The BBC’s 500 Words story writing competition is now open for entries. Children are encouraged to write a story they would love to read. The competition is open to 5-11 year-olds and deadline for entries is 9pm on Friday 8 November (spelling, grammar and punctuation aren’t marked – it’s all about creativity). […]
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Headcount troubleshooting – Ask us anything! (school360 users only!) Do you need extra support or have questions around completing your headcount return in school360? We are holding a drop-in session on Monday 30th September between 1:30 – 3:30pm. Click the link to join the
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On the 4th October, during World Space Week,RTC North are delivering an online space event called STEMFest in Space. We have an exciting range of speakers ready to inspire your students. This event is open to all schools and is aimed towards Key stage 2 and 3. To register, please use the link below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stemfest-in-space-2024-tickets-999139923407?aff=oddtdtcreato You
Are Citizenship concepts a contributing factor when you plan your Citizenship lessons? If not, they should be! Sign up for our live online CPD session on 1st October 2024 to discover their crucial role in lesson planning in our upcoming workshop, led by Professor Lee Jerome and Zoe Baker. In this 90-minute session, you’ll
Understanding Citizenship concepts and how to apply them – Live expert-led CPD session! Read More »
1. Young Enterprise is delighted to invite you to our 2024 Teacher Conference in Manchester in November focusing on better preparing your students for the future and equipping them with the tools they need to learn to earn and look after their money. Sign up FREE today 2. Money Heroes is launching the
Financial literacy support and resources for 5-11 and 11-19 year olds Read More »
The DfE provide ad hoc updates via email to schools and settings. The latest was published today (23 September). The content is available here.
Please see attached flyer regarding a free online session for parents and carers to help young people in developing skills to succeed in skills based employment. We would be grateful if schools share this with their parent communities.
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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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The government is committed to offering a free breakfast club in every primary school in England. This will build on the national wraparound childcare programme and national school breakfast programme. The DfE will be inviting schools to take part in an early adopter scheme. The scheme will seek to test and learn what
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Are you looking to develop pupil leadership and character education? Would you like your pupils to become active citizens in their communities? Do you want your pupils to be resilient, confident and empathetic members of society? Acomb Primary School in York has been running the Archbishops’ Young Leaders Award for
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Friday 8th November, 12pm – 1pm This epilepsy learning session will give you an introduction to epilepsy covering the following areas: The session will also explore links to health inequalities and clinical areas of vulnerability, and share available resources. Book your space
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Last chance to register! Thursday 26th September, 4pm-5pm The Network is delighted to host an online interactive paediatric epilepsy awareness raising session for education professionals working with young people in the North East and North Cumbria. The session will be delivered by clinicians including the members of the NENC Epilepsy Leadership Group. Topics covered will
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Last chance to register! Tuesday 24th September, 3.30pm – 4.30pm Join this learning session aimed at Healthier Together Champions and other individuals working in education or communities with parents and carers. The session will give an overview of common childhood illnesses, symptoms, management, and guidance around school attendance. It will give
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APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN! We are thrilled to launch the 2024/25 Chris Drinkwater Creative Health in Primary Schools Awards in partnership with Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums. The Awards recognise collaboration between education & the arts for children’s wellbeing in primary schools across the North East and North Cumbria. Creative health
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Funding EYPP Children from 9 months plus are now eligible for EYPP. This is an extra 68p an hour (£1.44 for 3- & 4-year-olds), please check eligibility via the EYPP module. Don’t forget to include EYPP eligibility codes in your headcount. Headcount and Payment
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North East Combined Authority are pleased to launch Inspire, our small grants programme for North East Combined Authority (North East CA) schools for 2024/25. Grants of up to £10,000 are available to support a minimum of 42 schools situated in the North East CA area (the local authority areas of County Durham,
NECA Inspire education grants programme – open for applications until 11 October 2024 Read More »
Ofsted has today published updates to its state-funded school inspection handbooks as well as its deferral, pausing and gathering additional evidence policy, ahead of routine school inspections returning on 23 September. From this term state-funded schools will not receive an overall effectiveness grade during graded inspections, following the decision by the
Ofsted handbooks updated – 16 September Read More »
Please see attached flyer regarding a free online session for parents and carers to help young people in developing skills to succeed in skills based employment. We would be grateful if schools share this with their parent communities.
Free online session – The Skills Revolution Read More »
Dear Head Teacher Please can you ensure that you keep your SEND coding accurate and up to date on SIMS (or equivalent). If you have determined that a child/young person meets the SEND Support criteria, they should be identified using a ‘K’ code. Likewise any learner with an EHCP should
The School Improvement Team are lucky in that we see and hear about all of the fantastic things that go in in schools; however that good news isn’t always shared far and wide. We are therefore collecting good news stories to share across the county. If you have something to
Celebrating the good things that happen in schools! Read More »
Senior leader briefings are designed to provide information and updates to headteachers/senior leaders, and give those attending the time and space to see colleagues and discuss pressing issues. The content will be the same at the North, Central and West meetings so you only need to attend one. The agenda
Autumn Term 2024 SENIOR LEADER BRIEFINGS Read More »
North East Primary Ambition are excited to invite you to our virtual network meeting for careers leaders on 21 October. These meetings are essential opportunities for us to connect, collaborate, and share practice in fostering the bright futures of our pupils. We understand that your schedules may be busy, which
First/Primary Careers Network Meetings Read More »
This term Ofsted will be hosting the following webinars: School inspection update: autumn 2024 In this webinar we will provide an outline of the updates to the school inspection handbook for maintained schools and academies including: the removal of the overall effectiveness judgement, changes to ungraded inspections and other changes
Ofsted webinars for schools Read More »
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has a statutory duty to represent the views and interests of children in England to Government. This survey of all schools and colleges in England aims to drive improvements in the support available to children. It asks about the support your
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Voice North East was launched in September 2023 to respond to feedback from schools in the North East. School teachers and leaders were pointing to oracy as a key priority for development in their pupils. Bringing together 100 schools of all phases in Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland, Voice North East’s goal is to provide a supported
Announcing an extended Voice North East Project in September 2024! Read More »
TWAM Regional Learning Team are seeking Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland schools with early career teachers (which can also include teachers in their first five years of teaching) to apply for the Cultural Match Programme. Successful schools will be given a £3,000 budget to work with a Creative Producer to
Call-out for Schools: Cultural Match Programme 2024/5 – worth £3000 Read More »
We would like to invite expressions of interest in an exciting new fully-funded action research project for curriculum leaders in secondary Science. Building on the successes of the Linking Leaders project for primary headteachers and middle leaders, North Tyneside, Newcastle and Northumberland Local Authorities, alongside North East Combined Authority, are
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Please see revised attached letter – the previous post showed an incorrect letter in error. Every year, the Dfe requires Local Authorities to contact the parents of Year 8 and 9 pupils with information about schools in the region that offer provision at ‘atypical’ entry points. This is just for
CORRECTION – Atypical points of entry 2024 Read More »
We want to hear from families to help shape the future of services for children and young people with SEND in Northumberland Families are encouraged to have their say by completing an online survey through the Local Offer website and sharing their experiences about what is working well and what
Northumberland SEND survey is closing soon – families encouraged to have their say Read More »
