David Dalby
Director of Funding and MIS at National Star College, specialist residential and day college for students with disabilities based in Cheltenham, Hereford and South East Wales.
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Cyber Essentials MFA becoming mandatory
Here we go again, although not directly funding, we have discussed the dreaded Cyber Essentials Certification previously, so here we go again. Our IT team have picked up to renew certificate from A...
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Last Date New Start - when may be updated?
Here we are again planning for September 2026, where a lot of the qualifications we currently offer at Level 1, 2 and Entry have a LDNS of July 2026. From memory it was around June when dates got u...
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Free School Meals Information
Our Principal has asked if I can find details of any students who received Free School Meals in the last 5 years at school. I thought this was available on GIAP, but can't see it. Is it on GIAP or ...
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Taking Teaching Further - Ofsted?
Slightly off-topic query - I've been asked by our Principal if the Taking Teaching Further programme we run (funded by DfE) is in scope for Ofsted inspection. The team who run the programme claim i...
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Do we need an address to start a student on programme?
Here's a new one on myself - we have an application from a student with an EHCP, so will be High Needs Funding (we are a specialist College), but we can't get an address from parent. We know local ...
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Apprenticeship/EHCP High Needs Funding
Hoping someone can give me a a steer on where to investigate this further. Has anyone ever looked at having an Apprentice that has an EHCP and would therefore be eligible for High Needs Funding fro...
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Studying part time with two institutions 16-19
Can anyone point me to guidance on a 16-19 year old enrolling part time with 2 institutions? We've been by to ask if we could provide a part time programme for a student who is already part time wi...
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Supported Internships - English and Maths COF
Checking I haven't missed something on Supported Internships meeting the 100 hours COF for English and Maths. we run a 4 day a week (full time) SI programme where learners are normally in the workp...
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ILR 25/26 summary of changes
Couple of queries on 25/26 ILR summary of changes.A follow up change due to the previous year’s removal of the destination and progression entity. We are reverting the minimum occurrence of learner...