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Ofsted has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the education inspection framework and needs your point of view. Please see the link below and add your input. This is an opportunity to have your say!

Ofsted

Ofsted launches a consultation on proposals for changes to the education inspection framework Click here!

Consultation proposals on how Ofsted inspects schools, early years settings and further education and skills providers, to take effect from September 2019.

12:00am, 16 January 2019: First published.

Here is the link to the Draft Inspection Handbooks relating to the Ofsted consultation.

Being a parent or carer to a child or young person can often be difficult without emotional support and guidance there to help. Many parents feel confused by what information is available or struggle to access services close to home.

Our free National Parent Support Service tackles these issues in a new and innovative way by using a network of ‘virtual’ volunteers from across the country to support parents and carers through telephone calls, email and text message. The service is open weekdays 6pm to 10pm and weekends 10am to 1pm. Longer-term support is also available through our free befriending and counselling services.

Please signpost parents and carers you work with to our National Parent Support Service:

• Freephone 0808 802 0222
• Text: 07537 404 282
• Email NDPSS@family-action.org.uk

Find out more here.

At least half a million children in the UK arrive at school each day too hungry to learn. Research has shown a direct link between the breakfast habits of children and their educational attainment, with children in primary schools where breakfast is provided achieving on average up to two months’ additional academic progress over the course of a year.

Our exciting National School Breakfast Programme, in partnership with Magic Breakfast and funded by the Department for Education, is working to support 1775 schools in disadvantaged communities across the country to improve access to healthy breakfasts and learning.

The service aims to:

• Ensure more children receive a healthy breakfast at the start of their day.
• Improve educational outcomes of disadvantaged young people
• Share best practices across schools and encourage innovative approaches to school breakfast provision

If a school in your area is interested in exploring the benefit of removing the hunger barrier to learning for all your pupils, please complete an Expression of Interest form here.