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Child Safety Week – Child Accident Prevention Trust 

Early Years, First, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Child Safety Week 2026 runs from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th June. Organised by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), this year’s theme is ‘Making Prevention Possible’ building practical capacity for safety behaviour in families and the professionals who work with them. CAPT have made it straightforward for schools to

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The Big School Workout: Live with Joe Wicks for Mental Health Week

First, Middle, Primary, Special

Thursday 14th May, 2.15-2.45pm (the afternoon post SATs) Join Joe Wicks live from a Picture News school as he leads a high-energy workout for children to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week. Schools across the country will be taking part together, discovering how moving our bodies can boost our mood, build resilience,

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Paid Opportunity – Placements for PGCE Trainee Teachers

First, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary

Paid Opportunity – Placements for PGCE Trainee Teachers If any school-colleagues are interested in offering placements for Newcastle University PGCE trainee teachers in the following subjects/phases, please get in touch: Secondary: KS3 / KS4 / KS5 Computer Science / English / Geography / History / Maths / Modern Foreign Languages

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FREE EvaluateMySchool webinar: Strengthening your Inclusion Base with Natalie Packer 

CPD, First, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Join EMS for a practical and insightful webinar: Strengthening your Inclusion Base, led by leading SEND expert Natalie Packer. This free session will explore what truly effective Inclusion Base provision looks like in today’s evolving education landscape. Natalie will break down the types and purposes of provision, share key insights in light

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WANTED: Members of ASCL and NAHT to join the Northumberland SACRE

CPD, First, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

SACRE stands for Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education. Each local authority must have a SACRE made up of members of local church denominations, networks, religions, or worldviews, councillors and teachers’ professional associations. SACRE’s main function and scope of interest is to advise the authority on matters relating to religious

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Funding e-Bulletin – 2 April 2026

First, Governance, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Please find attached the regular monthly funding ebulletin from the Funding Investment and Assurance covering the latest external funding opportunities. You may forward this to colleagues who you think may be interested in future announcements, they can then use the ‘QR Code or link to subscribe to the Regeneration Programmes Investment Funding

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School Based Nursery (Phase 3) Capital Grant Programme – EOI Information and Key Dates Email

First, Primary

Following on from the initial information shared via E-courier about the School Based Nursery Capital Grant Programme (SBN) – Phase 3 (2027 – 2030), an email has been sent to Headteachers of Primary Phase Schools* inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the School Based Nursery (Phase 3) Capital Grant Programme. * see School-based

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Promoting Citizens Advice Northumberland via schools

First, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Citizens Advice Northumberland provides free, confidential, and impartial advice to support individuals and families across our community. We aim to empower people with the knowledge and tools to navigate challenges and make informed decisions. Our services cover a wide range of issues, including:– Welfare benefits support– Debt and budgeting advice–

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Early Years Update

Early Years, First, Primary

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Funding Information Reminder, you can find all updated funding information; including Parent declaration forms, Key dates & hourly rates here. Accident Prevention  Shared on behalf of Northumberland Children and Young People Safety Reference Group, which the EY Team attended on the 19th March. Falls across all ages remain an issue both locally and nationally. Therefore, falls are a key priority area over the April and June period.  We would like to invite all

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🎨🎵🎤 Creatively Healthy Schools Conference 2026🎨🎵🎤

First, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Limited Spaces Available- Sign up by 10.04.26  Fully funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority  29 April 2026 – 9:00 to 16:00 Holiday Inn, Seaton Burn   Northumberland schools are invited to a vibrant, practical day exploring how creativity can strengthen wellbeing, inclusion and engagement for children and young people.  Designed

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Fully Funded Regional In Person Training for School Business Professionals

First, Governance, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Dear colleagues, The Department for Education (DfE) recognises and supports the importance of having a professionalised school business profession where every individual is well-qualified, working towards qualification, or suitably skilled. This includes school business professionals (SBPs) having access to high-quality training, underpinned by employers who understand and support their SBPs

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switch4good – turning everyday bills into community impact

First, Governance, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Some of you may have come across HeadsUp4HTs. They provide mental health and wellbeing support, leadership support, peer to peer support, coaching, and crisis support to senior leaders. James (the founder of HeadsUp) has worked with the utilities industry to provide switch4good – when your parents/community switch energy or broadband

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Early Years Update

Early Years, First, Primary

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Working Together to Safeguard Children- Update  DfE has recently updated Working together to Safeguard Children, its statutory guidance on multi-agency working to safeguard children in England. The guidance applies to all organisations and agencies in England who have functions relating to children, setting out how they can work together to support

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British Cycling – Level 1 Ride Leader Training 

CPD, First, Governance, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

British Cycling – Level 1 Ride Leader Training  Have you been wondering about taking part in a Ride Leader training course? If you or a member of staff at your school would like to take part or find out more please complete this form or email  tracy.aitken@northumberland.gov.uk British Cycling Ride Leader Level 1 Course This a full day course with an additional 3-4

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Ensure your defibrillator is rescue ready and visible to the ambulance service

Early Years, First, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Is your defibrillator ‘rescue ready’ and visible to 999? Over 14,000 schools have registered their defibrillators on the national defibrillator database, The Circuit, but did you know almost 7,000 schools have defibrillators that emergency services can’t see?  A cardiac arrest can strike anyone, at any time. The Circuit has been updated to make

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Health Improvement (HIMP) Training Programme

CPD, First, Governance, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Health Improvement (HIMP) Training Programme Please find details of our current training courses below together with the attached catalogue 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

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School Based Nursery Programme – Phase 3 (2027 – 2030)

Early Years, First, Primary

Overview Please see attached. This phase of the programme will be led by local authorities, who have been invited to develop multi-year funding proposals that outline project plans for new or expanded SBNs in their area, located in state-funded primary schools, Maintained Nursery Schools (MNS) and Best Start Family Hubs (BSFH). The

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Early Years Update

Early Years, First, Primary

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Northumberland Local Code of Practice – April 2026   Please find attached the updated NLCoP. This will shortly be available to read and accept within your wizard account.  New Parent Declaration Form  Please find attached the new parent declaration form. This is in a new format and must be used for new

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Pay and grading update for schools that follow the NCC pay and grading structure

Early Years, First, Governance, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

Each of the pay bands at NCC has levels that colleagues progress through with each new financial year (up until they reach the top increment in the band) and these are called spinal column points (SCPs). As part of the 2025 Local Government Pay Award, it was agreed that spinal

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Invitation to Take Part in Education Research Survey: skills for careers in the energy sector

First, Middle, Primary, Secondary

Dear Colleagues and Partners in Schools Northern Powergrid is currently developing its business plans for 2028–2033. These plans include important initiatives to ensure we have a robust, resilient, and skilled workforce in place to deliver a substantial future work programme across our region. To achieve this, we must ensure we are

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Dyslexia Awareness Training Session 

First, High, Middle, Primary, Secondary, Special

The HINT Specific Learning Difficulties Team are running a free face-to-face Dyslexia Awareness training session at County Hall, Morpeth on Tuesday 24th March 2026 from 3.45-5.15pm (in Conference Room 2).  The aim of the session is provide school-based staff with a basic understanding of dyslexia: what it is, common characteristics, how this can affect the individual and ways to support them in

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