#AskAboutAsthma is back this September for its eighth year, and we want to invite you to be part of it. For 2024, the #AskAboutAsthma campaign will run from 9 – 15 September. This year’s theme is Helping children and young people with asthma live their best lives. We’re looking at quality of life and […]
Dear Subscribers In spite of the looming election, there is plenty to report on this week, mainly in the form of new statistics. Read on… We begin with some updates on Special Educational Needs (SEN) – the latest SEN figures were published this week. They paint a picture of rising need. In
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team New entitlement for 9 months+ This week please focus on asking parents of under 2’s to apply via childcare choices for their free 15 hours and bring you their codes for September starts, you need them validated via the working families checker in Wizard
Early Years Update Read More »
The Services to Schools SLA Portal has now been in operation for a number of years and we are keen to collect the views of schools in relation to the operation of the portal by completing a survey at the link HERE. Your opinions are important to help influence the future development
Services to Schools Service Level Agreement (SLA) Portal Survey 2024 Read More »
Dear Colleagues I am pleased to bring you the June summaries – a wide range of themes which will, I hope offer something of interest to you all. As we draw ever closer to the election, my list this month begins with a report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies
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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
Health Improvement (HIMP) Training Programme Read More »
For the attention of the Head teachers, EYFS leads, KS1 leads and PE coordinators Hello There is an exciting new offer from The Bikeability Trust for a half day training for school staff to deliver training to EY and KS1 pupils. The training is free and schools will also receive
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All schools in Northumberland are in a pre-paid area for emotional health resources hub: https://inourplace.co.uk/northumberland/ Here you will find; This means parents can access a range of online support to better understand children’s emotional health, brain development and wellbeing. For more comms material and information you can contact vicki.collins@northumberland.gov.uk
Dear Subscribers The sun is finally here (at least in Bristol) and it is time to see if the news from the world of education is equally sunny! The DfE has published statistics on the offers made to applicants for primary and secondary schools places this year. Figures are provided at national,
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Please see attached school term dates September 2025 – August 2026.
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Facilities Management will be running several training sessions throughout 2024 – Please see attached document for more information.
Caretaker Training Read More »
There is a free story-telling event at Alnwick Playhouse on 29th June for families, aimed at children aged over 7s. If you are a school in the area the Playhouse would be grateful if you could share with your parent body. We are told Malcolm Green is a remarkable story-teller!
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Applying for free 15 hours for under ‘s Please remind parents they can now apply via HMRC for places from September 2024! Also don’t forget to collect in their codes and validate via Wizard. Updates from Partners Recruitment Incentive Pilot Look out for a
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A message from Jack Rivers at Humankind charity. Partners in delivering the Rainbow Flag Award in Northumberland schools As an educator, I am sure you are aware that the DfE recently released a new draft document where updates to the RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education) statutory guidance for schools
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Join us at the Holiday Inn on 1st October 2024 to spend a day learning about resources and approaches to help us work protectively and preventatively with children and young people when we teach and speak about equal, respectful and positive relationships. Every participant will leave with resources and contacts to
Young People’s Healthy Relationships Summit: 1st October 2024 Read More »
Dear partner, Last year, we allocated the Eat, Sleep, Play Learn fund to support our children and young people, which was part of the council’s response to cost-of-living pressures. The fund was very well received across the County and received over 500 applications for support. We have now refreshed the fund to ensure it is
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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 81: National Behaviour Survey: Findings from AcademicYear 22-23 (Department for Education) This report from the Department for Education draws on
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Calling all Maths specialists! The National Education Nature Park team from the Natural History Museum and Royal Horticultural Society invite you to join us for a free professional development opportunity. We are hosting a 1-day workshop to generate exciting new resources and tools that can be used to teach Maths
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Please see attached flyer for Forest School course starting in September and more information is available on the website: https://oases.org.uk/for-schools/training/course-accredited-courses/
Forest school course September 2024 Read More »
Dear Subscribers It is time for our weekly updates from the world of education! Somewhat appropriate that I mention Ofsted twice in these updates, as they are inspecting our PGCE programme this week. I was pleased to be able to mention the EPRS toolkits when talking to the inspector about
Education Policy and Research Service 2023-2024 Weekly Update 14 June 2024 Read More »
Funding for NPQs is changing from September 2024. Previously NPQs were free, however funding will only be availbale to certain schools from September. Full details are available here.
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Any schools whose families need support with the nasal flu consent form can request to have NHS staff in school who will help families complete their forms. The staff are available from now until the end of term. If schools can liaise with families and agree dates to come in,
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Northumberland Portage Service is delivering a National Portage Association Workshop at Blyth West Family Hub on 10th and 11th October 2024. The workshop is suitable for all Early Years Practitioners. The Course aims to develop: Central to the course are the ‘Portage Principles’ and the ‘Three Circle Model of Portage’. These are
National Portage Association Workshop Read More »
FAO All Headteachers Please see attached letter from Helen Hinds, Business Resilience and Emergency Planning Lead for the County Council, responsible for the Civil Contingencies Team.
Civil Contingencies Team – register as a potential Assistance/Rest Centre Read More »
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team 2nd Headcount SUM 2023-24 If you require a 2nd headcount form for disadvantaged funded 2 year olds who have; started accessing funding with you, or have increased their hours since full headcount, please email sophie.downing@northumberland.gov.uk by Wednesday 19th June 2024 Early Years Qualification Forum
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(Middle Schools – FYI) HMRC are currently developing a new IT solution to help parents with primary school-aged children access Tax Free Childcare (TFC). This solution will facilitate a smoother customer journey for parents to pay for wraparound care via cashless payment systems, if schools use them. This is due
Northumberland County Council are working with the consultancy firm Deloitte on our flagship transformation programme. As part of this partnership, Deloitte are keen to provide some free “Careers Talks” with groups of students who are starting to think about their career choices. About Deloitte Deloitte is the leading global professional
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Dear Subscribers I hope that those of you in schools and colleges had a pleasant and restful half term break. I have taken the opportunity to begin work on the June summaries and have so far summarised a report from Ofqual on AI and Ofsted’s review of teachers’ professional development
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As part of Northumberland’s Attendance Strategy we are targeting support from central services to where it is most needed. We have a range of data, information and intelligence to help us to do this. However, we share the concerns of schools and parents/carers about the high and increasing number of
Information gathering – EBSA Read More »
I am writing to let you know about our upcoming online Adult Mental Health First Aid training which is being delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub. Learning takes place through four live training sessions spread across two weeks and the four live sessions for this course are on Monday
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