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Local authorities: one week left to complete the pre-registration form!

PAG Staff2022, SEND, Uncategorised

Local authorities: one week left to complete the pre-registration form!The deadline for local authorities to register their interest in a new special free school is 11th July. You MUST register your interest in order to receive an application form. You do not need to have all the final details about your proposed school at this point, these can be amended …

Profiles: Anna Fosse Galtier

PAG Staff2022, Profiles

Profiles: Anna Fosse GaltierMeet Anna…For our very first Profile, we are delighted to introduce Anna, who joined us as an intern way back in October 2019 and since then has gone from strength to strength. A proud Newcastle United fan, Anna was born in France and now lives in London. Before joining PAG, Anna studied for her master’s in international …

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Analysis of the DfE Implementation Plan

PAG Staff2022, Policy

Analysis of the DfE Implementation PlanIntroductionFollowing the release of the white and green papers, the DfE has released their implementation plan, outlining the next steps towards the ambitions set out by each of those papers. To recap, one of the main headlines from the white paper was that the government is aiming for all schools to be part of a …

Response to the SEND Green Paper

PAG Staff2022, Article, SEND

Response to the SEND Green PaperIntroductionThe Department for Education recently released their green paper on SEND and alternative provision (AP), outlining the need for more consistency and oversight in order to ensure that all pupils have access to an inclusive and accessible education.The last major reforms to SEND approaches were in 2014, when the Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs) …

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PAG appointed by DfE as official adviser for free schools proposers

PAG Staff2022, Leadership, Partnerships, Press Release, Schools, Uncategorised

PAG Appointed by DfE as Official Adviser for Free Schools ProposersPAG has been appointed by the Department for Education as sole supplier of free schools application support. The contract starts on 1st April 2022 and is for up to three years. PAG takes over from New Schools Network (NSN), which had previously provided this service for over a decade. We …

National MAT Conference 2022

PAG Staff2022, Leadership, Partnerships, Press Release, Schools

National MAT Conference 2022We are proud to announce that we’ll be taking the stage at this year’s National MAT Conference along with our friends at School Business Services (SBS). Our joint session will go over the pros and cons of MAT mergers, the key points of consideration before a merger, as well as the Government’s view on the subject, and …

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Education Investment Areas for Post-16 Builds

PAG Staff2022, Policy, Press Release, Schools

Education Investment AreasAs part of its Levelling Up White Paper, the Department for Education has announced 55 areas of the country due to benefit from an investment in education. Dubbed EIAs (Education Investment Areas), the locations will all be prioritised for the building of new, high-quality sixth form free schools in the next application wave. At Premier Advisory we have …

Prisons Strategy White Paper Response

PAG Staff2022, Article, Inequalities, Justice, Prison, Schools

Prisons Strategy White Paper ResponseOn December 7th 2021, The Ministry of Justice released the Prison Strategy White Paper, setting out their vision for the next 10 years in how to address the most critical areas for reducing reoffending, questions on the content and implementation of some of their proposals, and opened a consultation exercise to those with an interest and …

Disability Confident

PAG Staff2022, Article, Inequalities, Partnerships, Press Release, Recruitment

Premier Advisory & Disability ConfidentPremier Advisory is proud to announce that we have signed up to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme. The scheme, which counts the number of paid employees working at Disability Confident business at 11 million, is in place to support employers in getting the most out of the talents disabled people can offer the workplace.Disability …