Department for Education - Activity on GOV.UK
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Guidance: High needs benchmarking tool
19 April 2021A comparative tool to help local authorities plan for future high needs spend and provision.
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Transparency data: New school proposals
19 April 2021Lists of local authorities seeking academy and free school proposers, and of all academies and free schools already set up.
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Guidance: Children in need census: guide to submitting data
19 April 2021How local authorities should collect data from social care services to complete the annual children in need census.
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Notice: International teacher acclimatisation service privacy notice
19 April 2021Information for schools and candidates on how their personal data is collected and used for this pilot service.
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Transparency data: Headteacher board meetings schedule and preparation templates
19 April 2021Schedule of headteacher board meetings 2021 to 2022 and meeting preparation templates.
BBC News - Family & Education
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Universities 'must do more to tackle sexual harassment'
19 April 2021Students must feel confident in reporting incidents of sexual assault on campus says watchdog.
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Would universities call parents in a mental health crisis?
17 April 2021Bereaved parents call for universities to contact students' families to reduce risk of suicides.
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Priti Patel: Facebook encryption plan ‘must not hamper child protection’
19 April 2021The Home Secretary criticises Facebook's privacy plan for its apps in a speech on child protection.
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Big Ask: Children in England asked their hopes for post-Covid future
18 April 2021Millions of children in England will be surveyed in an attempt to tackle "generational problems".
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Covid: Students call for day of action over fees
16 April 2021The Write Off Right Now campaign says charging full fees for a year of remote learning is unfair.