I’ve worked throughout the whole of August and remember a time when this month was less frenetic, with fewer emails and scheduled meetings, where you could catch up on things.
I think those days have gone now since it was a month filled with activity and meetings with the Department for Education (DfE) and the Home Office (HO) on a number of issues which I covered because John Pearce, our President, was having a well-earned break.
Areas covered included the implications of the High Court ruling banning the use of hotels for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, the associated impact because of the lack of suitable placements and the possible options to tackle this, and latterly as I write this, the change to the guidance for schools with confirmed reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Oh, and with a live interview on the Radio 4 Today programme on school attendance thrown in early one morning.
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