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The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has launched a survey asking children what they want to see in their communities, their biggest concerns, and their hopes for the future. She would be grateful for the help of education settings in promoting and sharing the survey across their

On behalf of the Civic and Lieutenancy Officer: Poetry Together is a simple idea, bringing older people and young people together over poetry, tea and cake! What happens is that schools, care homes, community groups, churches, Scouts and Guides, and local charities host informal gatherings where young and old connect

Following the solar PV fire at Shanklea Primary School in July 2025, the Council has been carrying out a thorough review of all its solar PV installations, where safety remains the top priority. As a precaution, all Council owned commercial solar PV systems, including those on schools, remain switched off

Please see ​safety bulletin​ issued by the Corporate Health and Safety Team in relation to horizontal swing barriers. These barriers are typically used to control vehicle access to carparks. The bulletin details control measures for managing the risk these barriers can present to vehicles and pedestrians.

As you know, in Northumberland we use the School Readiness Passport online platform to encourage collaborative partnership working to ensure all children including those with SEND are supported through effective transitions, the monitoring of actions to support progress, early identification of needs through a robust assessment tool and the analysis

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