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A survey to capture up-to-date information about children’s experiences of school, to celebrate the achievements of schools in supporting their pupils and drive improvements in the support available across England.

Following the removal of the Improvement Notice by Minister Janet Daby MP, Kent County Council (KCC) is seeking views on how the Specialist Teaching and Learning Service (STLS) might fit within new ways of working that are being introduced as part of the ongoing transformation of Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services in Kent.

NurtureUK was commissioned by Kent County Council in September 2021 to run a three year programme of whole school approaches to Nurture for mainstream primary and secondary schools in Kent.

In 2023 the Department for Education (DfE) published an updated version of Working Together to Safeguard Children (WT 2023).

If you’re thinking about returning to practice, the message from staff in the NHS is ‘go for it’.

Kent County Council has reviewed the services it provides to its maintained mainstream and special schools and pupil referral units (PRUs).

In Spring 2023 the previous Government announced its ambition that all parents and carers of primary school-aged children will be able to access term-time childcare in their local area, if they need it, from 8am to 6pm so that parents can access employment and improve labour market participation.

The County LADO service and Education Safeguarding Service merged in September 2024 following an evaluation of the two services.

The Association of Education Advisers (AoEA) has been established to help ensure quality and consistency in the advice given by school and college improvement advisers working in the education system.

The digital form to report your 16 to 19 tuition fund 2023 to 2024 spend will be available for completion between mid-September and mid-October.

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Dozens of children on the Isle of Sheppey are set to benefit from a new provision at Richmond Primary School, providing additional specialist support for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) within a mainstream school and closer to home.

A new Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) is set to open this month at The Downs Church of England Primary School in Deal, creating additional specialist support for children with SEND within a mainstream school setting.

A brand-new fleet of 62 gritters is coming to Kent this winter, and each needs a fun and unique name.

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