Insights
Making it compute - top tips for starting a successful IT system procurement project
19 Sept 2024When procuring a new IT system, much of your success and avoidance of problems arising later on, will depend on how you approach the early days of the project - the tips below should help you to navigate those challenges.
Education Policy update
19 Sept 2024Schools will be aware of the rather late publication of KCSIE 2024 on 2 September 2024. Most of the changes are light touch, however Schools will still need to be mindful that some of the content remains under review.
A recent Ombudsman case concerning a school admission appeal decision
17 Jul 2024The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman recently published a decision finding fault with East Riding of Yorkshire Council as the 'admission authority' for a school responsible for appointing an Admission Appeal Panel and arranging an appeal.
New Legislation to Cap Profits in Children's Homes
14 Apr 2025The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 were both introduced in 2024. Both include provision to limit profits in certain settings which provide care and support wholly or mainly to children.
The sale of school playing fields - selling off family silver or necessary capital generation for reinvestment into the School Estate?
04 Jul 2025Media headlines have dramatised the recent statutory government guidance, which allows local authorities flexibility to use capital receipts from qualifying asset sales to fund revenue costs. It has been confirmed that this could include funds generated by local authorities in disposing of school playing fields.
School PFI contracts - make sure you are planning for their expiry
04 Jul 2025From the early 1990s, PFI (or Private Finance Initiative) projects were used by the Government to help regenerate school estates across the country.
