PAG Explains: Capacity Mapping

PAG Staff2023, Article, Capacity Mapping, free schools, Schools

PAG Explains: Capacity Mapping  Here at PAG, we designed a Capacity Mapping service to ensure that the resource and capacity structures in growing organisations are fit for purpose. It is vital to safeguard against lack of capacity within members of your central or executive team to ensure that you can work towards each milestone, project, and strategic priority effectively and efficiently …

Here to stay: the dilemmas of AI in education

PAG Staff2023, Article, Schools, Uncategorised

Here to stay: the dilemmas of AI in educationBy Ernestina Alvarez CoronaChatGPT has sparked widespread debate and interest since its debut in early 2023. This cutting-edge chat-based large language model (LLM) has sparked considerable interest as well as numerous debates about the future of work and education. In a previous article, we addressed the rising anxieties that the OpenAI software …

Should ChatGPT have a place in schools?

PAG Staff2023, Article, Schools

Should ChatGPT have a place in schools?“ChatGPT, the large language model developed by OpenAI, has the potential to revolutionise the way we think about education and teaching. In particular, it can have a significant impact on grading in schools.  The new Open AI language model likes to think of itself as a groundbreaking tool to make grading easier for teachers …

Unregistered schools and Unregistered APs under OfSTED’s Eye

PAG Staff2023, Article, Schools

Unregistered schools and Unregistered APs under OfSTED’s EyeSince 2016, OfSTED’s Unregistered School Taskforce has monitored the activity of unregistered education establishments, commonly referred to as illegal schools. In the last six years, the government organisation has conducted over six hundred inspections throughout England. As a result, it has managed to get ninety-seven institutions to adapt their services according to legal requirements …

PAG Explains: Childcare Sufficiency Assessment

PAG Staff2022, Article, Early Years, free schools, Policy, Schools

PAG Explains: Childcare Sufficiency AssessmentsPAG have undertaken full Childcare Sufficiency Assessments (CSAs) for over 30 Local Authorities in England and Wales. We have experience stretching back to the days of childcare audits in the early days of Sure Start and the Childcare Act 2006. As market leaders in the delivery of full CSAs, PAG’s expertise in assessing childcare markets and …

PAG Explains: Trust Mergers

PAG Staff2022, Article, Governance, Leadership, online resources, Schools

PAG Explains: Trust MergersFollowing the release of the White Paper back in March, mergers are the talk of the day. The DfE are now not only proposing academy conversions but encouraging smaller MATs to become larger. In response, PAG’s clients are now commonly asking us about how to prepare for a merger discussion.PAG has a proven route to guiding MATs …

PAG Explains: Opening a Free School

PAG Staff2022, Article, bid writing, free schools, Interview, online resources, Schools

PAG Explains: Opening a Free School Free schools were a central tenet of Conservative education policy going into the 2010 election. The Programme was launched shortly after the coalition government came into power and by 2013, 174 free schools had opened across the country. Today this number stands at over 600 open free schools.At the time, PAG’s managing director, Tom …

PAG Explains: Local Authority Competitions

PAG Staff2022, Article, bid writing, free schools, Local Authority Competition, Schools

PAG Explains: Local Authority CompetitionsIf you are looking to open a free school, there are two main ways of doing so. One is through the central free school waves, which are currently open (find out more here). The second way is through a local authority competition.A local authority competition, or the free school presumption process as it is also known, …

PAG Explains: Free School Bid Writing

PAG Staff2022, Article, bid writing, free schools, Schools

PAG Explains: Free School Bid WritingWith the Department for Education’s announcement back in June of three new free school waves, many trusts and local authorities are now faced with the daunting, and potentially unfamiliar task of writing a free school bid. Here at PAG, we have a team of expert consultants with a wealth of bid writing experience across a …

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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 …