Date updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
In this month's edition:
- New year: new term – school obligations this 2018/9 academic year
- Disability discrimination claims now possible on behalf of excluded children with ‘tendency to physical abuse’
- Public Accounts Committee Academy Conversion report published
- Let’s talk about sex, relationships and health – DfE relationships education consultation opens
- Schools’ Duties to Actively Promote British Values and Equality
- Using sanctions regarding academic performance in sixth forms post St Olave’s
- Forced Marriage: Schools’ Duties and Roles in Preventing It
- Brief Alerts September 2018
- New year: new term – school obligations this 2018/9 academic year
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With the start of September, we publish a handy guide setting out obligations and considerations for schools (independent, academies and maintained) as they start the new school year.
- Disability discrimination claims now possible on behalf of excluded children with ‘tendency to physical abuse’
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The recent case of C&C v The Governing Body of a School has reversed a regulation made under the Equality Act which meant that disabled children were not entitled make a claim of disability discrimination regarding their exclusion by a school if their behaviour causing the exclusion demonstrated a ‘tendency to physical abuse.’
- Public Accounts Committee Academy Conversion report published
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As part of a sequence of reports on education, a highly critical report on the conversion of schools to academies has been published by the Commons Public Accounts Committee. These are the main findings.
- Let’s talk about sex, relationships and health – DfE relationships education consultation opens
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The Department for Education has published draft guidance, regulations, and a regulatory impact assessment relating to relationships and sex education (RSE) in schools and has launched a consultation seeking views on the proposals: see here. The drafts form the first update to guidance around RSE for schools since 2000 and come ahead of the introduction of compulsory relationships and sex education in schools, currently expected to apply from 2020 to allow time for implementation.
- Schools’ Duties to Actively Promote British Values and Equality
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Ofsted has increasingly focused on how well schools promote fundamental British values and meet their ‘equality duties’, expecting Schools to show an active rather than passive approach.
- Using sanctions regarding academic performance in sixth forms post the St Olave’s Affair
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The focus on lawful exclusion in schools continues to grow and state schools are recommended to remind their staff that they cannot use disciplinary sanctions in relation to academic performance following the St Olave’s case.
- Forced Marriage: Schools’ Duties and Roles in Preventing It
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‘Forced marriage’ is where one or both parties do not consent to marriage, but are forced into it through physical or emotional abuse. It differs from arranged marriage, which is part of some cultures, where, crucially, prospective spouses can choose not to go ahead with the arrangement. Forced marriage was made illegal in 2014 under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act. Despite this, last year there were almost 1,200 reports of forced marriage in the UK and in over a quarter of these cases those being forced to marry were under the age of 18. What is a school’s role and obligation in preventing forced marriage?
- Brief Alerts September 2018
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- Face covering
- Selective schools
- Home Education
- Careers Hubs
- Education, Care and Health Plans
- Work on Site
- Transfers
- Exclusions and Violence
- Holding Schools to Account
- Other Examination News
- ESFA Developments
- Asbestos
- Admissions
- And finally
- GDPR Services for Academy Trusts and Maintained Schools
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The GDPR Guidance Pack Updating Service
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