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Mar
Mar
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Dec
Dec
Curriculum and Assessment Review 2025 – The Highlights
SFE School Support Lead Jo Perrin delivers a concise, accessible overview of the key outcomes from the 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review.
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26
Nov
Nov
SEND Transitions: How Schools Can Better Support Students Beyond the Classroom [GUEST BLOG]
Nicole Sherwood discusses practical ways to support pupils with SEND as they move into further education, employment, or independent living..
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24
Nov
Nov
Harnessing “the power of good”: Working With Parents to Address Bullying and Child-on-Child Abuse
Anti-Bullying Week provides an opportunity for schools and families to reflect on the role parents and carers play in keeping children safe...
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10
Nov
Nov
Personal Safety Advice vs. Victim Blaming – A Balancing Act of How Language and Awareness Matters
What can we do to ensure that our setting has the correct balance of giving advice whilst avoiding any victim-blaming? Jo Perrin explains...
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04
Nov
Nov
Early Reading under the New Inspection Framework: What English and Phonics Leaders Need to Know
Emma Mudge explores what the new framework means for early reading, what is no longer required and what leaders should prioritise in preparation for inspections from November onwards...
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14
Oct
Oct
How to Prioritise Mental Health This School Year
Lucie Welch offers practical advice, signs to look out for, and ways schools can build a whole-setting approach to mental health this year...
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07
Oct
Oct
What the New Statutory RSHE Guidance Means for Your School – Insights from our in-house RSHE expert Education Adviser
Our experienced Safeguarding and RSHE Adviser, Jo Perrin - a former pastoral lead - has taken a deep dive into the changes...
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18
Jul
Jul
1stClass@Number Confirmed as a Promising Programme by Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
A teaching assistant-led programme designed to improve the maths skills of struggling Year 2 pupils, has been shown to boost numeracy, according to an independent evaluation by the Education...
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03
Jul
Jul
The Power of Ensemble Playing in Schools
Assistant Head of Ensembles at Services For Education, Saphran Ali, explores why ensemble playing in schools is so important...
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02
Jul
Jul
What’s New? 2025/26 CPD Courses Delivered by Our Education Experts
Explore our comprehensive range of CPD courses, tailored to support your professional development.
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01
Jul
Jul
Artificial Intelligence: Technological Genius or Danger in Disguise?
Safeguarding Adviser, Lucie Welch, looks at the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the risks it poses...
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05
Jun
Jun
Four Tips for Keeping Children Safe this Summer
How can we prepare children to stay safe during the summer holidays? With the summer holidays just over six weeks away, Interim School Support Lead and Education Adviser here...
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29
May
May
Poverty or Neglect? Understanding The Signs
SFE Safeguarding Education Adviser, Lucie Welch, has created a free resource for schools discussing the difference between "poverty" and "neglect" and how we can support children in each case.
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20
May
May
School Vegetable Gardens: Key Hints & Tips
Education Adviser and Health for Life Lead, Helen Grundy, explains how to set up a vegetable garden for your school, with key hints and tips to help you get...
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07
May
May
Incel Culture: What Do We Mean by This Term and How Might it Impact Our Children?
Incel culture has seen a rise in popularity over the last decade – but what exactly do we mean by this term? Education Adviser, Emma Mudge, explores… ‘Incel’ is...
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06
May
May
RSHE – What Has Happened to the Momentum for Change?
Towards the end of the previous government’s tenure, a draft version of updated R(S)HE guidance came out. As with many things in the world of certain aspects of the...
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12
Mar
Mar
How to Request Information from a GP to Best Safeguard a Child
As a DSL, there’s nothing more frustrating than having that niggling feeling that something really isn’t safe in the life of a child but not being able to completely...
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25
Feb
Feb
Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing as a Priority: What does this mean for schools and education settings?
We all know that for children to thrive, to reach their full potential, and be the best they can be, they need to feel secure, safe and happy...
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07
Jan
Jan
What’s New? SFE Conferences & Spring Term Training Courses
Welcome Back! We hope you enjoyed a fantastic half-term and are ready for a successful second half of Autumn term! The Services For Education School Support team is excited...
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18
Nov
Nov
Ofsted Mathematics subject report – 18 months on, have things changed?
It’s around 18 months since Ofsted published their in depth review of maths provision. This considered a longer view than simply the preceding couple of Covid years. Now that...
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06
Nov
Nov
The Writing Learning Journey
With our upcoming Online Writing Conference on the horizon and writing still struggling to attain pre-pandemic KS2 attainment (72% in 2024 and 78% in 2019), our English Adviser Emma...
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02
Oct
Oct
More than just training delivery – how SFE collaborates with other agencies to aim to eradicate harmful practices
Sometimes people ask me “as an Education Adviser, apart from delivering training what else fills your time?”. It’s true that a large part of my work allows me to...
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Sep
Sep
