UPDATED: The standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.
Aug
03
Jul
24
Minutes of the virtual Chairs'/Vice-Chairs' briefing that took place on July 15th are available here.
Jul
21
The main responsibility of the Inclusion Team is to manage and prevent permanent exclusions. We do envisage, however, that there will be several young people returning to school in September who may struggle to re-engage with education. Colleagues within the Inclusion Team have a wealth of experience working with young... read more →
Jul
21
We are delighted to announce that Northumberland has been successful in the 20/21 bid of Wave 3 monies for the CYPS mental health support team (MHST) in schools trailblazer initiative, one of only four areas in the region to gain additional funding. This will allow us to build on the... read more →
Jul
21
From Monday 20 July, the DfE will be reducing the frequency of email updates from every weekday, to one email per week which will be sent on a Monday for the duration of the summer holidays. The DfE plan to resume sending daily updates from Monday 24 August in preparation... read more →
Jul
21
This week’s edition of Safe to Learn can be found here.
Jul
21
I would like to thank you for all the time and trouble that you have taken to send such kind messages to me over the last few weeks. I have enjoyed working with you enormously and it will always be a source of pride for me that I have been... read more →
Jul
21
UPDATED: The Department for Education (DfE) has updated its guidance relating to governance in maintained schools and academy trusts in England.
Jul
21
The number of pupils in our schools and settings each day over the last few weeks has stabilised at between 9000 and 9,500, with a further 1200 children in pre-school provision. The percentage of the total cohort that is now back in school is well above the national average.
Jul
21
We will continue to publish the 5 0’Clock Update throughout the six weeks of the summer holiday. From next week, it will be published twice a week on Tuesday and Friday evenings. We will review this after three weeks to decide whether to carry on publishing twice weekly or to... read more →