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Dear Subscribers I start with a question – how is your and your staff’s mental health and wellbeing? A press release from the DfE this week announces a series of measures to enhance teacher recruitment and retention. The first promises a new investment of £1.5 million to deliver a three-year mental health […]
Education Policy and Research Service 2023-2024 Weekly Update 17 January 2024 Read More »
Do you work in Education? Use Healthier Together to Support School Attendance We are delighted to announce our funding application process opens today for Healthier Together Champions in Education Settings. Please share within North East and North Cumbria Funding of up to £2,000 per individual school/education setting or up to £10,000
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Please see a link below to allow you to join our upcoming Northumberland Schools Sustainability Network meeting to find out more about the Education Nature Parks national programme from the north east team. Find out how your school can sign up and start putting nature at the heart of education. Also an opportunity to
Northumberland Schools Sustainability Network – Monday 29th January Read More »
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Headcount SPR 2023-24 (School360 submissions) For those of you who submit headcount/census via school360, the pre-populated form is now available within the 2023-2024 > SPR 2023-24 file. Please ensure 30 hour codes have been validated and have a start date before 31st December. Headcount Day – Thursday 18th January Deadline to submit – Friday
Early Years Update Read More »
Reading Health Check We still have a limited number of Reading Health Checks available for schools. We are able to support schools in Durham, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Northumberland, Newcastle and Darlington. As part of this, we can offer support to implement a chosen DfE funded Phonics Scheme. Please see
FAO all headteachers and reception teachers please find attached briefing slides outlining the procedure for EYFS Profile 2024.
EYFS Profile Briefing 2024 Read More »
The spring term senior leader briefings take place on 22, 23 and 25 January, organised by the School Improvement Team. The face to face briefings are designed to keep headteachers/senior leaders up to date with a wide range of issues, and give you an opportunity to catch up with each
Senior Leader Briefings – Spring term Read More »
An online briefing session has been set up for 4pm on 8th Feb to provide information for schools interested in the North of Tyne School Mental Health Award, run in partnership with the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools at Leeds Beckett University. Over 20 Northumberland schools have
North of Tyne School Mental Health Award – free for Northumberland Schools Read More »
t’s now less than a month until Safer Internet Day with its theme of “Inspiring Change? Making a Difference, Managing Influence, and Navigating Change Online,” To help schools get ready, the UK Safer Internet Centre has recently released an exclusive collection of short films, designed to captivate and educate children and
Safer Internet Day – Tuesday 6th February 2024 Read More »
Thank you to those schools that have engaged with the discussions around alliances since September. The School Improvement Team have spoken to the majority of schools and the feedback has been used to shape the ideas and possible structures for alliances. For those schools that have not yet seen the
Northumberland Education School’s Alliances Read More »
Dear Subscribers I hope you had a good Christmas break – it may now seem like a distant memory. Plenty to report in the world of education, so read on for your first weekly update of 2024! The January summaries are underway, with reports so far on the inspection system and
Education Policy and Research Service 2023-2024 Weekly Update 11 January 2024 Read More »
Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of languages, culture, and creativity! This year’s festival is jam-packed with FREE events, activities and resources designed to ignite the curiosity of children and young minds in schools and communities, as well as offering resources for educators and activities for adults and
Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages is BACK and better than ever! Read More »
The Northumberland Schools Library Service & Literature Works are running a conference on 9 February in Morpeth. For full details please click here.
Conference: Focus on Non-Fiction – Reading & Writing Across the Curriculum Read More »
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team 🎊Happy new year to all our Northumberland Early Years colleagues!🎊 Please find message attached. Wizard Upgrades The wizard has had some recent upgrades to allow you to check the new codes for working parents of 2 year olds and EYPP eligibility for all age
Early Years Update Read More »
Are you looking to support your pupils to become active citizens within their communities? Do you want to develop the social skills, confidence and resilience of your pupils? Are you keen to find ways to develop SMSC, Character Education and promote pupils’ Personal Development? The Archbishops’ Young Leaders Award (AYLA) is a fully resourced leadership and character education programme that could support your
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Dear Governors, Welcome to the Spring Term and happy new year! The date for our Spring ‘virtual’ Briefing is Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 6:00pm As usual the briefing will be recorded for those of you who cannot join us or wish to view at a date/time more convenient. This information can be
Please see attached flyer regarding a one day conference hosted by Northumberland Schools Library Service & Literature Works on Friday 9th February 9.00am – 3.15pm County Hall, Morpeth
Conference – Focus on Non-Fiction: Reading and Writing across the curriculum Read More »
Happy new year and welcome to Kooth and Qwell’s January newsletter for local services. We hope you had a good break and are feeling refreshed for the new year. Recent research from Kooth shows that 97% of young people say it’s important to not need a referral to access Kooth. Kooth and Qwell are available to
Northumberland – Kooth & Qwell Newsletter for Local Services January 2024 Read More »
To help you make the most of your Education Policy and Research Servicesubscription here are last month’s highlights, our subscribers’ topthree most popular downloads from December’s summaries. 1) EPRS 23/24 33: Beyond Ofsted: An Inquiry into the Future of SchoolInspection (National Education Union) The Beyond Ofsted inquiry was set up
Education Policy and Research Service – December’s Top 3 Downloads Read More »
Please find details of our training courses below. All courses are currently delivered over Microsoft Teams, unless otherwise stated. Please also see the attached document which gives further details on all of our courses. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your contacts who you think would be
Health Improvement Training (HIT) Programme Read More »
Ofsted inspections of schools will resume on 22nd January after they were paused so inspectors could undergo mental health awareness training. Inspections of early years providers can take place from 8th January. Urgent inspections (previously known as No Formal Designation inspections) may take place before 22nd January.
Ofsted Inspections Delayed Read More »
Dear All Building on the success of our Relationships Summit in February 2023, we are excited to host an event that explores one of the fundamental principles of Family Hubs – creating father-inclusive spaces and services. Our goal is to bring together managers and practitioners to share and celebrate our
Dads Matter Summit 12/02/24 Read More »
Please see attached national fraud alert relating to a fraud which hit a LA school this year.
Please find details of our training courses below. All courses are currently delivered over Microsoft Teams, unless otherwise stated. Please also see the attached document which gives further details on all of our courses. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your contacts who you think would be
Health Improvement Training (HIT) Programme Read More »
Dear Colleagues, 🎄Updates from the Team A Christmas message from the Early Years Team Please see the attached message. Directors Update Please find letter and annual report attached from the Director of Education, SEND & Skills. Wizard will change in the new year! This is in order to be ready to check the
Early Years Update Read More »
Here is the latest Schools Go Smarter newsletter, please contact tracy.aitken@northumberland for any further information.
Schools Go Smarter Newsletter Autumn Term 2023 Read More »
Youth Aspire Connect has worked with young people in Hull to create an animation based on their real life experiences of racism and racial prejudice. These are true stories that have affected everyone who took part. Here is the film. It is suitable for all ages. The children and young people
Just Ignore it: Anti-Racism film created by young people in Hull Read More »
The long awaited draft non-statutory guidance for schools ‘Gender Questioning Children‘ was published today (19th December 2023). It is now open for a consultation period until 12th March. The document contains statements such as ‘ There is no general duty to allow a child to ‘social transition’, which may lead to some confusion
Draft Gender Questioning Children Guidance published by DfE Read More »
Please find attached issue 2 of the Safer in Education newsletter that includes the sections: Safe to Learn for Designated Safeguarding Leads Learn Achieve Celebrate for Designated Teachers Attendance Matters for school attendance leads The SWAY version is available at this link: Safer in Education December 2023 A pdf version is
Safer in Education Newsletter Read More »
Please see attached with information for a virtual keynote with Paul Dix and save the date for Relationships Still Matter Conference.
Paul Dix Virtual Keynote and Conference Save the Date Read More »
