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Sharing What Works: Best Start in Life Case Studies Northumberland’s Best Start in Life (BSiL) priorities are about giving every child the strongest possible foundation — and practitioners play a vital role in making this happen. Our shared focus is on narrowing the attainment gap for disadvantaged children, strengthening communication and language

Achieving inclusion through nurture: Applications now open for Nurture the North East Regional Cohorts  From September, schools across the region can strengthen support for pupils’ social, emotional and behavioural needs through the Nurture the North East Programme. Delivered with nurtureuk, the North East Combined Authority and local authorities, the programme

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

Great news for state-funded education institutions (e.g. schools, colleges and academy trusts) looking to install EV chargers at their workplace – the government has extended the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) for a final year to support the uptake of on-site EV charge points at a fraction of the cost. The scheme offers generous

The Northumberland Public Health Team are pleased to share resources and plans for RSE Day, kindly provided by colleagues at Nottingham City Council, who are happy for these to be shared more widely.  The materials will also be added to the Northumberland PSHE Padlet so they are easily accessible for

Facilities Management will be running several training sessions throughout 2026 – please see attached for more details.

​​A health and safety bulletin​​ has been produced by the Corporate Health and Team in relation to product recalls for several sand-containing toys and craft kits.

W2SW will soon be here, if your school would like to take part and request resources let us know by completing this form.  This year’s challenge will see pupils set off on a special operation – codename- Mission Move, to complete the five-day walking challenge. On the way, pupils will meet fun and friendly secret agents

Did you know that the 4th – 10th May is Deaf Awareness Week? The National Deaf Children’s Society have a range of activities that can be carried out in schools to raise awareness of this low incidence but high impact disability:  Deaf Awareness Week 2026 | National Deaf Children’s Society

Senior Leader briefings are planned for the summer term. A chance to meet colleagues and hear from the School Improvement Team as well as other local authority staff and invited guests. The content will be the same at the North, Central and West meetings so you only need to attend

Nominations for the annual Love Northumberland Awards are now open and once again Schools Go Smarter have their own category. If your school has an amazing project which encourages more families to walk, scoot or cycle to school and leave the car at home then why not enter this year

Final Spaces Remaining! Sign up by 24.04.26  Fully funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority 29 April 2026 – 9:00 to 16:00 Holiday Inn, Seaton Burn  👉 Book your place: Creatively Healthy Schools Conference  – Fill in form Northumberland schools are invited to a vibrant, practical day exploring how creativity

We are excited to share with you the next edition of our Togetherness School Parent Wellbeing Newsletter. We welcome your support to share in your area. The email includes a round-up of helpful short reads, videos and online pathway highlights on togetherness.co.uk and is designed to engage parents of school

NFRS offer a range of opportunites for pupils, from leadership courses, fire awareness courses, a boxing academy and weekly fire cadets. For further details, including flyers you can download to display in school and/or send to parents/carers please click here.