Broomhill First School Grange View C of E VC First School Linton Primary School Pegswood Primary School Red Row First School Alliance Link: Damian

Belford Primary School Felton Primary School Hipsburn Primary School Holy Island C of E First School Lowick C of E First School Swarland Primary School Whittingham C of E Primary School Alliance Link: Damian

Bellingham Middle School Bellingham Primary School Greenhaugh Primary School Kielder Primary School and Nursery Otterburn Primary School Alliance Link: Jane

Bedlington Station Primary School Bedlington Stead Lane Primary School Bedlington West End Primary School Bedlington Whitley Memorial C of E Primary School Cambois Primary School Choppington Primary School Mowbray Primary School Ringway Primary School Stakeford Primary School Alliance Link: Suzanne

Cambo First School Longhorsley C of E First School Morpeth First School Ponteland Community Primary School Rothbury First School Stannington First School Tritlington C of E First School Whalton C of E Aided Primary School Alliance Link: Louise

Beaconhill Community Primary School Burnside Primary School Cragside C of E Cont Primary School Eastlea Primary School Holywell Village First School Horton Grange Primary School New Delaval Primary School New Hartley First School Newsham Primary School Northburn Primary School Seghill First School Seaton Delaval First School Alliance Link: Claire

Berwick St Mary's C of E First School Holy Trinity C of E First School Hugh Joicey C of E Aided First School Norham St Ceolwulfs C of E First School Scremerston First School Spittal Community First School Tweedmouth Middle School Tweedmouth Prior Park First School Tweedmouth West First School Wooler First School Alliance Link: Damian

Acomb First School Allendale Primary School Beaufront First School Broomhaugh C of E First School Chollerton C of E VA First School Corbridge C of E Aided First School Corbridge Middle School Hexham First School Humshaugh C of E Aided First School Slaley First School Stamfordham Primary School The Sele First School Whitley Chapel C of E First School Alliance Link: Dave

Alliances – Northumberland Education

Groups of schools working in deep and purposeful collaboration

What are alliances?

Who is in which alliance?

What is going on in the alliances?

What are alliances?

Alliances are simply group of schools who choose to work more closely together to support not only their own pupils and staff, but those in other alliance schools. 

We have examples in Northumberland where the very close working of groups of schools generates capacity and improvement in all schools. This shared endeavour builds networks across schools and reduces the pressure on individual staff.

Teachers and leaders in strong alliances can share evidence-based approaches and benefit from shared high quality professional development to improve outcomes for children. Strong alliances may also achieve economies of scale, sharing resources, and centralising functions in order to build resilience and save time and money to reinvest into education. As a result of these benefits, our alliances should achieve strong educational outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged children.

Alliances in Northumberland

Aln (7)

Arcot (12)

Font (8)

Hartford (9)

North Tyne (5)

Portland (5)

South Tyne (13)

Tweed (10)

Statutory Policies

The DfE provide a list of statutory policies that schools must produce. The list for maintained schools is published here (and for academies here). To help ease the burden those policies (for maintained schools) are outlined below, along with who you can contact for support and/or a model policy if it is available. (hyperlinks are in green)

Some policies need to be on your school website. the final column of the table indicates if this is the case or not.

Policy title	Contact	LA Support	Recommended Review by Governors (DfE)	DfE link	Must be published online?
Admission arrangements	Jill Atkinson	Northumberland County Council - School admissions, places & appeals	Annual	School admissions code - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)	Yes
Behaviour and written statement of principles	Jill Atkinson	No model policy available due to the bespoke culture and ethos in each school which informs the document.	Annual	Behaviour and discipline in schools guidance for governing bodies - GOV.UK	The behaviour policy needs to be published on the website
School exclusions	Jill Atkinson	No model policy available due to the bespoke culture and ethos in each school which informs the document.	Annual	School exclusion GOV.UK
Careers guidance	Paul Tallent	The North East Ambition Primary Network doc (click here). Please email Paul Tallent (Primary Facilitator at North East Combined Authority) for further support.	Annual	Careers guidance provision for young people in schools GOV.UK	Middle/secondary/high schools must publish information about how they deliver careers guidance to pupils in years 7 to 13.
Charging and remissions	School Governance & Data Protection Team NCC	Recommended to follow gov.uk advice.	Annual	Charging for school activities GOV.UK	Schools must publish their charging policy
Data protection privacy notice	School Governance & Data Protection Team NCC	Live document available to schools that buy in to the GDPR SLA.	Annual	Data protection and privacy notices GOV.UK
Equality objectives	Gill Finch	Part of the School Improvement SLA	Every 4 years	Equality act 2010 advice for schools GOV.UK	Schools must publish: 1) details of how they comply with the public sector equality duty (updated annually) 2) their equality objectives (updated every 4 years)
Governors' allowances (part 6)	School Governance & Data Protection Team NCC	Draft document available upon request for schools that buy in to the SLA.	Annual	School governance regulations 2013 GOV.UK
Health & safety	Health & Safety SLA	School Policies (H&S Sharepoint)	Annual	Health and safety advice for schools GOV.UK
Premises Management		No model policy provided	Annual	Good estate management for school / The fundamentals of good estate management GOV.UK
Relationships and sex education and health education	Gill Finch	No model policy provided. Schools that buy in to the School Improvement SLA may contact Gill Finch for support. Please also see ' What should be included in our school RSE policy? \| sexeducationforum.org.uk '	Annual	Relationships education relationships and sex education rse and health education GOV.UK
Safeguarding and child protection	Carol Leckie	Please consult the CP & SG Policy document available on the Virtual School & Safeguarding Sharepoint. If you do not wish to use this template a checklist is also available.	Annual	Keeping Children Safe In Education 2 GOV.UK
School attendance	Sarah Wintringham	Model Policy	Annual	Working together to improve school attendance GOV.UK
School complaints	School Governance & Data Protection Team NCC	Procedure shared with schools that buy in to the SLA by their appointed School Governance Officer.	Annual	For further information and support please contact Vicki Evans	Complaints policy - yes. Also, as part of the SEN information report you must also publish the details of any arrangements for handling complaints from parents and carers about the support they provide for pupils with special educational needs (SEN).
School uniforms		No policy provided	Annual	School uniforms GOV.UK	Yes
Special educational needs and disability		No policy provided	Annual	SEND code of practice 0-25 GOV.UK	Schools must publish their SEN information report.
Staff behaviour and grievance	Schools HR	Schools HR sharepoint	Annual	Staffing and employment advice for schools GOV.UK
Support for pupils with medical conditions	Health & Safety SLA	Supporting Children with Medical Conditions (Health & Safety SharePoint)	Annual	Supporting Children with Medical Conditions GOV.UK
Teachers' pay	Schools HR	Schools HR sharepoint	Annual	School teachers pay and conditions GOV.UK
Teachers' performance and capability	Schools HR	Schools HR sharepoint	Annual	Teacher appraisal and capability model policy GOV.UK
School Emergency Plan	Health & Safety SLA	School emergency planning (Health & Safety Sharepoint)	Annual	Emergency planning and response for education childcare and childrens social care settings GOV.UK

The Equality Act 2010 requires schools to produce an accessibility plan (see Schedule 10 of the Equality Act 2010). This plan should outline how the school will:

* Increase the extent to which disabled students can participate in the curriculum.
* Improve the physical environment of the school to enable disabled students to take better advantage of education, benefits, facilities and services provided.
* Improve the delivery of information to disabled students.

While the Equality Act doesn't specifically state a timeframe for review, the Department for Education (DfE) recommend or always recommended reviewing the plan at least once every three years. Many schools choose to follow this recommendation.

It's important to remember that schools must also update their plan if any significant changes occur, such as building modifications or changes to the curriculum.

You can access support with producing an accessibility plan from Gill Finch.

What maintained schools must or should publish online

In addition to the policies above schools must publish particular information on their website. The latest guidance is here (for maintained schools) and here (for academies).

Offers for alliances

The School Improvement Team have brokered a number of opportunities for alliance schools. You can see what is available here.

Want to know more?

If you have any questions or queries, or would like to join an alliance, please contact Dave Cookson