Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team REMINDER – Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) 2 year olds are now eligible for EYPP, this is an extra 68p an hour, please check eligibility via the EYPP module (guidance attached). Don’t forget to include EYPP eligibility codes in your headcount return. Financial Incentive […]
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New for 2024, the Schools Challenge will be an opportunity for school children in the North East to gain insights into the tech industry and be inspired by what technology can do in everyday life. The challenge invites children between ages 9-13 (year groups 5-8) to participate in developing an innovative tech-based solution
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Please see attached for more information.
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Dear Colleagues, Local Authority Officers are required to collect information on Free School Meal numbers in schools for the Spring Term 2024. This will include: * Your FSM percentage uptake * The cost of FSM in your school * Does your menu meet the minimum nutritional standards set out by
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This summer term, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) are excited to be delivering two work experience programmes providing young people in years 10 and 12 with an insight into different careers with the NHSBSA, sparking curiosity and raising awareness of how we work and what we do. To find
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Education Policy and Research Service 2023-2024 Weekly Update24 April 2024 Dear Subscribers After a sunny weekend (how lovely after all the rain!), it is a new week and time for some updates from the world of education. In a recent update, I outlined the expansion of the government’s childcare offer which now includes families
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Dear Governors, Our summer term chair and vice chair briefing will be held on Tuesday 7th May at 6pm online via Teams. If you would like to attend or sign up for the recording, please complete this form. A meeting invitation and agenda will be sent to you on Friday 3rd May.
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Please see attached fraud alert. Could you please check to ensure we have not made any payments to this account and/or email accounts for any unrecognised rules diverting emails. If you have any questions, suspicions or concerns, please contact the Corporate Fraud team via fraudline@northumberland.gov.uk.
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Applications are now open for this year’s LOVE Northumberland Awards – the annual celebration of all that is great about community environmental work in the county. The awards, now in their 13th year, will culminate in a special event at the Alnwick Garden with the Duchess of Northumberland in the summer.
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The DfE provide sporadic email updates for school leaders, “to keep you updated on key education issues”. You can read it here. You can sign up to receive the updates direct to your inbox by completing this form.
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Year 2 and 6 standardisation meetings take place in early June. To book please use the following links: 4 June: 5 June: 6 June:
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On the 6th June 2024, the D-Day 80 events will mark 80 years since one of the most significant military operations in history. As part of the celebrations schools are being encouraged to take part in this unique ‘tribute’ to the many thousands of children killed by enemy action and
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Updates from the Team New Entitlements Communication New assets available on Childcare Choices to help you market the entitlement and to support parents to understand what they might be entitled to. REMINDER – Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) 2 year olds are now eligible for EYPP, this is an extra
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Dear Colleagues I hope that those of you in schools had a lovely restful Easter break and are ready for a long summer term! The April summaries are here – many topical issues on the list this month! There is something of a focus on higher education this month, with
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BALTIC Apprenticeships, tech and digital apprenticeship provider to Northumberland County Council, are hosting a webinar on April 26th at 10am, focusing on the critical role of data in education and how data apprenticeships can address challenges within school trusts. We’ll be joined by Rob Wall, Data and MIS Lead for
Please find attached, an invite to the National Wraparound Briefing for First, Primary and Secondary Schools. For your convenience we will be offering a choice of two dates. Please complete the relevant form on the flyer attached indicating your preferred session and to confirm your attendance. Once you have completed
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Please find details of our training courses below. Please also see the attached document which gives further details on all of our courses which are currently delivered over Microsoft Teams, unless otherwise stated. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your contacts who you think would be interested
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My name is Heather and I sit within the Climate Change Team at Northumberland County Council. I’ve recently taken over from Hazel Scurr, whom you might have had contact with, and I’ll be responsible for engaging with Schools on Climate Change, amongst a number of other responsibilities. I wanted to
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FAO – All staff and Governors in First, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special, Alternative Providers The DfE have recently announced that Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 will undergo technical changes only before final publication in September 2024. They have also opened a consultation page, with a view to new guidance being published in September 2025,
Safeguarding Children in Schools and Colleges: A Call for Evidence. Read More »
All schools MUST submit daily attendance data from September 2024. Whilst the majority of Northumberland schools already do so there are a number that need to ensure they are in a position to do so. This DfE document specifies the data to be submitted and the method for submission to
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FAO Primary and Middle school headteachers SATs timetables – YEAR 6 In order to plan our monitoring visits during SATs week, we kindly ask all schools to send their timetables to Gemma Telfer, gemma.telfer@northumberland.gov.uk, by Monday 29th April please.
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Education Durham have widened the reach of their forthcoming headteacher conference to include Northumberland schools. Click here for further information. There is a discount on staying at the hotel if that appeals!
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National Numeracy are running a fully-funded Schools & Families Programme for primary schools in the 2024 – 2025 school year. The programme provides schools with CPD training, resources and activities to support them in improving children’s numeracy, whilst also increasing the confidence of the adults who support them. National Numeracy aim
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Does your school have an amazing environmental project you want to tell the world about, then why not enter the LOVE Northumberland Awards. Now in their 13th year the awards will be held on the 13th of June at Alnwick Gardens, hosted by the Duchess of Northumberland and help to celebrate the very best in community environmental work
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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 March’s summaries. 1) EPRS 23/24 61: Telling the story: the English education subjectreport (Ofsted) This report from Ofsted evaluates the common strengths and weaknessesof English
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Dear Subscribers I do hope that those of you in schools and colleges had a refreshing Easter break and are ready for what is quite a lengthy summer term. The world of education has not been sleeping during our absence, so read on for some post-Easter updates. I begin with
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Northumberland’s Public Health Team has an annual plan of health awareness campaigns. To help us share and shape health messages, we’re looking for people who live and/or work in Northumberland to sign up as a Community Health Champion. The role of a Community Health Champion has three levels: Sharer: As a
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Please find attached a flyer with further information.
Archbishops’ Young Leaders Award (AYLA) Summer Updates Read More »
There are still places available on the Youth Mental Health Awareness training session on Thursday 25th April 2024, 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm, should you or anyone you know be interested in attending. Places on our courses must be booked through the online platform Learning Together, and you can book a
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Leaders Briefing Please find invite attached for further information including how to book on. Working Families Codes Keep validating codes via Wizard, you need the confidence they are eligible this term to offer places. Remember the start date and birth date must
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