The government has updated their summaries of the material that schools must or should publish online, including in relation to:
- SEN Information Reports, which need to be updated at least annually
- details of how a school complies with the public sector equality duty, with information which needs to be updated every year: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/149
- a school’s equality objectives, which need to be updated at least once every four years
- contact details of SENCos
Schools will also typically wish to publish the Accessibility Plan, that they have to update at least once every three years. Information as to that Plan needs to be included in their SEN Information Report.
There are no changes to the law and our guidance on publishing of the above, but in the updates of our summaries we have sought to bring together all the relevant material in one place and to set it out clearly.
Heads, SENCOs and governors/trustees are invited to consider whether the above material on their websites remains up to date.
The relevant links to DfE summaries of the requirements and expectations of schools are:
- for maintained schools, https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-maintained-schools-must-publish-online
- for academies/free schools, https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-academies-free-schools-and-colleges-should-publish-online
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Update on access to work funding remote employability activities post January:
'We are waiting for a ministerial decision on the continuation of Access to Work funding for remote employability activities post January 2021. We expect to receive the decision very shortly, but until then you can continue to use Access to Work funding for remote employability activities'