KEG Week 45
KEG – Week 45
The Keystone Educatio guide of the week’s press releases from Government sources.
DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families)
* Ed Balls responds to Admissions Tzar.
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0205
Ed Balls accepts all recommendations of Admissions Tzar.
Twins to be allowed to go to same school!
Acronym Watch
OSA = Office of Schools Adjudicator
Pilot projects to support families with complex problems
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0206
£6m found to support children and young adults from families with complex social problems.
Acronym Watch
FIP = Family Intervention Project – 20 funded projects in LAs throughout UK.
Celebrating Success in the Black Country
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0207
Celebration of success of Black Country Challenge involving up to £28m spent
***PHSE compulsory from 2010/11
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0208
Outline of the new PHSE guidelines. PHSE compulsory but schools and governing bodies have right to deliver it according to needs of their students.
Parents right of withdrawal stays.
Acronym Watch
SRE = Sex and Relationship Education
*Contact Point rolling out – one stop shop for children
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0210
Roll out of website containing information of all?? (not clear) children to support carers, educationalists and other professionals understand the whole picture of (especially) at risk children. Schools may have to provide details to Contact Point – again not clear from Press Release.
**Health and Safety Advice to schools for school trips
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0209
Advice for teachers who are planning school trips. Simplified form filling promised.
Acronym Watch
HASLOC – Health and Safety of Learners Outside of the Classroom.
QCDA (Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency)
**2009 National Test Review
http://www.qcda.gov.uk/25921.aspx
1.6m test scripts marked. 3% appealed, 0.39% changed!
OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education)
*Train to Gain Reviewed by Ofsted
Employer-based education failing in Key Skills, getting employees to complete training in time and getting employees to A-Level equivalent qualifications.
BECTA (British Educational Computing Technology Agency)
*Report into parental access of information from schools
http://news.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=41240&page=1658&catID=1633
Parents don’t have the contact they desire. Push towards online reporting of children’s achievement but also attendance.
TDA (Teacher Development Agency – or Taking and Driving Away – a car)
None
Other
Schools Food Trust launch –the Really Good Dinner!
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