The Department for Education (DfE) has released an updated version of its statutory guidance on Children Missing Education (CME), on 8 September 2025, following a sector-wide consultation in 2023 on improving support for children missing in education. This is statutory guidance which all academy trusts and governing bodies must have regard to.

Security preparedness and the staged implementation of 'Martyn's law' for educational settings is a current focus of the DfE. Here's how VWV can help.

The Department for Education (DfE) reported on 12 June 2025 that over 1.7 million pupils in England have special educational needs (SEN), which is an increase of 93,000 (5.6%) since 2024. 

Have the trustees of your charitable company verified their identity for Companies House? Companies House has confirmed that the rollout for mandatory ID requirements will start on 18 November 2025.

It's been a challenging few weeks for the UK life sciences sector. Following the breakdown of the talks with the Government to provide a more competitive reimbursement scheme for pharma, there have been a number of high-profile decisions that have created big concerns for the future of the sector. However, there have been some good news stories too, including a resilient message from MedCity - the life sciences arm of London and Partners, with whom VWV is a partner.

While the higher education (HE) sector has been abuzz with news of a new 'super-university', it may have paid less attention to the recent upticks in new overseas branch campuses and transnational education (TNE) students.