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Dear Colleagues A great variety of themes this month, with reports on tutoring, the exams system, and social and emotional learning. There is an update from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NfER) on the ongoing challenges in the teacher labour market, and a report from the Sutton Trust explores […]
Education Policy and Research Service April 2023 Read More »
Dear Colleagues, Headcount SUM 2022-23 (School360 Submissions) For those of you who submit headcount/census via school360, the pre-populated form is now available within the 2022-2023 > SUM 2022-23 file. Please ensure 30 hour codes have been validated and have a start date before 31st March. Headcount Day – Thursday 18th May Deadline to submit – Friday 19th May If you
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Dear Colleagues, Welcome back to Summer Term! Reminder – Estimated Figures SUM 2022-23 (PVIs/Childminders only) The deadline for submitting an estimated figures claim for Summer term 2022-23 via the wizard, is Sunday 23rd April. Please remember to under-estimated to prevent overclaiming. If you require a password reset, please email sophie.downing@northumberland.gov.uk by close of hours
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Please find attached details of current volunteering roles within Northumberland County Council. I would be grateful if you could share this within your networks and display this poster wherever you are able. I have also attached details of a volunteering role available with IMB who require volunteers to carry out
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Next deadline: 28/04/2023 Apply here: https://naturegrants.ltl.org.uk/ The aim of this fund is to promote outdoor learning among young children by providing schools and early years providers with outdoor resources and training. Successful applicants will include children in their decision making, whilst incorporating local communities. Grants provide an assortment of nature equipment
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NEU – 98% of NEU members who voted were in favour of turning the government pay offer down. NEU members will strike on Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 2 May but the National Education Union says exam classes will not be interrupted… ASCL – 87% of ASCL members who voted
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Dear Colleagues, Eligibility cut-off dates The cut-off date for Summer term is 31st March. Please see table below for further guidance.
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Dear Colleagues I bring you the first batch of ‘Spring summaries’ and am sure that there will be something for everyone here. I start with a confession – I have, this month, included 2 LBV reports. LBV (we all love an acronym) stands for late but valuable – reports which
Education Policy and Research Service March 2023 Read More »
New IT guidance has been published by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA). The guidance states that from September 2024, schools will need two devices to administer the RBA – one to administer the assessment and a separate touchscreen device for the pupil to respond to some questions. Devices used will need to meet
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Dear Colleagues,Key Dates Summer 2022-23 Please find attached.LADO – Important Information Louise Prudhoe, the LADO is currently not in work and Carol Glasper is returning to cover from next week (beginning Monday 13th March). As usual all queries should go to the generic email and telephone number, any open cases
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Each year The Laurel Trust invite groups of schools to apply for funding to conduct practitioner research which will lead to improved outcomes for children and their families. A new round of grant funding from The Laurel Trust is now open. Full details on making an application are on the
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We are aware of several schools being contacted by an organisation called PicRights (an enforcement agent) regarding images which have been on school websites without copyright permissions. These are often images which are in archive folders only and were used during Covid remote learning but have been found on a
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Key Dates Summer Term Please find key dates attached. Summer term eligibility Children must have turned 2 or 3 by 31st March to access the funded entitlement in Summer term. Please see table below for further guidance on term cut-off dates.
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Local Authorities in the North East are working together on better understanding and improving SEND across the region. As part of this, we are running a survey across all local authorities that will better help us understand your views of the SEND system across the North East. We are inviting
Regional SEND Survey : Please support! Read More »
Key Dates Summer Term Please find Summer Term 2022-23 key dates attached. Northumberland Early Years E-Magazine: Spring 2023 Please find attached the latest edition of the Early Years e-Magazine. Department for Education launches Early years child development training The Department for Education has launched a free online child development training
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Please see attached details of this month’s available volunteer roles. If you would like more information on any of them, please let us know via this email address. It would be great if you could also share this information with anyone you know who may be interested. We have also
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Dear Colleague 2nd Headcount SPR 2022-23 (PVIS/Childminders only) If you require a 2nd headcount for 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 Friday 3rd March. You will receive an email when the form is available in your school360
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Please find details below of the IWS training courses being delivered in 2023/24. All courses are currently delivered over Microsoft Teams, unless otherwise stated. Please also see the attached document which gives further details on our courses. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your contacts who you think would
Integrated Wellbeing Service Training Programme – 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 Read More »
The English as an Additional Language service runs regular online training and drop-in sessions. Please find above all upcoming dates for the academic year. Please note these training sessions are only available to staff from NCC maintained schools, and also Academies/Free Schools/Special schools with a current Service Level Agreement (SLA)
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Dear Colleagues Several interesting and oft-debated questions are tackled in the February summaries. What happens when parents’ beliefs clash with those of the state? Is a 2-year or a 3-year key stage 4 more beneficial? And what can be done to improve the literacy, numeracy, and oral skills of England’s
Education Policy and Research Service February 2023 Read More »
Northumberland Skills is offering free construction taster sessions for young people (aged 15 years+) and their parents/carers at their construction campus in Seghill on: · Thursday 2nd March, 3pm-7pm · Saturday 22nd April, 10am-1pm If your son or daughter is thinking about options when they leave school, or if they’ve recently left school and
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Updates on the DfE’ Early Years Recovery Programme Department for Education launches early years child development training The Department for Education has launched a free online early years child development training course aimed at childminders, nursery practitioners and nursery managers. The flexible online training has been developed in consultation with
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EY Team Contact Information Please find attached a list of the teams contact information, our landlines are no longer in use. Early Years funding rates in Northumberland for the financial year 23/24 As agreed by schools forum and following the end of the consultation period with providers please find the rate
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Adderlane Academy have a large selection of Inspire Maths books for sale. They have teacher guides, pupil textbooks and pupil practice books for Years 1, 2 and 3. Here is a link to the product on Amazon so you can see what the resource looks like. The school are looking to sell these resources –
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