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Warwickshire Safeguarding Exploitation Subgroup Strategy Review – Partnership Questionnaire

Sent on behalf of:  Pete Hill, Detective Superintendent / Chair of Warwickshire Safeguarding Exploitation Subgroup, Warwickshire Police

Dear Colleague,

Warwickshire Safeguarding is undertaking a review and refresh of its existing Exploitation Strategy which has been in place since 2020 and has so far, guided the work of the safeguarding partnership in this arena. 

To help shape the content of the refreshed strategy we are seeking your support in completing this short questionnaire.  

It is recognised, that schools can often have increased awareness of emerging issues exhibited through the behaviour of children and young people within their establishments, which may not necessarily be ordinarily known to other agencies working towards keeping children and young people safe in the area.

Hence, your input into this survey will help the partnership ensure it has accurately captured professional opinions, concerns and identify barriers you come across when supporting those being exploited within Warwickshire.

The Partnership’s end goal is to develop a solid plan tackling the big issues facing Warwickshire and develop key objectives that lead to prevention.

This questionnaire is open to all sectors within Warwickshire and to those who not only work directly with adults, children and/or young people, but those who also work indirectly perhaps in management, administration or at a strategic level.

The questionnaire should take no longer that 15 minutes to complete and we welcome the circulation of this email among your colleagues, team members and wider services within your organisation, so that we can achieve a wide and varied response.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Jennifer Coxley via wscb@warwickshire.gov.uk

Parents and Carers Invited to Join “Applying for a Primary School Place” webinar

Parents and carers with a child that is due to start in Reception or move to a Junior School in September 2024 are invited to join the school admissions team on Thursday 9 November at 7pm to get advice and guidance on how to apply for their school place.  

This applies to children born between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020 for Reception, and any child currently in Year 2 at an infant school who is planning to move to a junior school.  

The webinar is open to everyone and free to join. A recording of the event will also be made available via the School Admissions YouTube Playlist shortly after for those not able to join on the day. 

To book a place, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/737955162757  

Please note:

Applications for primary school places can only be made after 1 November 2023. All applications received by the deadline of 15 January will receive a school offer on 16 April next year, which is National Offer Day. Any applications submitted after the 15 January deadline will only be considered after this, meaning the child is much less likely to be offered a place at a preferred school. 

Applications can be made online after 1 November at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/primaryplace. 

Updates from TSH

Appropriate Body

The claims deadline was the 18th October.  After this date, new registrations for Appropriate Body will not be able to start their induction at the beginning of September. Their induction will start from the point of registration.

Invoices for Appropriate Body Services will be sent in the next few weeks – please ensure that you have signed the SLA in advance of this. Please get in touch if you have any questions via tsh@tgacademy.org.uk

Early Career Framework

If you have ECTs or Mentors who have not received login details for the platform or any communication from the TSH please get in touch via tsh@tgacademy.org.uk

in case there is an issue with the registration.

NPQs

NPQ registrations are now open for the Spring cohorts. We are running an NPQEL, NPQH and NPQSL from Solihull and working with the Shires MAT to run NPQLT, NPQLTD and NPQLBC.

Find out more on our website.

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