Asbestos in schools
Please see attached letter regarding a health and safety bulletin regarding your responsibilities around asbestos management, HSE enforcement action and the new NCC Asbestos Management Plan.
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Boost Reading Fluency in Your Middle/Secondary/High School
Shotton Hall Research School is delighted to be working with North East Combined Authority. Together, we are seeking secondary/high schools from County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, and Sunderland to participate in an evidence-based, TA-led Reading Fluency Intervention. This intervention will be led during registration periods by
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NHCT Nasal Flu Video
The School Aged Immunisation Team have produced a video to help pupils (and parents) understand the importance of immunisation against the flu. You can view the video here. Feel free to use the video in assemblies/class/display screen in reception as you see fit.
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Funding for UK Schools to Organise Events During British Science Week 2025
British Science Week (BSW) is an annual programme of science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) events and activities. British Science Week is entering its third decade in 2025, taking place 7-16 March, and the theme to mark the start of this new era is ‘Change and adapt’! This year the
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Parentzone – Everday Digital
Free training and resources to support your parents and carers with media literacy. Northumberland has recently become an Everyday digital local champion area! Everyday Digital is a brand new national programme from Parent Zone. Funded by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT), the programme will benefit families across
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Free evening careers opportunity for 14-19 year olds interested in clinical research
I am running an event in collaboration with the Great North Children’s Hospital and the Paediatric Clinical Research Facility at the RVI in Newcastle for young people aged 14 – 25. Event details: The aim of the event is to make young people more aware of the opportunities that are available to them
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Ogden Trust’s Physics Education Grants Scheme Opens for Final Round of 2024
The Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 three time a year (each term) to educational establishments and charities working predominantly in England who wish to carry out projects and activities that support the teaching and learning of physics. The funding is to be used for: The funding cannot be
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Winter Preparedness Schools Letter
As autumn and winter approach, it is likely that there will be increasing numbers of people affected by typical winter illnesses, such as diarrhoea and vomiting, flu, COVID and other respiratory viral infections. This letter provides further advice for schools about how you can prepare and seek further advice for
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Free online session – The Skills Revolution
Please see attached flyer regarding a free online session for parents and carers to help young people in developing skills to succeed in skills based employment. We would be grateful if schools share this with their parent communities.
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STEMFest in Space
On the 4th October, during World Space Week,RTC North are delivering an online space event called STEMFest in Space. We have an exciting range of speakers ready to inspire your students. This event is open to all schools and is aimed towards Key stage 2 and 3. To register, please use the link below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stemfest-in-space-2024-tickets-999139923407?aff=oddtdtcreato You
Careers Talks with Deloitte
Careers Talks with Deloitte Northumberland County Council are working with the consultancy firm Deloitte on our flagship transformation programme. As part of this partnership, Deloitte are available to provide some career talks with groups of students who are starting to think about their career choices. About Deloitte Deloitte is the
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STEMFest in Space
On the 4th October, during World Space Week,RTC North are delivering an online space event called STEMFest in Space. We have an exciting range of speakers ready to inspire your students. This event is open to all schools and is aimed towards Key stage 2 and 3. To register, please use the link below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stemfest-in-space-2024-tickets-999139923407?aff=oddtdtcreato You
Financial literacy support and resources for 5-11 and 11-19 year olds
1. Young Enterprise is delighted to invite you to our 2024 Teacher Conference in Manchester in November focusing on better preparing your students for the future and equipping them with the tools they need to learn to earn and look after their money. Sign up FREE today 2. Money Heroes is launching the
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DfE Update
The DfE provide ad hoc updates via email to schools and settings. The latest was published today (23 September). The content is available here.
Free online session – The Skills Revolution
Please see attached flyer regarding a free online session for parents and carers to help young people in developing skills to succeed in skills based employment. We would be grateful if schools share this with their parent communities.
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Health Improvement (HIMP) Training Programme
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
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Archbishop Young Leaders Award – Autumn Updates
Are you looking to develop pupil leadership and character education? Would you like your pupils to become active citizens in their communities? Do you want your pupils to be resilient, confident and empathetic members of society? Acomb Primary School in York has been running the Archbishops’ Young Leaders Award for
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Epilepsy Lunch and Learn Session
Friday 8th November, 12pm – 1pm This epilepsy learning session will give you an introduction to epilepsy covering the following areas: The session will also explore links to health inequalities and clinical areas of vulnerability, and share available resources. Book your space
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Epilepsy training session for education professionals
Last chance to register! Thursday 26th September, 4pm-5pm The Network is delighted to host an online interactive paediatric epilepsy awareness raising session for education professionals working with young people in the North East and North Cumbria. The session will be delivered by clinicians including the members of the NENC Epilepsy Leadership Group. Topics covered will
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Back-to-School Common Childhood Illnesses Learning Session
Last chance to register! Tuesday 24th September, 3.30pm – 4.30pm Join this learning session aimed at Healthier Together Champions and other individuals working in education or communities with parents and carers. The session will give an overview of common childhood illnesses, symptoms, management, and guidance around school attendance. It will give
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NECA Inspire education grants programme – open for applications until 11 October 2024
North East Combined Authority are pleased to launch Inspire, our small grants programme for North East Combined Authority (North East CA) schools for 2024/25. Grants of up to £10,000 are available to support a minimum of 42 schools situated in the North East CA area (the local authority areas of County Durham,
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Ofsted handbooks updated – 16 September
Ofsted has today published updates to its state-funded school inspection handbooks as well as its deferral, pausing and gathering additional evidence policy, ahead of routine school inspections returning on 23 September. From this term state-funded schools will not receive an overall effectiveness grade during graded inspections, following the decision by the
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Free online session – The Skills Revolution
Please see attached flyer regarding a free online session for parents and carers to help young people in developing skills to succeed in skills based employment. We would be grateful if schools share this with their parent communities.
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SEND coding
Dear Head Teacher Please can you ensure that you keep your SEND coding accurate and up to date on SIMS (or equivalent). If you have determined that a child/young person meets the SEND Support criteria, they should be identified using a ‘K’ code. Likewise any learner with an EHCP should
Celebrating the good things that happen in schools!
The School Improvement Team are lucky in that we see and hear about all of the fantastic things that go in in schools; however that good news isn’t always shared far and wide. We are therefore collecting good news stories to share across the county. If you have something to
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Autumn Term 2024 SENIOR LEADER BRIEFINGS
Senior leader briefings are designed to provide information and updates to headteachers/senior leaders, and give those attending the time and space to see colleagues and discuss pressing issues. The content will be the same at the North, Central and West meetings so you only need to attend one. The agenda
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Ofsted webinars for schools
This term Ofsted will be hosting the following webinars: School inspection update: autumn 2024 In this webinar we will provide an outline of the updates to the school inspection handbook for maintained schools and academies including: the removal of the overall effectiveness judgement, changes to ungraded inspections and other changes
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The Children’s Commissioner’s School Survey (statutory)
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has a statutory duty to represent the views and interests of children in England to Government. This survey of all schools and colleges in England aims to drive improvements in the support available to children. It asks about the support your
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Announcing an extended Voice North East Project in September 2024!
Voice North East was launched in September 2023 to respond to feedback from schools in the North East. School teachers and leaders were pointing to oracy as a key priority for development in their pupils. Bringing together 100 schools of all phases in Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland, Voice North East’s goal is to provide a supported
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Call-out for Schools: Cultural Match Programme 2024/5 – worth £3000
TWAM Regional Learning Team are seeking Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland schools with early career teachers (which can also include teachers in their first five years of teaching) to apply for the Cultural Match Programme. Successful schools will be given a £3,000 budget to work with a Creative Producer to
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