The Island Games: More than just sport performances

The Guernsey 2023 NatWest International Island Games XIX was a week when sport took over the front pages, as well as the back. Throughout the week, triumphs and disappointments were reported at pace. But off the pitches, courts, and tracks, there was work going on behind the scenes which didn’t make the papers. For Jersey, … Read more The Island Games: More than just sport performances

Updating the School Funding Formula

Posted on Categories Education

Today the Government has published an updated funding formula for 2023, which outlines how the education budget has been allocated to schools in the financial year 2023.  What is the school funding formula?  The funding formula is an operational document – it sets out the budgets for the different areas that schools need to fund. … Read more Updating the School Funding Formula

Why we can’t give teachers a 15.4% pay rise

Minister for Children and Education responds to Acting Children’s Commissioner

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Here, Minister for Children and Education, Deputy Inna Gardiner, responds to a letter from the Acting Children’s Commissioner, following publication of reports earlier this week by the the Jersey Care Commission. The reports related to children being placed in emergency, temporary accommodation that was not registered with the Jersey Care Commission. The full text of … Read more Minister for Children and Education responds to Acting Children’s Commissioner

Un An Pus Tard – The Jèrriais Language Strategy 2022-25 – One Year On

The Jèrriais Language Strategy 2022-25 was launched a year ago and in this article Ben Spink, Head of the Jèrriais Teaching Service, looks back at some of the highlights in a year where the number of Jèrriais learners grew to over 1000, compared to just over 150 in the academic year 2020-2021.

Supporting early learning through the 50 things app

Elaine Walker, Interim Associate Director, at Children, Young People, Education and Skills talks about her first WomenEd event

Last year, when my friend and former colleague Gary Burgess passed away, I promised to get back into blogging as part of my commitment to #bemoreburgess. Unfortunately, I’ve not done very well with my pledge, as juggling a busy workload with a young family is a full-time commitment itself. As a former journalist, I always … Read more Elaine Walker, Interim Associate Director, at Children, Young People, Education and Skills talks about her first WomenEd event

Jersey 2036 – what you’d change

How do we shape a long-term vision for Jersey

In my last blog post, I looked at why we need a long-term vision for Jersey – an addition to the four year plans set by each Council of Ministers and which would be the guiding document by which all other policies across government would be guided and informed. How though do we begin the process … Read more How do we shape a long-term vision for Jersey

Jersey’s Digital Policy Framework – feedback so far