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DfE Funding for National Award for SEN Coordination

The DfE has confirmed funding in 2013–2014 for 800 places for new-to-role SENCOs who will be required to gain the National Award for SEN Coordination

11 Jun 2013

Special Educational Needs Hub

Getting to Grips with the Pupil Premium

Getting to Grips with the Pupil Premium is an eBook resource which enables you and your staff to identify who needs support, the nature of that support, to put interventions in place and evaluate their impact.

28 May 2013

Is providing all staff members in a school free refreshments and lunches seen as a 'benefit in kind': where is the demarcation line between 'trivial' and 'significant' benefits?

24 May 2013

Subscriber Content

Spending Review should leave pupil premium as is, says Gove

The education secretary believes that the pupil premium grant shouldn’t be cut in the next Spending Review, scheduled for the end of June.

13 May 2013

School Business Management Hub

School Business Management Hub

Essential for all school business managers, bursars and administrators, the School Business Management Hub provides reports on the latest news and policies, guidance on ensuring your school is more cost effective and advice on budget planning. You can also find guidance on legal issues.

9 May 2013

Trial raises concerns about alternative provision

Funding for alternative provision is to be moved from local authorities to schools. Colin Smith highlights issues raised by the interim report on how the system is working in its first trial

3 May 2013

Special Educational Needs Hub

Subscriber Content

Two planning priorities: pupil premium and teacher pay

Are you already working on how to maximise your pupil premium funding next year? Have you discussed how the revised pay progression arrangements coming into force on 1 September will affect your pay policy? These are two items on Josephine Smith’s current to-do list

2 May 2013