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Issue 10.11

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Talk Of The Town Whole School Approach To Speech, Language And Communication

This research by The Communication Trust demonstrates the powerful role of professional development for furthering whole school approaches to speech, language and communication support. Training sessions and ongoing mentoring for staff provided by Speech and Language Therapists, were shown in this research to successfully improve staff expertise and confidence in assessing and developing speech, language and communication, alongside boosting pupils’ speech, language and communication skills. Leadership Briefings 10.11(119)

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Balancing The Books: The Challenges Facing Schools And Academies

One in seven schools are still not budgeting effectively, despite more than a third of schools and academies suffering from a budget deficit in the past three years. With increasing costs, uncertainties over future funding with the ever-present pressure on school leaders to deliver high standards all having a significant effect on budgeting. This new report by HCSS Education looks at the challenges facing schools and academies, financial strategies and support in place, why deficits occur and what tends to lie behind this, when it happens. Leadership Briefings 10.11(119)

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Data Protection Act – breaches, compliance and use of privacy notices

The importance of Data Protection Act (‘DPA’) compliance cannot be overstated. On 26 April 2016, the Department for Education (DfE) published updated suggested forms of privacy notice, formerly known as a fair processing notice, for schools and local authorities to issue to individuals including staff, parents and pupils about the collection of personal data. Here, Morris Hill and Ken Slade take a closer look at the issue... Leadership Briefings 10.11(119)

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