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PDNS for schools

The National Cyber Security Centre

The NCSC’s ‘Protective Domain Name Service for Schools’ has been scaled up to protect various organisations. The PDNS for schools is a service provided by the NCSC designed to protect schools from a plethora of cyber...

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Data protection in schools

Department for Education update: March. 2025

The Department for Education recently updated its guidance on record keeping and management. The Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR mandate that data retention should only be for as long as needed. You...

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Financial challenges facing Multi-Academy Trusts

The MAT financial balancing act

While MATs grapple with complex financial challenges, many continue to allocate precious resources to outdated administrative processes that drain time and money.

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Five Benefits of Electronic Medical Records vs. Paper Medical Records

Do you look at your school’s paper medical records and feel confident that they are all there and they are 100% accurate?

A lot of people are distrustful of paper records. There are a lot of issues surrounding efficiency, storage and even ensuring DfE...

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The benefits of a digital accident book

Still using paper health and medication records in your school? Now may be the time to go digital. There are many advantages to swapping from paper to online health management solutions and doing so is much simpler and quicker than you might think.

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Flexi-schooling and the impact on health and safety management.

What is 'Flexi-schooling'?

The inspectorate’s annual report warns of a "rise in unorthodox patterns in education."

'Flexi-schooling' is certainly a new phenomenon that is open to interpretation. So, what are the impacts?

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Ofsted fears the rise of flexi-schooling. Should we, too?

Alarm bells are ringing

Last week, we reported that Sir Martyn Oliver of Ofsted was increasingly worried about the rise of flexi-schooling.

Flexi-schooling permits students to attend school part-time while completing lessons, school work, and other...

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Medical Tracker Wins Highly Commended at BETT Awards 2024

Celebrating Success: Medical Tracker Wins Highly Commended Award at BETT Awards 2024We are thrilled to announce that Medical Tracker has received the Highly Commended Award for the best leadership and management solution at the prestigious BETT Awards...

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How to implement electronic health records

If you’ve never used an electronic health record software before, you might not realise how simple they are to implement. You may think it’ll involve a complicated installation process or that it will be too confusing to be helpful in a real life...

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What is an accident book?

Most of us have used or at least seen an accident book at one point or another in our lives, but how much do you know about the role of an accident book in a school setting? Accident books are a key part of health and safety provisions for both staff and...

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