In this section you can access copies of emails sent to local authority directors of children’s services and chief executives from May 2010 onwards.
LA updates
Support and aspiration: A new approach to SEN
Information for local authorities regarding the publication of the Government's Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability - progress and next steps green paper.
LA Update 15 May 2012
Publication of adoption scorecards
Information for local authorities on adoption scorecards, which allow authorities to evaluate their performances and compare them with others.
LA Update 09 May 2012
Revised school exclusion arrangements from 1 September 2012
Information for local authorities about their responsibilities with revised exclusions arrangements, including SEN experts and financial adjustments.
LA Update 09 May 2012
Statutory KS2 grammar, punctuation and spelling tests
Information for LAs and Year 6 teachers about new statutory tests based on Lord Bew's independent review of Key Stage 2.
LA Update 09 May 2012
Need to know: 2011/12 and 2012/13
Information for local authorities to help them plan ahead for the rest of the academic year as well as clarifying some misconceptions.
LA Update 30 April 2012
Duty on LAs to consider complaints about maintained schools
Information for local authorities about their duty surrounding complaints about the curriculum, sex education and religious worship in maintained schools.
LA Update 11 April 2012
Reform of alternative provision
Information about Charlie Taylor's report on alternative provision and the Department's consultation on measures to take forward many of its recommendations.
LA Update 11 April 2012
Improving the assurance system for financial management
Information about the Department's consultation on financial management in local authority maintained schools, which ends on Friday 11 May 2012.
LA Update 03 April 2012
Revised statutory guidance on the roles of DCS and LMCS
Information for local authorities about revised guidance on the appointment of the Director of Children’s Services (DCS) and the designation of the Lead Member for Children’s Services (LMCS), which replaces 2009 guidance.
LA Update 03 April 2012
Revised Statutory Framework for the EYFS
Information regarding the publication of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS), which will come into effect from September 2012.
LA Update 28 March 2012
