Welcome to our Autumn education bulletin.
As we now have a general election confirmed for the 12th
December, whilst we await their manifestos we take a quick look at
the position of the main parties and include a recently published
joint response from Wrigleys Solicitors and SSAT to the
Government's education policies.
We review safer working practices for those working with
children and young people in education after recent changes to
non-statutory guidance produced by the Safer Recruitment
Consortium, including the new criminal offence of
"upskirting".
We also take a look at the key messages from the recent ESFA
letter to accounting officers of academy trusts and provide a
reminder of the key changes included in the Academies Financial
Handbook 2019 and what this means for the education sector.
