Dear Colleagues,
Updates from the Team
đź“ŁWe want your feedback!
We are seeking your feedback on the Northumberland Early Years SEND and Inclusion support and funding offer. Your feedback ensures we develop our processes to meet the needs of the changing early years workforce and have the biggest impact on outcomes for children, in particular those most at risk of disadvantage.
As such, we would be very grateful if you could take the time to complete this short survey covering your experiences this year. The survey will close on Monday 13th July. It is intended for all EY practitioners to complete including SENCos, Managers, SLT in Schools, and practitioners with key person responsibilities.
You can complete the survey by clicking on this link – EY Inclusion Support and EYSTAR Feedback 2025-26 – Fill in form
New date added for Paediatric First Aid at Work course
Due to high demand, we are pleased to announce that we are offering a new date for the Paediatric First Aid course:
đź“… Saturday 4th July 9am-3.30pm
đź“Ť Northern Training Partnership
5b Esther Court
Wansbeck Business Village
Ashington
NE63 8AP
To secure a place on the course, please book through our Passport training directory as soon as possible as it is expected that spaces will go quickly.
Publishing Images of Children Online
Under the Department for Education’s statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), schools and settings have a legal responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
This responsibility extends to decisions about the publication of images and other content online, ensuring safeguarding considerations are embedded in digital communications, social media, and website practices. With the advancements in generative AI, images on school and settings websites and social media are now highly vulnerable to abuse.
While parental consent remains important, it cannot prevent AI manipulation. School and settings leaders must now proactively evaluate the context and safety of all public-facing imagery.
PVI settings should follow the same principles as schools in keeping children safe.
Please see Northumberland Guidance attached.
Updates from Partners
Balance North East – What’s the harm? Shared on behalf of Public Health
Every parent and carer wants to do the right thing for their children. With the summer upon us, parents and carers are encouraged not to add alcohol to the mix, to protect children from risk. The law is clear that buying alcohol under 18 or selling it to children under 18 is illegal.
Evidence is clear now that introducing children to alcohol, especially before 15 can:
- harm developing bodies and brains
- worsen any feelings of low mood or depression
- put their safety at risk
- open the door to more regular teenage drinking and heavier drinking as adults
Parenting can be challenging: What’s the Harm supports parents and carers to have positive, informed conversations about alcohol and to question the idea that drinking is a necessary “rite of passage”. Information for parents and a FREE GUIDE  about talking to children about alcohol is available at What’s the Harm?
For support for young people within Northumberland in relation to substances, Sorted are the Drug and Alcohol Service and can provide education, advice and 1:1 support. For more information, please visit  Sorted.
