Need-to-know updates

National funding formula

According to TES, the DfE has said it will not publish its response to the national funding formula consultation until after the 8 June general election. This is because the pre-election 'purdah' period for the local elections in May has already begun, and will overlap with purdah for the general election in June. 

 

Ofsted launches new good and outstanding logos

On 6 April, Ofsted launched a new logo for use by early years, education and children’s social care providers that have been rated as good, and have also redesigned their ‘Outstanding provider’ logo for use across all the areas inspected by Ofsted. Providers must now use their unique reference number to download the relevant logo which is available in a variety of formats for use on websites, stationary and other materials.

For more details visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ofsted-launches-new-good-and-outstanding-logos

 

School census 2016 to 2017: guide for schools and LAs

Guidance to help schools complete and submit their autumn 2016 to summer 2017 school census data has been published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-census-2016-to-2017-guide-for-schools-and-las#history