Governance

The latest version of Keeping Children Safe in Education has now been published. You can download it here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education–2 The content is almost as expected from the ‘for information’ version, published in May 2024. There are two changes areas to note: – Safer Recruitment for individuals who have lived or worked

Young people’s creative learning charity Mortal Fools are offering Northern schools’ FREE access to their award-winning Mental Health Education through storytelling intervention; MELVA. Express your interest in a free MELVA licence TODAY via: https://melva.org.uk/eoi/ Mortal Fools have funding from the North East Combined Authority in place to cover the cost of

Please find details of our training courses below.  Please also see 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

Dear Colleagues As the academic year draws to a close, I am sorry to have to begin this letter with some sad news. Over the last few years, with school and university budgets becoming ever tighter, subscriptions to the EPRS have declined. The University’s School of Education has made the

We’re really excited to share with you Northumberland’s new local offer website for parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).  The SEND local offer provides a wide range of information about all the support and facilities which families can expect to find

My name is Fiona Wardlaw and I am one of the Family Support workers for ESCAPE. We work with families and friends who are affected by someone else’s drug and alcohol use. We have been running for 30 years along side NCC,NHS and NRP.  ESCAPE has been given funding to

Dear Colleagues I am pleased to bring you the June summaries – a wide range of themes which will, I hope offer something of interest to you all. As we draw ever closer to the election, my list this month begins with a report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies

All schools in Northumberland are in a pre-paid area for emotional health resources hub: https://inourplace.co.uk/northumberland/ Here you will find; This means parents can access a range of online support to better understand children’s emotional health, brain development and wellbeing.   For more comms material and information you can contact vicki.collins@northumberland.gov.uk

Please see attached school term dates September 2025 – August 2026.

Dear partner, Last year, we allocated the Eat, Sleep, Play Learn fund to support our children and young people, which was part of the council’s response to cost-of-living pressures. The fund was very well received across the County and received over 500 applications for support. We have now refreshed the fund to ensure it is