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DfE planning new guidance for medical interventions at school. This non-statutory guidance will set out roles and responsibilities of school staff, amid concerns that a lack of school nurses is leading schools to carry out more complex medical care. [Schools Week]

Your board is responsible for making sure pupils with medical conditions are supported in school. Find out how this works in practice, including staff roles and pupils self-administering medication.

Delayed KCSIE guidance promised for July. The DfE has promised that Keeping Children Safe in Education, usually published in May or June each year, will be published this month, with minimal changes. [Schools Week]

We’ll be updating our summary of KCSIE as soon as the guidance drops. Select ‘save for later’ at the top of the article to receive a notification when this happens. 

DfE outlines how local authorities are moving closer to the NFF. The national funding formula (NFF) has been ‘tightened’ for 2025-26, meaning most local authorities are now aligned more closely with the government allocations. [Tes magazine - subscription required]

We set out everything you need to know about the NFF and other streams of funding, so you're clear on what elements make up your school finances.

This week's headlines

• Ofsted to ensure that ‘most’ inspection teams include at least 1 person with context-specific experience [Tes magazine - subscription required]

• What you need to know about GCSE results day and gradings for 2025 [BBC News]

• Almost 200 school-based nurseries set to open this September [GOV.UK]

• No decisions made on future of EHC plans yet, with government saying it’s not looking to end ‘effective provision’ [Tes magazine - subscription required]
  

• Government admits that it doesn’t know how many pupils will lose free schools meals under new criteria [Tes magazine - subscription required]

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