Ealing Council's school travel team is here to help you embed active travel – walking, cycling and scooting– within your curriculum and community.From support with achieving TfL Travel for Life accreditation, to improving road...
In the current Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance (KCSIE), academies must carry out a section 128 check for all new governors / trustees.Ealing recommends that section 128 checks are carried out at the...
The schools financial procedures provides maintained schools with guidance on a range of financial management processes that are set out as individual sections.The authorised signatory list and levels should be considered and agreed at a governing...
As schools are aware, the school census day is Thursday 3 October 2024.We ask that all maintained schools submit their census return by Friday the 4 October.Sometimes there are circumstances beyond your control which mean...
The school workforce return is a statutory collection required by the DfE, which this year takes place on the first Thursday in November, which in 2024 is Thursday 7 November. You should make this statutory return using the school...
EventsFamily school partnership award (FSPA) online launch eventDo you want to improve the way your school or setting works in partnership with families to deliver better outcomes for pupils?Would you like to harness the power of parental engagement...
BackgroundThe SWIS programme trial is one of the largest randomised controlled trials (RCTs) ever undertaken in CSC in the UK, involving around 280,000 students across 291 schools based in 21 local authorities in England. It was set up to evaluate...
In order to help demonstrate their understanding of and effectiveness regarding teacher pay and appraisal, governing bodies should ask and be clear about the answers to at least the following five questions:1. How effectively are the staff...
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What are School Streets?A School Street is where the streets around a school are closed to most vehicles for a short period at the start and end of the school day, during term time only. Closing them to school and through traffic makes the area...