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<br /> THE<br /> VOICE<br /> ISSUE 25 | AUTUMN 2020<br /> BACK TO SCHOOL –<br /> WITH A DIFFERENCE<br /> A new year, a new way of working in the COVID climate<br /> CULTURE TRUMPS<br /> What makes a<br /> successful organisation?<br /> PERFORMANCE<br /> MANAGEMENT<br /> What to expect this term<br /> Building regulations | Training | Estate management<br /> TRUST<br /> Frontier Software<br /> with your payroll<br /> processing<br /> Accurate, secure and reliable<br /> 0845 370 3210<br /> sales@frontiersoftware.com<br /> www.frontiersoftware.com<br /> OFFICES IN AUSTRALIA, INDIA, MALAYSIA, NEW ZEALAND, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE AND UNITED KINGDOM<br /> 03 EDITOR’S LETTER<br /> LETTER FROM<br /> THE EDITOR<br /> Over the last six months, education leaders have provided<br /> ongoing teaching and learning for many pupils across the<br /> <a title="The Voice 25 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ac33ac6e?page=1"> THE VOICE </a> <a title="The Voice 25 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ac33ac6e?page=2"> TRUST Frontier Software with your payroll process</a> <a title="The Voice 25 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ac33ac6e?page=3"> 03 EDITOR’S LETTER LETTER FROM THE EDITOR </a> <a title="The Voice 25 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ac33ac6e?page=4"> CHIEF EXECUTIVE COLUMN 04 WORD FROM THE CHIEF E</a> <a title="The Voice 25 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ac33ac6e?page=5"> 05 CHIEF EXECUTIVE COLUMN “Our professional </a> <a title="The Voice 25 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ac33ac6e?page=6"> Education Suite for schools, academies and MATs </a> <a title="The Voice 25 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ac33ac6e?page=7"> 07 CONTENTS CONTENTS THIS ISSUE IN 14 </a> <a title="The Voice 25 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ac33ac6e?page=8"> Education law specialists Knowledge. 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