Blogs and Guidance

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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Newsflash - England's STPCD 2020 Published
  September 24 2020

As you may be aware, the DfE has now published the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2020 which will take effect retrospectively from 1 September 2020.

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Newsflash - Autumn 2020
  September 24 2020

We hope this newsletter finds you all well in an unusual time. We know some of you will be back to your workplace (some may never have left it!) and some will be working from home. Either way we hope you are staying safe and well.

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Newsflash - Back to school
  September 18 2020

Welcome back! It has been a hectic six months. We hope the return has gone relatively smoothly for your school. We just wanted to let you know of a few updates we have been working on:

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Newsflash - H&S HSE School Spot Checks
  September 18 2020

As Dutyholders, Head Teachers/Principals and those delegated with health and safety responsibilities within schools have an important role to play to ensure that the risks of coronavirus transmission are adequately controlled in line with government guidance.

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Newsflash - Update and Guidance on Centre Assessed Grades
  July 28 2020

The guidance on handling Centre Assessed Grades (CAGs) has been mixed, resulting in inconsistent guidance being provided to schools.

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'On The Sofa with Sarah Crouch' Senior Health & Safety Consultant
  July 06 2020

'On The Sofa with Sarah Crouch' | CMIOSH Senior Health & Safety Consultant. We will be running this session on Tuesday the 7th of July at 2:00pm via Zoom.

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On the Sofa with Vicki Hunt
  June 22 2020

HR: How to Get the Best Out of Your Staff

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