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New Department for Education Guidance in Force from September/October 2022 - How We Can Help

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The DfE has published a raft of new statutory and non-statutory guidance in recent weeks and days, having consulted on many of these earlier this year.

See our previous article - Consultations on Changes to KCSIE, Behaviour, Exclusions and Admission Appeals Guidance are Underway.

We have set these out below, with information about how we support you in respect of the changes made and your response to these.

 

 Document Date in Force   How We Can Help
 

Keeping children safe in education 2022

 1 September 2022

  

  • Safeguarding update webinar - Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 2.30pm to 4.00pm (free to attend)

  • Updated template policies (Safeguarding and Child Protection, Online Safety, Missing Pupils, and Risk Assessment for Pupil Welfare)

Behaviour in Schools - Advice for headteachers and school staff

 

Suspension and Permanent Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England, including pupil movement

 1 September 2022

  

  • Behaviour and Exclusions update webinar - Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 3.30pm to 5.00pm (free to attend)

  • Updated template policies (Behaviour and Discipline, Use of Reasonable Force and Physical Restraint, Anti-Bullying, Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs, Acceptable Use)

  • Updated suite of best practice template exclusion letters

  • Bespoke training for school clients delivered on-site or by recorded webinar

  • VWV plus training modules for Headteachers/staff and for Governors/Clerks

 

 

 

Working together to improve school attendance

 

Summary table of responsibilities for school attendance

 

Applies from 1 September 2022, will become statutory guidance on or after 1 September 2023

 

  •  Template Attendance Policy 

 

 

Searching, Screening and Confiscation

 

 

 1 September 2022

  • Template Behaviour and Discipline Policy (includes specific section)

 

 

[Draft] School Admission Appeals Code 2022

 

 

 1 October 2022

 

  • This is the final version published following consultation, but is currently in "draft" format while working its way through parliament

 

You may register for our upcoming Safeguarding and Behaviour and Exclusions update webinars in September:

We will be updating our template policies and suite of template exclusion letters over the summer to reflect the changes made, and a summary of the changes made (in particular, to the guidance on school attendance and searching, screening and confiscation, which were not consulted on) will follow in a further edition of this brief in readiness for September.

VWV Plus - KCSIE eLearning

If you have any queries, please contact Joanna Goddard on 020 7665 0805 or Yvonne Spencer in the Regulatory Compliance team on 020 7665 0870, or complete the form below.

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