Archive for January, 2010

Launch of School Closures web site

January 6th, 2010

With all the bad weather currently affecting the country, parents are glued to local radio stations listening for the name of their child’s school before heading out on a potential long and perilous journey.  Information about school closures is a potentially patchy affair, with each school contacting a variety of information providers in a bid to inform parents of school closures.

We have therefore decided to construct a central web site at schoolclosures.info to hold national school closure information to provide a single point of reference for parents wanting to know about school INSET/training days, closures due to bad weather or to check holidays – in effect any time a school is closed to pupils.

This also supports schools in delivery of their business continuity procedures by providing another communication medium through which to communicate with parents.

The service is free and there and no plans to introduce any charges for this service.  The site will be fully searchable on the name of the school as well as having the usual facility to browse an entire authority.

If you would like more information, please get in touch at enquiries@schoolclosures.info

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Beware of Yellow Pages Scam

January 4th, 2010

Colleges and schools are being targetted by yet another scam, this time billing for online advertisements at around £600.  Payment is usually requested to “The Yellow Pages 24″ company with either an address in postcode area W1 or with payments directly to an account in Germany.

Taking advantage of the frequently hectic pace within school administrative teams, bursars and finance officers receive an official looking invoice requesting payment; due to pressures of work, many are passing them for payment without the necessary checks and balances being put in place.

School based colleagues are urged to always question any requests for payments which do not have an existing approval to spend attached.

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BETT Show

December 3rd, 2009
January 13, 2010toJanuary 16, 2010

BETT is the world’s largest educational technology event and is being held from January 13th – 16th at London Olympia.

More information and free registration at: http://www.bettshow.com/

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