School Milk Return – Autumn 2025
Please see attached milk return for Autumn 2025 First and Primary Schools Special Schools
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Roots and Shoots at Alnwick Gardens
The Northumberland Roots and Shoots Schools Programme is now an established programme at The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland. Led by The Alnwick Garden the programme aims to offer children in 10 Northumberland schools an opportunity to learn how to grow, tend and harvest food for consumption. If you would like
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Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 Published
KCSIE 2025 has been published today and comes into force immediately. There are no changes from the version distributed in July. There is a note that the DfE intend to publish the ‘revised guidance on gender questioning children soon’. You can download the final version (and the Part One section aimed at
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Free numeracy programme to boost parental/pupil engagement
National Numeracy, the UK’s only independent charity focused on improving everyday maths skills, is offering primary schools the opportunity to participate in the Schools & Families Programme. This fully funded initiative aims to tackle low numeracy confidence among pupils, parents/carers, and school staff, with free training and resources. The Schools
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Picture News: welcome back assembly resource
Here is a link to access the first Picture News pack of the school year. Available free of charge and might be a great welcome back assembly! https://picture-news.co.uk/free-sample Simply complete your details on the form and the relevant assembly will be emailed to you.
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LifeSavers – free financial education programme
LifeSavers is a free financial education programme helping primary pupils engage with vital money skills and behaviours. Delivered by the Just Finance Foundation at no cost to schools, LifeSavers provides teacher training, classroom activities and resources from EYFS to KS2 focussing on wisdom, justice, thankfulness and generosity. To sign up,
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October is International Walk to School Month
October is International Walk to School Month, when pupils around the globe celebrate the joys of walking and wheeling to school. If your school would like to take part in October 2025 please let us know, schools can request resources to run a 5 Day Walking Challenge and recieve inspiration
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Important: Free School Meals Enrolment – What Schools and Parents/Carers Need to Know
Northumberland County Council is working to ensure that all eligible pupils receive Free School Meals (FSM) and that schools receive the funding they’re entitled to. It’s estimated that up to 1,000 pupils in Northumberland may be missing out on FSM that they are entitled to, which is why the Council will be contacting
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Early Years Update
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Inclusion Stories A great success story around the integrated 2 year old review for a child at Brambles childcare. Early Years Inclusion Drop in session From September you will have the opportunity to ask general questions, seek wider support and network with others through a
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New RSHE Guidance: What parents needs to know
This guidance for parents has been published today by the DfE New RSHE guidance: what parents need to know – The Education Hub It states that ‘Teachers will receive proper training to handle these sensitive topics effectively. From early 2026, schools will be able to apply for training grants to
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Expected launch of new RSHE Curriculum Guidance today
Today – 15 July – Government will publish new statutory guidance on RSHE. Preliminary details of the guidance are described in reporting by the Daily Mail and Guardian. The PSHE Assciciation has published a ‘watch this space’ page on its web site. We are expecting the full guidance to be available after midday. The reporting
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HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) vouchers
Thank you to all the schools who have issued your HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) vouchers – we really appreciate your continued support. We kindly ask that you remind families in receipt of benefit-related Free School Meals to redeem their codes as soon as possible. The codes have been sent
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Webinars on the revised Ofsted framework
Ofsted are running a programme of webinars in September to help familiarise providers with the November 2025 education inspection framework changes. Full details here. The School Improvement Team will be attending them – we will summarise and provide feedback during senior leader briefings.
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Safer in Education briefing
Please follow this link to view or download the last Safer in Education briefing from the Virtual School this academic year. The briefing sets out changes to Virtual School teams – ESLAC, Education Welfare, Schools’ Safeguarding and EOTAS Health Needs – for the Autumn term.
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Events calendar from Picture News
Picture News have created a calendar of events which may help schools planning their assemblies for next academic year. You can find the calendar here.
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Schools Go Smarter
Level 1 Ride Leader Training, free for school staff We will be running another Ride Leader Level 1 course on Monday 29th September at Cramlington Village Primary School. If you or a member of staff has been wondering about taking part or you’d like to find out more, please complete this form or email tracy.aitken@northumberland.gov.uk British Cycling
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Early Years Update
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Key Dates AUT 2025-26 Please find key dates for AUT 2025-26 here. Keep these handy to be prepared for submission deadlines & payment dates. Inclusion Stories Fern Hollow demonstrate here how they used advice and support from the inclusion consultants and CPD opportunities to develop their practice…
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Free School Meals – Information for all schools
Dear Headteacher, I am writing to inform you, all new applications for free school meals will soon be made online through Northumberland County Council`s Citizen Portal. The link on the local authority`s website will be updated. This will direct parents to the Citizen Portal log-in page. Parents who already have
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Changes to Governor DBS Tracking and Section Y Responsibilities on NEREO
Briefing Note for Headteachers and Admin Teams From 1st August 2025 Governor Services will no longer track Governor DBS checks or complete Section Y on NEREO. These responsibilities now lie with individual schools, in line with statutory safeguarding expectations. As a headteacher, it is essential you are aware of these
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ERIC Toilet Train Resource
Do you have children due to start reception in September who are not yet toilet training. If so, please share ERIC’s ‘Toilet Train Ready for School’ resources. For more information, follow this link: https://eric.org.uk/all-aboard-the-toilet-train-get-ready-for-school/
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Kooth support over Summer
As the holidays approach with a quick reminder that Kooth’s platform will be available to help children and young people manage their mental health and wellbeing through the summer. We know this can be a tricky time for those who rely on the routine and support available at school, and because
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LAST CHANCE SPACES- NWG Young Citizen Work Experience Festival
Earlier in the year we contacted all the schools in the region to invite you to our Young Citizen Work Experience Festival held at Newcastle racecourse next week. Weds 9th & Thurs 10th July Its an exciting event with some brilliant workshops across the two days – see attached flyer
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Invitation for first/primary/middle schools to join North East Ambition’s Primary Careers Network
The North East Combined Authority supports first/primary/middle schools across our region to deliver meaningful and impactful careers-related learning. The aim is to broaden horizons, raise aspirations, challenge stereotypes, and help children connect classroom learning to the world around them. NECA are currently expanding the North East Ambition Primary Network ahead of the
Furniture available to Northumberland schools
Dear Colleagues, We are relocating Astley High and Whytrig Middle Schools to their new build, week commencing 04 August 2025. We are therefore able to offer some legacy furniture to other schools in Northumberland. An example of the furniture on offer is: If you are interested in viewing the items
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Early Years Update
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision Virtual Training We are running a virtual training session about using the Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision. See attached flyer. The training is suitable for anyone who works with children from birth to 5, and will give you information about
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Forest school and Beach school training Autumn 2025
Please see attached flyers for Beach School (September) and Forest School (October) training. For information and bookings, see the website: Training and Resources – OASES Or contact us:
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Schools Go Smarter – Level 1 Ride Leader Training, free course for school staff
We are planning another Ride Leader course in late September so if you or a member of staff has been wondering about taking part or you’d like to find out more, please complete this form or email tracy.aitken@northumberland.gov.uk We also need a venue for the day to deliver this course, if you could help
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The Northumberland Family Hub App
The Northumberland Family Hub app has an exciting new update! The app now not only includes carefully selected videos from the Tiny Happy People website, designed to help parents and carers to chat, read and play with their children. It now includes a Northumberland specific section. Here parents and carers
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Early Years Update
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision Virtual Training We are running a virtual training session about using the Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision. The training is suitable for anyone who works with children from birth to 5, and will give you information about how to
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Health Improvement (HIMP) Training Programme
Please find details of our training courses below together with 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 in
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