Blogs and Guidance
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This series of newsletters covers the advice regarding the management of school premises during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and includes The Department for Education (DfE) latest guidance to help schools achieve good estate management.
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Welcome back from Easter break. As everyone is getting settled into a regular routine of homeworking, we wanted to provide a bit of guidance on some common issues: use of Zoom, phishing emails and free school meals.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is aware that people holding a First Aid at Work, Emergency First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid at work or Emergency Paediatric First Aid at Work qualifications nearing expiry date might experience disruption to access to requalification as a result of the Coronavirus. The HSE has announced that they will be offering a three-month extension to the validity of the qualifications if the Leaner or Trainer/Assessor is unable to requalify.
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During these uncertain times, management teams are having to adapt to a whole new range of operational needs for staff and pupils.
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This is a new and difficult time for staff, parents and pupils alike. Please do rest assured that the DPO team will be able to provide data protection and freedom of information support to your school(s).
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Due to the current climate many schools have seen the rise in flexible working and working from home, more and more of staff find themselves doing so for the first time.
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Following our advice last week on homeworking during the Coronavirus (and given the recent guidance for schools to close), we have been working on a form of wording that you can modify and send to parents informing them about homeworking and how this will impact on data.
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The Coronavirus Covid 19 pandemic is already starting to have an impact on schools with some having to close down briefly due to cases with staff and students and there is the possibility that the government could shut down all schools to prevent further spread of the virus.
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You will hopefully have started using our compliance dashboard and we can’t wait to show you all of the features we will shortly be launching on it (including the ability to data map and to log breaches).
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The Government has released guidance to assist schools and other educational settings in providing advice for staff, students and parents or carers.