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The timing is a little ironic; a story praising an approach taken by the DfE and everyone’s on half term! Nevertheless, praise where and when it is due. There was an audible groan of frustration heard at PAG towers when the Multi Academy Trust Development & Improvement Fund (MDIF) approval letter hit the mats of our client MATs. It appeared …
40 years ago, the report from the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Handicapped Children and Young People, chaired by Mary Warnock, radically changed the educational picture for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The report introduced the term ‘special educational need’, to identify any child who needed extra or different support, and posited that, at the …
While headlines around grammars and the faith cap took all the headlines, comments from Damian Hinds in his speech to the National Association of Head Teachers on 4th May are continuing to echo around the sector. Hinds appeared to continue the government’s row back from full and forced academisation which started with Nicky Morgan’s now infamous ‘Z-Turn’, the effects of …
We are proud to announce that Premier Advisory Group has been judged to have maintained its delivery of the ISO Standard 9001:2015 in management consultancy. This is the world’s most respected quality management classification and is designed to hold companies to a level of standards that enhance customer satisfaction. It also provides verification that the services provided will consistently meet …
On 4th May 2018, Education Secretary Damian Hinds delivered a speech at the NAHT conference in Liverpool, addressing a range of issues including teacher recruitment and retention, school funding, and new out plans for accountability within schools. Hinds stated at the conference “children only get one shot at an education and we owe it to them that they can get …
One of the key recommendations of a report published by the House of Lord’s Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement in April of this year is that the government should implement statutory entitlement to citizenship education from the start of primary school until the end of secondary school. The report acknowledges the potential strain that this will put on …
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner, wants the government to consider ‘fining schools’ found to have excluded pupils for the purpose of trying to improve their exam results – a practice known as “off-rolling”. The DfE has announced a review into exclusions and as part of the review Ms Longfield declared “I’ll be making the case for the government to look at …
Admittedly, words I was not expecting to be writing any time soon, However, rather than a pledge around Pinot, Absolut and Rioja, we’re committing to Partnership, Access and Recruitment. Since starting PAG we’ve been a big believer in leading by example. When we speak to clients about setting up and governing schools we do so from a position where we …
In what we expect to be a busy few days for the Free Schools programme, DfE today launched the process for new 16-19 Maths Free Schools. In a change from the standard process for free schools and that which was followed for the previous Maths Schools, proposers are being asked to complete an initial expression of interest, following which they …
Curriculum remains a popular subject of debate in the education sector (as it should!). According to a Policy Exchange think tank report, the National Curriculum 2014 (NC2014) was an attempt to address the mistakes of predecessor national curricula. The report noted that England had two problems. One was a problem of excellence: the outcomes of the schools’ system were not …