we have published a series of briefings which we hope will help you understand what the Bill will mean for your school or trust.
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Part 1 of the Schools Bill 2022 proposes a new set of “Academy Trust Standards”, representing the introduction of a “common rule book” for academy trusts.
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Part 5 of the Schools Bill broadens the regulatory scope of the Teaching Regulation Agency to investigate and prohibit individuals from working as teachers.
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Part 4 of the Schools Bill introduces provisions relating to independent educational institutions.
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Whilst mainly an attempt to put the rules governing academies into an Act (rather than in piecemeal funding agreements and Articles of Association that vary from academy to academy), some provisions within Part 1 of the new Bill will be of interest to Catholic academies.
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Part 3 of the Bill deals with school attendance. It includes a new duty on local authorities to use their powers to promote regular school attendance and to reduce absences.
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Part 1 of the Schools Bill introduces statutory rights designed to ensure that the Secretary of State has efficient oversight and is equipped to address “instances of failure” in academy trusts.
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At the end of March, the Department for Education finally published the long-awaited White and Green Papers.
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The Department for Education (DfE) has begun a consultation on the guidance around behaviour and exclusions. This is what you need to know.
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After six years, the Department for Education finally released the long-awaited Schools White Paper on 28 March. This is likely to form the basis of new legislation and direction of travel within the schools and academies sector.
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