Stone King - Quick Reads

6/26/2026 8:29:55 AM

Safer recruitment in education and early years settings: Lessons from the DBS Update Service Case

By Craig Vincent Laura McHugh

Recent BBC reporting has highlighted serious safeguarding concerns arising from the use of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)...

5/28/2026 3:10:55 PM

By Richard Freeth

The Department for Education (DfE) has published an updated version of the statutory guidance on suspensions and exclusions. The guidance...

5/21/2026 10:09:55 AM

By Lucas Atkin

The European Commission has published guidelines on its classification of what AI systems and use cases it considers to be high-risk. ...

5/18/2026 9:57:58 AM

By Chris Emm

The Department for Education has updated its school capital funding guidance, confirming the framework for the 2026–27 financial year....

2/24/2026 10:22:28 AM

By Tom Morrison

The long-awaited white paper ‘Every child achieving and thriving’ has landed. There is a lot in it and it is not just another schools...

2/23/2026 4:56:12 PM

By Zara Jordan

Stone King's Family Law team are so pleased to read the latest Department of Education white paper: ‘Every child achieving and thriving’....

2/10/2026 3:05:27 PM

By Baljinder Nizzer

In a world where skills gaps are widening and competition for talent remains high, apprenticeships provide a powerful alternative to...

12/16/2025 4:47:02 PM

By Ciara Campfield

The Prime Minister’s promise this week to “have a look” at the VAT anomaly hitting further education (FE) colleges is welcome, but it...

11/14/2025 3:39:37 PM

By Julie Moktadir

Student Sponsors - the new rules in relation to satisfying the financial requirements were introduced this week. Link to the UKVI...