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The government’s flagship free schools policy is being questioned again on the grounds of costs incurred for those projects which do not reach completion – such as the One in a Million Free School in Bradford. Labour has stated that over £2m has been wasted on projects which were not needed on capacity grounds or not wanted by the local community. The Department for Education’s response is that money is not being wasted and that new schools bring new increased opportunities for children and their communities are being created at a greater rate than ever before.
It is still very early days for the free schools project and the true costs and indeed the benefits cannot be properly assessed until results on performance are available. The key measure will be whether evidence can be found that the gap in educational achievement is narrowed for those disadvantaged children which the policy was implemented to support.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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