Blogs and Guidance

Newsflash - Extension of furlough scheme
  November 04 2020

As you may be aware, following the announcement at the weekend of the national lockdown coming into effect on Thursday, the introduction of the Job Support Scheme which was due to come into effect on 1 November 2020 has been postponed and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (better known as the Furlough scheme) has been extended until December 2020.

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Newsflash - National Lockdown
  November 04 2020

As you are aware, following the Government’s announcement at the weekend of the imminent national lockdown on Thursday, schools, colleges and universities will remain open.

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Newsflash - H&S stress management in schools
  October 27 2020

This CPD accredited course is aimed at school leaders or those with delegated responsibility for ensuring stress is effectively managed, and Health and Safety legal requirements are met.

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Newsflash - Face coverings in schools
  October 26 2020

The DfE has updated two of its guidance documents in light of the government's announcements concerning local COVID-19 alert levels and tiers of restriction.

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Newsflash - Welsh School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document 2020 published
  October 22 2020

The Welsh School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2020 has been published.

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Newsflash - WisePay
  October 22 2020

We are aware that many schools have been affected by the large data breach that WisePay suffered between 2nd – 5th October.

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Newsflash - Data Protection
  October 14 2020

Documents added to out portal and Brexit and transfers of data outside of the UK

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Newsflash - Employer Offence to Allow Breach of Self-Isolation
  October 06 2020

New laws came into force on 28 September in England which set out obligations on employers to ensure workers (and agency workers) self-isolating do not attend their workplace or other places for work business.

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Newsflash - New Job Support Scheme
  October 01 2020

As we set out in our newsflash last week, the Chancellor announced the new “Job Support Scheme” (JSS) as part of the Winter Economy Plan to take effect when the current Furlough scheme comes to an end at the end of this month.

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Newsflash - New Academic year 2020-2021
  September 24 2020

Welcome back to everyone. We hope the first few days of the new academic year have gone well and students and staff are settling into the new routines smoothly and keeping safe.

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