4 February 2019
Free schools: application information for wave 13
Transparency data
A list of free schools proposing to open from the wave 13 application round.
The list includes the proposed schools’:
4 February 2019
Find, join or create a network for school business professionals
Guidance
How business professionals working in schools can find, join or create a network of local school business professionals.
5 February 2019
Statutory guidance
This statutory guidance is for local authorities.
Local authorities are required to publish schemes for financing schools, setting out the financial relationship between them and the schools they maintain.
This guidance explains the provisions a scheme must include.
7 February 2019
Performance indicators: widening participation 2017 to 2018
Official Statistics
This release relates to the number of people from underrepresented groups participating in higher education (widening participation). It covers higher education entry in the 2017 to 2018 academic year.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes performance indicators for higher education in 3 batches each year, on behalf of the 4 UK funding bodies.
This is the first instalment of institution-level performance indicators. Further instalments will follow in March and July.
These refer to:
7 February 2019
Independent special schools and colleges
Guidance
Lists of all independent schools and colleges for children with special educational needs or disability (SEND), including:
NMSS are schools that the Secretary of State for Education has approved under section 342 of the Education Act 1996.
7 February 2019
LA-maintained schools: letters about poor pupil performance
Transparency data
List of warning notice letters sent by DfE to local-authority-maintained schools about poor pupil performance, governance, or school safety.
7 February 2019
Mathematics subject knowledge enhancement guide: 2017 to 2018
Guidance
The guidance explains what subject knowledge enhancement is, how to apply, who can benefit from it, and how providers will deliver the programme.
Subject knowledge enhancement programmes:
7 February 2019
Mathematics subject knowledge enhancement guide: 2018 to 2019
Guidance
The guidance explains:
Subject knowledge enhancement programmes:
7 February 2019
Further education initial teacher training bursary: 2017 to 2018
Guidance
The information applies to trainees starting in the academic year 2017 to 2018 only. It includes:
7 February 2019
Further education initial teacher training bursary: 2018 to 2019
Guidance
The information applies to trainees starting in the academic year 2018 to 2019. It includes:
8 February 2019
Strategic college improvement fund: process evaluation
Research and analysis
A process evaluation of the SCIF pilot, commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE), to inform the wider roll-out of the fund.
8 February 2019
Free schools and UTCs: successful applications
Transparency data
Details of all schools in the pre-opening stage of the free school programme, including:
There are many different types of free school, including:
There are also a small number of maths schools. These are specialist free schools for the most mathematically able 16- to 19-year-olds.
Alongside free schools there are university technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools. These are mainly for 14- to 19-year-olds.
8 February 2019
School Direct (salaried): funding manual
Guidance
These funding manuals provide information to schools and ITT providers on School Direct (salaried) funding in England, including:
The School Direct (salaried) route allows schools to:
Schools can choose and recruit the candidate they want with an expectation that the trainee will be employed by the school or wider partnership of schools.
8 February 2019
Transparency data
Lists of local authorities seeking academy and free school proposers, and of all academies and free schools already set up.
8 February 2019
Church academies: model documents
Guidance
There are 3 main draft model articles of association, agreed with the Catholic Education Service and the National Society for the Church of England for use by church schools wishing to become an academy.
While the model articles are broadly similar, there are differences in the way the governance arrangements at membership and governing body level have been reflected.
8 February 2019
Academy trusts: notices about poor performance
Transparency data
A spreadsheet listing all academy trusts in receipt of pre-warning notice or warning notice letters about poor or inadequate performance.
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