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The government’s Autumn statement has set out plans to provide £1 billion to finance building projects for academies and free schools. The funds will be made available due to reduced spending in Whitehall. This announcement provides clarity over the extent to which government policy is now based on academies and free schools being the primary method by which standards will be raised and the gap narrowed between the “haves” and “have-nots”. The new funding will sit alongside the Priority School Building Programme which is aimed at renovating or replacing the schools with the worst facilities.
The difference between the programmes would appear to be that only academies or free schools are eligible for the new funding whereas any school may be eligible for the priority funding.This may provide a further incentive for schools to convert to academy status as it is clear that government priorities point in this direction irrespective of the name given to policies or programmes.
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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