Paradigm

Trust Centre

How Paradigm is governed, maintained and held accountable — in one place. Every document here is genuinely current; where something isn't finished yet, that's stated plainly rather than hidden.

Editorial governance

Editorial Standards

How Paradigm distinguishes official guidance, Arena commentary, discussion papers and community discussion, and the editorial process behind every document.

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Publication Methodology

Version numbering, review cycles, retired and superseded papers, corrections, document history and citation standards.

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About Paradigm

What Paradigm is, who it's for, and how it relates to Arena's products — including why Arena exists.

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Legal & data

Privacy Policy

How Arena handles personal data across its products and websites, including Paradigm — covers cookies (Section 11: functional-only, no tracking or analytics cookies, no consent banner needed).

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Terms of Use

The terms governing use of Arena's websites and products.

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Disclaimer

Official guidance always remains the authoritative source. Every Paradigm paper carries this statement directly — see Editorial Standards for the full policy.

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Accessibility
In progress

Accessibility Statement

Paradigm is built with semantic HTML, keyboard-navigable menus and skip-to-content links throughout. A full accessibility statement — including a formal WCAG conformance audit — has not yet been completed; publishing one honestly, rather than asserting a compliance level that hasn't been verified, is a deliberate near-term commitment.

How Paradigm is maintained

How documents are maintained

Every paper has a named author, a version number, and a last-reviewed date. Reviews happen whenever cited guidance changes, and at minimum annually — see Publication Methodology.

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How official sources are monitored

Policy Watch and the Observatory track DfE, Ofsted, ICO, Education NI, CCEA, ETI and UK Parliament Education Committee publications. Currently curated manually while automated monitoring is being finalised — disclosed on the Observatory itself, not hidden.

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How corrections are made

Corrections of substance are logged in a paper's document history with the date and a description of the change; the version number increases accordingly. Nothing is corrected silently.

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