Blogs and Guidance
This blog is based on Judicium’s Health and Safety ‘Sofa Session’ from the 28th January 2026, with our resident expert Alice Campbell.
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The latest ERA implementation explains the imminent changes to trade union legislation, and several things that schools, trusts and colleges should do now to prepare.
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This blog is based on Judicium’s Facilities ‘Sofa Session’ from the 14th January 2026, with our resident expert Joanne Fisher and Neil Merry. This session focused on premises safety, planning day-to-day, and contingency plans for when your caretaker is absent. Practical tips for auditing and ensuring correct regulations and training are in place.
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This blog is based on Judicium’s Health and Safety ‘Sofa Session’ from the 7th January 2026, with our resident expert Jamie Ashard CMIOSH. This session focused on Common key stressors in the education sector, Applying the 6 key HSE management standards for stress, Completing a stress risk assessment and implementing practical solutions.
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On Tuesday 16th December 2025, the Employment Rights Bill was finally passed in Parliament and today, it has received Royal Assent! It is now the Employment Rights Act 2025.
This is a summary taken from Judicium’s DPO ‘Sofa Session’ from the 12th December, with our Data Protection Consultant Daniel Richardson.
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This is a summary from Judicium’s Safeguarding and Thrive ‘Sofa Session’ from 3rd December, with our Judicium Safeguarding consultant Joanne Bocko, Thrive Head of Innovation and Principal Trainer, Viv Trask-Hall and Director of Thrive, Tom Preston. Drawing on decades of combined experience in safeguarding, governance, SEND, leadership, and mental health, the panel unpacked how the framework’s shifts will impact schools, what Ofsted will be looking for, and how leaders can position themselves for success.
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On 27 November 2025, the UK government altered a flagship commitment in the Employment Rights Bill and dropped plans to grant most workers protection from unfair dismissal from their first day of employment. Instead, the Bill will now grant unfair-dismissal rights after six months of continuous service. Read this blog to uncover the reasons why, what this means for schools and how we can help.
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This blog is based on Judicium’s Health & Safety and SEND session on 26th November with resident expert India Cottenden
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In this post, we look at the four ERB Consultations that have been launched by the government and set out links to the consultations so that you can have your say.
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