Indentified Burden
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Standards Fund no longer incorporates a lengthy bidding process.
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Bidding has been removed - financial allocations are made by formula
- April 2001.
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Introduction of single school level reporting form covering all
strands of the Standards Fund
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New form in use in schools since April 2001.
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Standards Fund - Schools no longer restricted in how individual
funds can be spent.
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Schools can transfer money between funds without prior Local Education
Authority approval - April 2001.
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Standards Fund - Schools no longer need to spend all their funds
by the end of the financial year.
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Schools can carry over grants beyond the end of the financial year
to the end of the school year to allow expenditure to span the full
school year - April 2001.
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Monitoring of Standards Fund will be improved.
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Standards Fund is monitored by comparing outcomes against existing
targets. More detailed monitoring takes place on a sample basis -
April 2001.
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Development of a Universal Document Classification System that
will apply to all communications to schools.
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A new tool, the Information Classification System, has been launched
which will enable school staff to access and process information
sent to them more easily - September 2002. For ICS click here
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Schools’ responsibilities around completion of Common
Transfer Forms (CTFs) has been made clearer
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Assessment and Reporting Arrangements booklets have been modified
to make clear that schools are not required to complete entire CTFs
if the information duplicates what has already been provided electronically
- September 2001.
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Schools will be able to electronically transfer statutory items
on the Common Transfer Forms in a standard format.
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Software for Common Transfer Forms made available to schools – April
2001.
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Every school will have at least one networked computer with internet
access for management and administrative purposes making paper based
Common Transfer Forms obsolete.
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Every school has access to a networked computer and to the internet – April
2002.
Electronic CTF became the required method – June 2002.
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Less information will be required for Common Transfer Forms.
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CTFs were simplified and have been introduced to schools – September
2001.
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Schools no longer need to produce a separate Governors’ Annual
Report and School Prospectus.
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Schools can merge the Governors’ Annual Report and School
Prospectus to produce one combined annual document– April 2002.
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There will be clearer guidance about the writing assessment record
sheet at the end of Key Stage 1.
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The QCA/DfES Teacher’s Handbook has been amended to make
it clear that completion of the writing assessment sheet is optional.
Revised editions of the Handbook have included examples of completed
sheets to help teachers decide how much information is required – December
2001.
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LEAs and schools will have a common approach for the completion
of Key Stage 1 record sheets by LEAs and schools.
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Completion of Key Stage 1 record sheets is now optional. However,
should schools wish to complete them a standard format has been produced
and is available in QCA guidance at the following address:
http://www.qca.org.uk/ca/tests/ks1/2003ara_changes.asp.
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Schools will no longer be required to complete three separate assessment
forms for Newly Qualified Teachers.
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A single cumulative assessment form for Newly Qualified Teachers
has been introduced with an electronic version – May 2001.
(Three separate assessment forms are still available for schools
wishing to use them).
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Ofsted to develop pre-populated S1 to S4 forms.
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New S1-S4 forms have been introduced with some pre-populated data.
(September 2002). Complete implementation will be by September 2003.
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Head teachers will be given better guidance on how much information
is needed for Form S4 and parts of Form S1.
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An alternative shortened version of Form S4 is being piloted. New
complementary guidance is being developed which includes a suggested
maximum length of 10 A4 sheets. September 2003.
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The Autumn Package will be streamlined.
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The Autumn Package has been streamlined by limiting narrative
and improving presentation graphs and tables – October 2000.
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A new CD-ROM version of the Autumn Package issued to schools
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Every school has received a CD-ROM version of the Autumn Package
which automatically plots school against national progress when loaded
with school data. October 2000.
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