Louise Green, Engagement and Information Manager

Cyber security for schools – the benefits of the risk protection arrangement (RPA)

Louise Green, Engagement and Information Manager, 19 February 2024 - Advice and support

All school leaders, trustees, headteachers and governors are responsibility for making sure measures are in place that will help reduce the risk of a cybercrime.

Looking to review your school’s insurance? Check out the benefits of RPA – DfE’s alternative to commercial insurance

Louise Green, Engagement and Information Manager, 8 November 2023 - Services

Are you reviewing your school or trust's insurance arrangements this autumn? Louise Green works in the Department for Education's Schools Commercial Team. In this blog post, Louise talks about the benefits of the DfE’s Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA), an alternative to commercial insurance for state funded schools.

What is Get help buying for schools?

Louise Green, Engagement and Information Manager, 22 March 2022 - Services

We talked to Rachel Cammiss and Kevin Draisey about Get help buying for schools, to find out how the new service will help people who buy goods and services for schools.

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