to update guidance on what should be taught when sex education becomes compulsory in 2019.

Statutory Requirements In 2008, Partnership for Schools (PfS) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) set in motion a process to update Building Bulletin 93, the 2003 guidance document produced by the Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) to provide the acoustic performance standards for normal compliance with Requirement E4 of the Building Regulations, enforced by Building Control.

Despite the known benefits and excellent safety record of school trips, the organisation of them has become unnecessarily E E burdensome and, regardless of the Government's recent reduction of guidance for organising trips, the laws which dictate responsibilities still need consideration.

For these reasons, we are currently calling on the government to clarify its guidance to schools on leasing.

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In early October, the Education Funding Agency issued the much anticipated design guidance for the schools that will be built under the Government's Priority School Building Programme (PSBP).

«Teachers desperately want to be able to provide the best advice, but, although the government made it a statutory requirement for schools to provide impartial careers education, information, advice and guidance, it has not provided funding for the specialists needed to coordinate this.»

Call for new guidance For these reasons BESA has responded to the DfE's consultation «Review of Efficiency in the Schools System», by calling for Government to introduce new leasing guidance in time for the introduction of the new National Curriculum in September 20for new guidance For these reasons BESA has responded to the DfE's consultation «Review of Efficiency in the Schools System», by calling for Government to introduce new leasing guidance in time for the introduction of the new National Curriculum in September 20For these reasons BESA has responded to the DfE's consultation «Review of Efficiency in the Schools System», by calling for Government to introduce new leasing guidance in time for the introduction of the new National Curriculum in September 20for Government to introduce new leasing guidance in time for the introduction of the new National Curriculum in September 20for the introduction of the new National Curriculum in September 2014.

«This has manifested itself not only in the repeated failure of government to make the subject compulsory, but also in the failure even to update the official SRE guidance for schools since the year 2000.»

Criticising the fact that guidance for schools on sex and relationships education has not been updated since 2000, she said that PSHE as a statutory subject should include age - appropriate sex and relationships education and pledged that introducing compulsory PSHE in schools would be «one of the first things Labour does in government».

The report highlights five key areas where government guidance is required for a successful digital strategy in schools:

The National College and Scottish government have published research and resources for staff managing school building projects, and maintained schools may be able to get practical guidance from their local authority (LA) on many of the factors listed above.

The results come amid growing pressure from SRE campaigners for the government to reconsider its current guidance on the subject, which allows free schools and academies to opt out of teaching pupils about sex.

Incentives for schools to offer better careers advice will be reviewed and tougher Ofsted guidance considered as the government finally draws up its «comprehensive careers strategy», a senior minister has revealed.

Mr Halfon announced last week that the government's comprehensive strategy will look to review incentives for schools to offer better careers advice and will consider whether Ofsted ought to be more rigorous in its look at careers guidance.

That's why we want government to commit to ensuring new guidance for relationships and sex education is LGBT - inclusive and supported by high - quality resources and training for teachers — and for practical statutory guidance on supporting young trans people at school to be developed.

«We welcome the government's intention to convene an advisory group to review existing DfE guidance, but schools need increased resources for pastoral care as well as training for all staff to ensure that children are supported.»

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has today published its Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, which sets out changes to the free schools application process and school admissions arrangements, new rules for private schools and unregistered settings, and guidance on home education.

While they are waiting for the Government to act, the three unions have published joint guidance for school leaders on fire risk assessments in schools in the light of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Delaware (where my daughter just moved) is right, Secretary DeVos should review this guidance letter, and until the federal government gets its act together on secondary education (which it appears may never happen), families should opt out of state schools subject to federal dictates, opting in, instead, to learning institutions that embed preparation for exams at a pre-university level that can lead to placement advanced in future course sequences: these advanced level subjects should be embedded within the balanced curriculum that an international baccalaureate education represents, in contrast to the narrow extension of elementary school that DC bureaucrats remain focused on, as if time had not run out on the Obama administration and its failed efforts to improve the lives of American youth, now mired in debt that it encouraged in pursuit of a «North Star» goal that led the United States astray.

Mr Cridland is critical of a government move which saw schools take over the duty to secure independent careers guidance for pupils from last autumn.

School leaders are furious that local authorities and regional school commissioners (RSCs) are asking for predicted grades for this year's primary assessments when the government is refusing to provide guidance on how to scoreSchool leaders are furious that local authorities and regional school commissioners (RSCs) are asking for predicted grades for this year's primary assessments when the government is refusing to provide guidance on how to scoreschool commissioners (RSCs) are asking for predicted grades for this year's primary assessments when the government is refusing to provide guidance on how to score them.

The government released a draft of new fire safety guidance for schools last August, which the unions say shows a «total disregard for the health and safety of children and staff».

The report makes a range of recommendations for schools, local authorities and the Welsh government, from tracking and monitoring the impact of literacy strategies to providing better guidance and support for teachers.

«It is a telling moment when the voice of the nation's employers, the CBI, adds its weight to the calls for the government to act to redress the problems caused by legislation which is not supported by sufficient statutory guidance to schools, with inadequate accountability measures, and far too laissez - faire an approach to quality assurance.»

Despite the government's announcement in July 2017 that there would be enough funding in the system to achieve an increase of at least 0.5 % per pupil for every school, the guidance to local authorities for 2018/19 makes it clear that schools can still experience a reduction in funding of up to 1.5 % per pupil per year.

Schools had been due to start teaching a compulsory RSE curriculum from September 2019, for which the government promised to publish guidance in «early 2018» to aid preparations.

The study offers several recommendations for restoring equity provisions and integration in charter schools, including establishing new guidance and reporting requirements by the Federal government; federal funding opportunities for magnet schools, which have a documented legacy of reducing racial isolation and improving student outcomes; and incorporating some features of magnet schools into charter schools.

The government has issued statutory guidance to schools on Keeping Children Safe in Education 2016 and the school should have a formal procedure for dealing with sexting, so it's important to ask the school for this.

Childnet has created a number of innovative resources, from the recently launched app version of its celebrated children's storybook, Digiduck's Big Decision, to its award - winning suite of cyberbullying resources, Let's Fight IT Together, which includes films, interactive games and government - backed guidance for schools.

The most commonly endorsed coping strategy for victims was to tell someone, which is in line with government guidance to schools.