The Government is making important changes to supported accommodation for looked-after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17. This type of accommodation is meant to offer young people aged 16 and 17 somewhere to live that gives them the chance to develop their independence as they prepare for leaving care and starting adult life.
We're asking children and young people with experience of care if the new standards cover the right things to make sure that young people...More
The Department for Education is seeking views before regulations are laid that will introduce quality standards and registration and inspection requirements for providers of supported accommodation that accommodates looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17. This type of provision is often referred to independent or semi-independent provision, or as ‘unregulated’ provision as it is not currently registered and inspected by Ofsted. This consultation seeks views on:
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We're seeking views on the permanent removal of the expectation that students understand and respond to unfamiliar and abstract material from the subject content for all language GCSEs, from 2023.
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We are seeking views to better understand how unregistered alternative provision is commissioned and delivered.
To achieve this, we want to hear from:
local authority representatives who commission placements in unregistered alternativive provision settings.
school-based commissioners who use placements in unregistered alternative provision settings (including mainstream, special and independent schools)
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We're seeking views on new regulations for keeping school registers and draft thresholds for legal interventions to improve consistency across England.
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The government has published a green paper on the future of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) system and is undertaking a public consultation on the green paper’s proposals.
Supporting resources
There are resources available to help you understand the proposals on GOV.UK, including:
A British Sign Language (BSL) version of the green paper
An easy-read version of the green paper summary
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We are announcing reforms to the appropriate body (AB) sector and seeking views on the transitional period, the roles of the AB, and the value of formal assessment in statutory teacher induction.
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We're seeking views on changes to the eligibility criteria for the free early education entitlement for disadvantaged 2-year-olds from households who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF).
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We are seeking views from all those interested in the regulation of social workers on proposed technical amendments to the Social Workers Regulations 2018.
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We're seeking views on the introduction of the Lifelong Loan Entitlement as announced by the Prime Minister in his Skills speech in September 2020.
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We're seeking views on proposals to reform technical and academic qualifications at level 2 and below, excluding GCSEs, Functional Skills Qualifications and Essential Digital Skills Qualifications.
We discovered the Consultation Document and Impact Assessment were based on an incorrect cohort of 16-19 year olds. The revised versions of these documents are updated versions with corrected figures. This does not change the conclusions drawn. The originals are published for transparency...More
We're seeking views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’ 2021, with a view to making changes for September 2022.
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