Profiles: Yashna SmartMeet Yashna…Yashna Smart joined PAG back in August 2019, having previously worked for three years as a primary school teacher, teaching years 4 and 5. After originally joining PAG as an intern, Yashna has risen through the ranks, and is now the Senior Consultant for our dedicated free schools support service, Create: Schools. She has a BA in …
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 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 …
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 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 …
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 …
PAG Launches Create: SchoolsFurther to the news that PAG was successful in its bid for the DfE’s free school applicant support service, we are hugely excited to announce the launch of Create: Schools to act as the delivery vehicle for this service.Wholly owned (as we prefer to say powered by) PAG, Create: Schools will provide proposer groups with expert independent …
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) …
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 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 …