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Summer 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. Each session will take place […]

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 […]

myHappymind

myHappymind is an award-winning whole-school and nursery programme that teaches children preventative habits supporting positive mental health, resilience, and self-esteem. Co-developed with schools across the nation, myHappymind is a universal offer for all schools but also has a programme for Alternative provision and SEN.  Here is our National impact report which […]

Regeneration Investment Team Funding e-Bulletin – 11 April 2025

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 […]

Northumberland All Age Autism Strategy (Draft Version) – Have Your Say

Northumberland County Council and the NHS in Northumberland want to hear people’s views on our ideas for a strategy for autistic people of all ages in Northumberland. The strategy aims to improve services and support for autistic people. We want to hear the views of lots of different people including: Please […]

Physical activity within schools

Within Northumberland County Council, we are currently reviewing our physical activity strategy and are interested in knowing what physical activity opportunities are currently available in schools across Northumberland. This information will be used to support what we cover in our strategy and aims for what we would like to improve […]

Walk to School Week 19-23 May

W2SW will soon be here and we are hoping to have resources to offer to schools to run a 5 Day Walking Challenge, sign up here to let us know if your school would like to take part. This year’s theme  is The Great Space Walk, encouraging families to travel actively to school […]

Year 2 & Year 6 Writing Standardisation (June 2025)

Year 2 & Year 6 Writing Standardisation These meetings are an opportunity for teachers to moderate together; teachers are asked to bring work for 3 pupils with them to assess against the teacher assessment framework (TAF) for their year group. Tuesday 3rd June at Choppington Welfare Centre Year 2 Central […]

NHSBSA Year 12 Work Experience

Please see attached flyer regarding Year 12 work experience offer within the non-clinical NHS Business Services Authority.

MELVA digital showcase for educators

Award winning creative learning company Mortal Fools are running a MELVA digital showcase for primary schools and specialist settings interested in finding out more or using MELVA for academic year 25/26. Whilst schools across the UK can purchase a licence directly from us – we are hoping to be able […]

EYFS Profile moderation (alliance schools)

If you’re in one of our school alliances, the Early Years Team will be running EYFS Profile moderation sessions this May. To see the date and venue of your alliance’s moderation session, and to sign up, follow the link here.

Mediated Learning Support Approach (MeLSA) Training

Would you like to support your learners to be more independent, skilled and confident? Northumberland Psychological Services Team are now offering a training programme to build the capacity of schools to do just that.    The MeLSA (Mediated Learning Support Approach) course is based on mediated learning principles. Mediated learning […]

Next steps – 2nd draft of Northumberland’s policy Arranging education for children who cannot attend school because of their health needs

Thank you for your contributions to the consultation on Northumberland’s draft policy Arranging education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs.  This is the amended policy, now in 2nd draft form, and a summary of the feedback received during the consultation that informed those amendments. The consultation is continuing in […]

Early Years Update

Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team  Estimated Figures Summer 2024-25 (PVIs only) The system is now open for you to submit your estimated figures claim. Please remember to check your summaries, work out average hours and underestimate to prevent over-claiming.  Deadline to submit – Monday 21st April  If you require […]

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