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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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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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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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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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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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Schools’ Health and Safety Newsletter – Summer Term 2025

The 7th edition of the Schools’ Health and Safety newsletter is now available.  This is produced by the NCC Corporate Health and Safety Team and available to those schools signed up to the H&S SLA. This, along with other school specific information is available on our SharePoint portal.   If you can’t view the

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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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MELVA showcase – September

Primary schools & specialist settings in North East (including Tees Valley), North Yorkshire and North West are invited to attend Mortal Fools upcoming MELVA digital showcase on 17th September, 10am via Zoom. Thanks to funding and business sponsorship, we’re able to allocate MELVA licences for free for academic year 25/26 on a first come, first served

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Theology and Religious Studies Teachers Conference – June 2025

Durham University are offering a free conference, open to anyone who teachers Religious Studies or Ethics in schools and colleges. This conference offers a chance to meet academics from the UK’s largest Department of Theology and Religion; to hear about new research and new directions in the field that are

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