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Getting to Grips with School Admissions

Getting to Grips with School Admissions is an essential eBook which shows you how to plan and implement a robust admissions policy for your school, which will minimise time and resources spent dealing with appeals and ensure you are acting lawfully.

10 Jun 2013

Leadership & Governance Hub

Keeping headteachers, the entire senior leadership team and governors up-to-date with the latest news, reports, articles and guidance, the Leadership & Governance Hub brings together extensive materials on education law, leadership issues and school governance.

9 May 2013

Getting to Grips with Performance Related Pay

Performance-related pay for teachers will be introduced in September, with the outcomes of teachers’ appraisals being linked to their pay progression. Getting to Grips with... Performance-Related Pay ebook takes a practical look at what the introduction of performance-related pay will mean in your school.

13 Mar 2013

If word limit on parent governor ballot paper is exceeded, the ballot papers have been counted and the winning candidate declared, does this mean a breach of election regulations has occurred and would the election result therefore be invalid.

13 Mar 2013

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A guide to teacher anonymity law

Simon Bevan and Alice Reeve explain how schools can navigate their duties in the light of new law aimed to protect teachers against false allegations

25 Feb 2013

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What measures should be taken to deal with staff who are blatantly disrespectful?

13 Feb 2013

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Staff discipline, conduct, and grievance model policy

Schools must have a policy explaining procedures for staff discipline, conduct and grievances.

20 Dec 2012

Leadership & Governance Hub

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A parent has complained about a student X Factor show being rehearsed for next week. They claim a song's lyrics and routine is inappropriate but the school considers it to be acceptable - what should be our next action?

11 Dec 2012

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The Savile case: what can we learn from it?

Joe and Josephine Public, the BBC, Margaret Thatcher, Prince Charles and even the Catholic church were all very successfully groomed by a charity giving legend, Jimmy Savile. What do we learn from this? Jenni Whitehead discusses how sexual offenders groom everybody, not just the child, and the implications for schools

14 Nov 2012

Safeguarding Hub

New anonymity law protects teachers against allegations of abuse

Following recent high-profile news stories of inappropriate relationships between pupils and teachers, legislation relating to teacher anonymity in such cases has been examined with interest. Katie Michelon and Laura Richards, education solicitors at Browne Jacobson, consider the impact of a new legal provision

13 Nov 2012

Optimus Education

Complaints

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Getting to Grips with School Admissions

Leadership & Governance Hub

Getting to Grips with Performance Related Pay

If word limit on parent governor ballot paper is exceeded, the ballot papers have been counted and the winning candidate declared, does this mean a breach of election regulations has occurred and would the election result therefore be invalid.

A guide to teacher anonymity law

What measures should be taken to deal with staff who are blatantly disrespectful?

Staff discipline, conduct, and grievance model policy

A parent has complained about a student X Factor show being rehearsed for next week. They claim a song's lyrics and routine is inappropriate but the school considers it to be acceptable - what should be our next action?

The Savile case: what can we learn from it?

New anonymity law protects teachers against allegations of abuse

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