Religious Education survey for all schools

FAO. All Warwickshire schools (with the exception of Catholic schools)

Warwickshire Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) has a duty to monitor the provision and quality of Religious Education (RE) taught according to the locally agreed syllabus, together with monitoring the overall effectiveness of the syllabus. SACRE also plays a role in providing advice and support on the teaching of RE to Warwickshire schools.

The current syllabus was launched in 2017 and is available to all schools (except Catholic schools who follow their own syllabus) on the SACRE website.

In order to help SACRE to fulfil its statutory responsibility, we are asking RE coordinators and subject leads to complete an online survey to provide information on the provision and delivery of RE in school. The survey forms part of the overall monitoring process and data from the survey will be used to report back to SACRE on current RE provision and to offer monitoring support visits to schools where these would be helpful. 

Please follow the link below to complete the online form by Friday 21st December:

For any queries please contact sacre@warwickshire.gov.uk

Have your say! SEND and Inclusion Strategy Consultation

We launched a public consultation on 12 November on the new Warwickshire Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Inclusion Strategy.

The strategy sets out a new vision for learners with SEND and aims to turn high aspirations for our learners with SEND into a reality. All children and young people need to be equipped to live as adults in a diverse and challenging society. Whatever their ability, they need to have the opportunity of employment, to be able to take part in their local community, to assess and take appropriate risks and to live as independently as possible.

Feedback from the consultation will inform the final vision and key targets in the strategy, and if approved it will be implemented from 1st April 2019.

The consultation will run between 12 November and 21 December 2018. 

There are various ways to respond including an online questionnaire and face-to-face consultation meetings. There is also a children and young person's survey and a widget symbol version.

The full draft strategy, online questionnaire and other documents are available on the Consultation Hub.

Contact Details

For further information on this consultation:
Email: educationstrategy@warwickshire.gov.uk
Tel: 01926 745105

Warwickshire Music Annual Schools' Conference 2019

FAO. Head teachers, Music Co-ordinators and Heads of Music

Warwickshire Music Annual Schools’ Conference
Thursday March 7th 2019 – Bulkington Village Centre, School Road, Bulkington CV12 9JB
9.30am – 3.30pm

Last year Warwickshire Music ran its first Schools’ Conference for colleagues from all key stages and it was a remarkable success with increased delegate numbers – so we are doing it again.

Why should you allow your music specialist to attend?

• Free attendance
• £200 to pay for a cover teacher
• Free gift for all delegates
• The priceless opportunity to meet, to play, to talk and to learn with musically minded colleagues

The Warwickshire Music Annual Schools’ Conference is for everyone working in education who values music: classroom teachers; music teachers; music co-ordinators; secondary music teachers and head teachers.

There was a strong request from last year’s delegates for more practical workshops and more information about the amazing range of music opportunities that Warwickshire Music supports.

This year we will also focus on supporting schools for the Music Mark Award and Artsmark awards.

There are limited spaces so book now using the online form to guarantee your place:

Book my place at the Warwickshire Music Annual Schools' Conference

Please feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues in your school or setting. Come along and find out how Warwickshire Music can contribute to a broad and balanced curriculum for your school.

Jeremy Dibb
Director
Warwickshire Music

Free Maths, Physics and MFL training

Provided by the Community Academies Trust Teaching School

The purpose of this accredited training is twofold: to improve subject knowledge and to demonstrate teaching methods

Who should do this course?

• Existing teachers
• Non-subject specialist teacher
• NQTs
• Ex teachers who want to return to the teaching profession
• Unqualified teachers working in an academy
• Y6 primary school teachers involved with transition of KS2/3

Examples of how training might support you are:

• a PE teacher who has been timetabled with KS3 maths from September 2017
• a biology teacher wants to brush up on their KS4 physics knowledge 
• a maths teacher looking to return to the profession following a career break
• German teacher needs to offer KS3 French
• a music teacher with A Level French needs to cover a Y7 French group
• existing teachers want to refresh knowledge because the school is now offering A Level courses in these subjects

The training is delivered free of cost to participants and is aimed at:

• teachers with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) who are already teaching or would like to be able to teach these subjects
• teachers whose initial training was not in maths, physics or languages who spend a considerable time teaching these subjects
• teachers who are returning to teaching after a career break
• teachers from a different phase of education

Schools will receive a bursary of £400 per candidate who successfully attends and completes these courses.

Click the links below for more details including how to book:

FREE TSST Modern Languages Subject Knowledge Enhancement Courses for Qualified Teachers

FREE TSST STEM Subject Knowledge Enhancement Courses for Qualified Teachers