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Issues 30-46 of Compliance Matters are available to download as pdfs. Click on the cover to save the issue.

30: NOVEMBER 2022

Menopause in the workplace.

Effect of pornography on the developing mind

Peer-on-peer abuse 3

Alcohol Awareness Week

Road Safety Week.

Stress Awareness Day

Guide to Emoji slang

Advice on internet safety

Putting on a school concert

Recording restraint

Preparing for a Handsam radiation inspection.

Safe waste disposal

Successfully Negotiating the Safeguarding Element of Ofsted Inspections

The Children's Code

E-Training course on Cyber Security (NCSC training for school staff)

The Parable of Gord King-Wencelas

31: JANUARY 2022

Affluent abuse and neglect

Menopause: returning to work

New risk assessment template for cleaning

Hundreds of calls to sexual abuse helpline

International Safer Internet Day

Children’s Mental Health Week

Are you prepared for colder conditions?

The effects of pornography on the developing child

Dealing with violence at school

FPA: Fire Services struggling

Taking sick leave

Successfully managing Ofsted inspections

Support for senior leaders

Boy banned from trip due to COVID

Wildlife trusts campaign

Funding for West Midlands schools to learn about nature

HSE statistics 2021

32: MARCH 2022

Stress Awareness Month

International Women's Day

Schools must follow uniform rules

Political impartiality in schools

Independent enquiry into child sexual abuse

Free cyber-attack software

NCSC cyber security update

Yubo

CLEAPSS new online audit training

New early years risk assessments

Handsam: new audit actions

Handsam: new documents feature

FPA: building cladding after Grenfell

Updated first aid guidance

Improving school food standards

Changes to PPE regulations

Nursery fined after death of toddler

NHS covid passes for 12-15 year-olds

Cornwall Heritage Trust transport funding

School fined after mountain hike

33: MAY 2022

New menopause workplace policy

National teen self-esteem month

Mental Health Awareness Week

Meet the abuser

HCSA residential schools investigation

Effective management of student-level data across a family of schools

Online images: protection and removal

The government may drop PEEPS requirements

New guidance for rebated fuel

Avanti West Coast offers free school trips

Zoom event: Scandal of the next century

34: JUNE 2022

Diabetes week

New UKCIS guidance

Harmful sexual behaviour

Academy trust intervention powers

The sustainability and climate change strategy

Managing staff disciplinary investigations

Separate and single-sex services

The education staff wellbeing charter

How covid has affected mental health

FPA: government opt for stay put policy

KCKSIE 2022

New client guidance: Tasklist dashboard for cluster managers

New client guidance: sending an email to all staff regarding late tasks

Pupil dies on school trip to leisure centre

New GCSE in natural history

35: SEPTEMBER 2022

New Quick Guide icons

World Menopause day

Fire alarm hearing loss case dismissed

HSE announces asbestos inspections

Psychological health and safety

Updated e-training

Curriculum contractors course

Guidance on climate change

HSE statistics

Changes to academy trust handbook

Harmful sexual behaviour support service

KCSIE 2022

New CLEAPSS online training

UKCIS: sharing nudes update

Laughing gas

Government provides schools with defibrillators

Managing disciplinary investigations pt 2

Online child abuse

The game is up

36: NOVEMBER 2022

HSE inspections of radioactive sources

Eye protection

HSE inspections of asbestos management

CLEAPSS and Futureminds

New curriculum contractors e-course

Technician tips for science and dt

Revised construction fire safety guidance

New example policy: water safety and swimming

How can schools ensure that governors are "OFSTED ready" at all times

Animals in school

CLEAPSS have concerns over new and refurbished science facilities

New digital right to work checks

Teen vaping

IICSA and mandatory reporting

Are you prepared for colder conditions?

Stress awareness week

Road safety week

38: MARCH 2023

Creating a positive behaviour management structure in school

Free CLEAPSS courses

Eating and drinking in a school laboratory

Lockdown procedures?

WHO guidelines for mental health at work

Drink and drug misuse

Stress Awareness Month

The signs and symptoms of a stroke

Trial for menopause leave is rejected

Tree safety on school sites

Using facial recognition in schools

41: SEPTEMBER 2023

Changing approaches to lesson observation

The education inspection framework for Sep 2023

The estate management competency framework

Handsam review of Edsafe Audits 2023

Fighting artificial intelligence with parental intelligence

Updates to KCSiE 20213

New process for consent re ionising radiation

LGA: Check roof for RAAC

Estate management competency framework

Asbestos stored near school

Handsam's new fire risk assessment service

Management of asbestos in school buildings

40: JUNE 2023

KCSiE Updates

Mental health first aid bill

New Academy Trust Handbook

DfE glazing guidance

Changes to OFSTED inspections

Chat GPT and safeguarding

Summer activities outside the classroom

Healthcare plan template

Work experience placements

Concussion guidance

Sprinklers in schools

Managing stress

Internet watch foundation report

Fire door ironmongery

Stay safe in the sun

CyberAlarm

Men's Health Week

39: MAY 2023

Making the most effective use of teaching assistants in school

A guide to Freedom From Abuse CIC

Bee friendly schools

New funding available for defibrillators

The dangers of bandage clips

HSE updated guidance on violence at work

Are the tyres on your minibus legal?

Update to incident used access rights

New client guidance - changing your email preferences - Bank Holidays and weekends

Updated Handsam guidance and user tags

42: NOVEMBER 2023

Fire Safety Issues in Schools

Data Mapping

Managing Tragedy and Loss

16-Year-Old Injured on Work Placement

Political Impartiality in School

Fire Doors

British Girl Assaulted on Trip

Company Fined for Placing an Employee in Jeopardy

Issues Found by HSE in Radiation Inspections

Regulations for Supplying Explosives Precursors and Poisons

Secure Passwords

Are You Prepared for the Colder Conditions

Anti Bullying Weeks

Company Fined for Calling Menopause "an Excuse"

Child Performance Licences

43: JANUARY 2024

New Help Desk facility and Behaviour Log Module

Handsam's new fire marshal training course

E bike batteries caused fires in London and Bournemouth

A lack of vehicle and pedestrian segregation led to the death of 19-year-old worker

The online safety bill

Proposed guidance on transgender children

Mental health issues take more risks

Cider manufacturer penalised following a death at their site

New resource hub to support mental health leads in schools and colleges

Comparing financial management systems

Children's Mental Health Week

School Trips Workshop for RPA Members

44: FEBRUARY 2024

Heaters from online marketplaces removed from sale due to safety concerns

Woman with severe allergy dies after eating mislabelled cookie

Handsam system: New Behaviour Log Module

CLEAPSS: New inset presentation resources

Allergies in school: teacher survey 2023

HSE: where Asbestos hides

Free webinar: County Lines

Senior mental health lead training: extension of funding

Initial recommendations of the Workload Reduction Taskforce

Staff room noticeboards

Concerns regarding reports of vapes being used for drugs

New menopause guidance

Scouts referred to Police following teen's unlawful death

International Women's Day

46: JUNE 2024

FPA Reported: fire and rescue service culture is under scrutiny by the NFCC.

New Handsam guidance: AI Policy

Changes to the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) guidance

Internet Watch Foundation findings regarding dealing with improper images.

Preparing your classroom for the new school year.

Changes to MiDAS minibus drivers awareness scheme

Changes to relationships, sex and health education

Health and safety implications of sports day

New governance guides for maintained schools and academy trusts.

New for Handsam clients: Delayed Functionality for Administrators and Users

Guidance if your school is being used as a polling station.

World Environment Day

Diabetes Week.

World Emoji Day

A 10-year-old girl dies after in a mudslide on a school trip.

45: APRIL 2024

New governance guides for maintained schools and academy trusts.

IRMS information management toolkit for schools

Report reveals that workers with poor mental health take More risks.

New E-Training course on food allergy awareness

The hidden costs of poor risk assessments

New DfE guidance: Protective Security and Preparedness for Education Settings

Chroming

12-Year-Old girl dies on a school trip.

World Hand Hygiene Day

IOSH guidance on workplace conflicts.

Stress Awareness Month.

CLEAPPS radiation safety guidance.

Dangers of dust In D&T

"Be The Child"- A free webinar.

CLEAPSS revisions to L93 Radiation Guidance.

Group of children involved in accident travelling in Germany.

37: JANUARY 2023

Discarded batteries

Diabulimia

Incel culture

Plug socket covers

ICO tool: self assessment

LGA advises check roofs for RAAC

Preventing hair discrimination

LGBT+ History Month

Children's Mental Health Week

HSE inspection of schools with radioactive sources

Safer Internet Day

Poor risk assessment leads to fine

Fire safety failing leads to prosecutions

FPA: Failing electrical networks

Free school trips

Disabled pupils barred from school trip

BACK ISSUES DIGESTS

Articles from the first 29 issues have been compiled into six, subject specific online magazines, available to download as PDFs.

Each digest focuses on a specific area of educational compliance. Now it's easy to find advice and guidance by accessing one of the six magazines. Issues 30-39 are available to download as individual PDFs.

Click on the images to be taken to the download centre.

#1 CURRICULUM AND PERFORMANCE

Information, advice guidance and updates on all aspects of compliance in your school's curriculum.

Not a core subject? Then there could be no resit option

Ofqual implements new appeal restrictions

Animals in Schools

New rugby warm-up

ICT suite safety

Managing radiation

Being safe in drama

Considering the safety of virtual reality in the classroom

A collaborative approach to thinking on curriculum

Assessing the quality of education through curriculum intent

Health and safety on educational visits

Animals in Schools 2

Relationships and sex education

The importance of extracurricular activities

Virtual reality field trips

Walk to school

Child performance licences

Jewellery in PE

Withdrawal from sex education

Noise in the classroom

Character education and pupil personal development

Forest schools

New IOSH competency framework

Why your finance team needs to know about CLEAPSS

New guidance on aerosol-generating procedures

Schools in England told not to use material from anti-capitalist groups

DSEAR regulations reminder

LGBT History month

Veganuary

Learning outside the classroom

England hockey new guidance

School swimming

#2 DATA PROTECTION

Information, advice, guidance and updates on all aspects of GDPR and digital safety for schools.

Learn how to handle subject access requests

Record management for the public sector

Controversial pupil data collection

When to report and when to withhold parent and police notification

The data protection officer

Setting data retention records

Where did that image come from?

The difference between a subject access request and a freedom of information request

How can your school combat cyberbullying?

What to share and what not to share online

The language of data protection

Handling breaches

Teaching online safety in schools

Keeping your passwords secure

The role of the data protection officer

The devolved data powers of the UK

Collecting personal information

Making sure you are safe when video conferencing

Remote learning: Managing the implications of the new statutory landscape

Simplifying subject access requests

#3 GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE

An exhaustive archive of guidance on the running of schools and how managers can support staff.

The modern slavery act

New guidance looks at utilising pupil premium reviews effectively

The DfE publish additional information on the role of RSCs

The definition of redundancy

The Equality Act 2010

Questions answered on academy structure

Setting up a free school just got easier

iPlayer is now subject to a TV licence

The adventure activities licencing authority

RPA for academies

School trip to a city

Competency framework for governors

Governor removal powers

The all-important preliminary visit

New EU ruling allows religious symbols to be banned

Clerking competency framework

Who can drive a minibus?

Handling parental complaints

The eCigarette in the workplace

Automatic disqualification rules to charity trustees change

Centralisation to solve academic funding woes says expert

Integrated communities strategy

Managing contractors' communication and responsibility

No designer goods to tackle the stigma of poverty

Academies will now require government approval for party affiliated deals

Diabetes discrimination case failing to reasonably adjust for need

New sentencing guidelines for health and safety failings

Academy chain is accused of misusing public money

New SEND complaints advice

What could a health and safety committee do for your school?

Twenty years of LOLER and PUWER

How to embrace the implications of mandatory health and relationships guidance

Managing medicines in a school setting

The new complaints management guidance

The revised Ofsted framework and its implications for PE

Managing school detentions effectively

Should mobile phones be banned in school?

First aid in school

The Ofsted quality of education judgement Workbook scrutiny and observation

Understanding the environmental information regulations

Definitions of 'duty holder', 'responsible person' and 'competent'

Making the most effective use of teaching assistants in schools

Changing approaches to lesson observation

Protocol for ensuring effective governing body or trustee meetings

A reminder about the allergy food standards agency campaign

Are you ready for the Children's Code?

Local exhaust ventilation

Establishing protocols for link governor visits

Preparing for Natasha's Law

School milk

Changes to teacher training

Staff room noticeboards

Urgent capital support guidance updated

#4 MANAGEMENT OF STAFF

Articles covering issues from mental health to workforce planning. There is much good advice and fascinating insight here.

Changes to paediatric first aid requirements

The taboo of workplace stress

The degrees of deafness

Voice care

Managing people: The new ACAS resource

Nurses and medical provision in school

Manual handling

Reasonable adjustment duty

Preparation and communication in work experience placements

Lone working in education

Reasonable force

Personal emergency evacuation plan

Mindfulness

Dealing with tragedy

Sepsis and Scarlet fever

A healthy PE department

Respecting the rights of an ageing workforce

Responding to a crisis on a school trip

Whistleblowing

Dealing with allegations of abuse against staff

Segregation: Get out clause

Is there a culture of harassment on your site?

Occupational health

Sexual harassment

Keeping new and expectant mothers safe

Slips and trips: The most common avoidable risk

Considering the safety of office environments

Performance management

Hand-arm vibration

Taking care of your voice at work

School workforce planning

A worsening picture of female wellbeing

Developing a positive culture towards mental health in schools

Are you getting enough sleep?

Is it time to ditch the rat race?

Tinnitus management

Is there a culture of harassment on your site? Part 2

Managing work-related stress

Reducing workload in your school

Supporting women returning from maternity leave

The mental health of men

Preparing your classroom for the new school year

DSE: Do you take it seriously?

Gate duty

Workplace mental health

Ofsted warn sexual harassment is now normalised in schools

Assaults on staff in schools part 2

#5 PREMISES MANAGEMENT

Tips and information on regulations on making sure that your premises are safe, efficient and compliant.

Licencing law in school

Rare meat

The safe removal of dust and debris from classrooms

DfE and CLEAPSS warning on storage of the chemical 2 4 DNP 2

Hot working construction safety

Radioactive substances in school

Where does electrical safety rank in your health and safety priorities?

Where do fire marshals feature in fire safety?

Display energy certificates

What constitutes fixed electrical wiring?

Fire safety: A look at liability

Energy performance certificates

Air conditioning

The lessons of Grenfell Tower

New Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017

Using guillotines safely

Hot working in schools

ESFA issues guidance on concrete cladding maintenance

Fresh calls for sprinklers by safety experts

Maintaining passenger lifts

Cleaning and caretaking: Caring for essential maintenance staff

Kitchen classroom safety and hygiene

Safety signage: What the law says

Testing new fire alarm systems in school

Working at height

Gloves for chemical protection

Handsam takes a look at the health and safety considerations of boarding settings

Health and safety legislation: How does the law protect you at work?

Schools and the problem of parents parking outside

Dealing with noise in the classroom

Fire doors: The best way to stop a fire in its tracks

Good estate management for schools

Swimming pool safety and management and maximising benefits

Pressure systems in your school

Do you know if your school has asbestos?

Managing birds on school property

Environmental prosecutions spike

Playground repair debate: Who pays?

Safe traffic management on the school site

How to save water and instil the right water: Positive values

Managing trees to the benefit of all

Dealing with an interruption to your school's water supply

Minimising pollution on school premises

Staying safe in the chemistry laboratory

Recycling at school

Classroom noise and acoustics

Energy efficiency and significant cost savings

How to manage dead leg pipework

Workplace temperatures

Legionella risk management

Dealing with bodily fluids

Use of foggers in school

Use of foggers in school 2

Tree safety

Climbing walls

School car parks

#6 MANAGEMENT AND SAFEGUARDING OF PUPILS

Valuable insight and guidance about managing students in your school or academy.

Term-time holidays: Are schools dangerously undermined?

Consultation on new statutory safeguarding duties

Safeguarding young women

Search and confiscate

Prevent duty

Dress code cases

Health and safety inductions for new staff

The crime of forced marriage

Finger injuries in children can have life-changing consequences

New medical research bolsters call for a dress code law change

Safeguarding requirements

Schools can now hold spare auto-injectors

How effective is the Prevent process?

Teaching pupils how to use knives safely

The dangers of sliding down bannisters

Hijab ban receives chief inspector support

Should children be taught about the dangers of knives from an early age?

50% religious discrimination in admissions cap set to be scrapped

Asthma attacks double for suffering pupils in the autumn term

Overarching safeguarding structure document reviewed

Top tips for heat management

Leeds site finds innovative approach to forced marriage prevention

Student referred to Channel over inappropriate contact with activists

The use of internal exclusion facilities in schools

Auto-injectors and effectiveness

The do's and dont's of student work experience

How should schools support the mental health of pupils?

Staying safe on and near the water

Pupil mental health and wellbeing

Eating disorders in schools

Is your school aware of breast ironing?

Protecting pupils from the sun

Reasonable adjustments for hearing-impaired students and staff

Supporting pupils and staff with epilepsy

Health and safety on sports days

A conversation with Marilyn Hawes

Catering for vegetarians and vegans in schools

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Mental health in schools

Reasonable adjustments for visually impaired students

Supporting students with dyslexia and dyspraxia

A Q&A with Marilyn Hawes: Dating violence

Managing tragedy and loss in schools

Supporting students and staff with allergies

Theme park safety

Preventing the increasing wave of youth violence

Adverse childhood experiences

Government guidance on gender identity

The skyrocketing issues of internet misuse and harmful behaviours

Period poverty in schools

Building a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing

New survey shows that most black British children have experienced racism at school

Resilience

WhatsApp and TikTok updates

Children witnessing domestic abuse

Adverse childhood experiences and the traumatised brain

Bristol student dies from Sepsis on a history trip to New York

Peer-on-peer abuse

Child safe harm: What to look out for

Peer-on-peer abuse 2

School milk

Changes to teacher training

Staff room noticeboards

Urgent capital support guidance updated