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Reviewing your school against the DfE digital and technology standards
The Department for Education (DfE) has set a long-term ambition for schools and colleges in England to work towards meeting six core digital and technology standards by 2030. The six
Digital Individual Support Plans are coming…
The Every Child Achieving and Thriving White Paper, published in February 2026, sets out the government’s plan to require digital Individual Support Plans (ISPs) for children and young people with
Cyber resilience and the updated Ofsted toolkit
Most schools already have one or more policies covering cyber security. The bigger question is whether they can quickly show that those policies are being put into practice. From 7
AI Readiness: What a Term One AI Audit Should Cover
AI use is already widespread in schools. In the DfE’s December 2025 survey, 82% of primary teachers and 78% of secondary teachers said they had used generative AI in their
DfE’s AI tutoring plan: what it means for your infrastructure and data protection
As schools begin the new academic year, AI tutoring is moving quickly from a future possibility to something schools may soon need to support in practice. At Everything ICT, we
Digital oversight and Ofsted’s September 2026 inspection toolkit
With the new academic year close, this is one of the last useful windows for schools to bring their digital evidence together before September pressure returns. Ofsted’s updated school inspection