WE2 An empowering curriculum
Fully-funded training - Leading a Mentally Healthy School
Funded by the Warwickshire Improving SEND and SEMH in Schools Project (WISSSP)
A two-session fully-funded CPD programme for SLT members to lead their school to become mentally healthy.
The programme aims to enable and empower senior leaders to put mental health at the heart of strategic school improvement and to equip senior leaders with practical and sustainable approaches that can be implemented on return to school.
Various dates and venues are available to book onto, with courses starting early February.
Please note that Kineton and South Warwickshire Session A (Tuesday 11th February and Monday 16th February) has been cancelled. We hope to run a replacement session in the summer term in the central area.
Please see the attached flyer for more details and a link to the online booking form.
This training is run in partnership between WCC, The Griffin Teaching School Alliance and Hillmorton Teaching School Alliance.
For any queries please email gwen.temple@lawrencesheriffschool.com
Training to support pupils with additional needs
A number of Warwickshire's traded education services provide training and development to help schools to build capacity and skills to better support pupils with additional needs.
Please see a list below of upcoming courses provided by the Specialist Teaching Service (STS) and Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS).
For details of all training provided by WES traded services you can visit the WES website.
Available Training
Assessing EAL New Arrivals
Two free funded places for all Local Authority primary schools.
Aims to build EAL capacity in schools.
When/Where: 28 Feb 2020 at Pound Lane Learning Centre, Leamington Spa
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EAL SEND Training
For teachers, teaching assistants, SEND & EAL Coordinators requiring support in identifying and assessing SEND in children or young people whose first language is not English.
When/Where: 27 Mar 2020 at Pound Lane Learning Centre, Leamington Spa
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100 miles, 5 days: Is your school up for the challenge?
For a full size version of the flyer click the image below.
For more information visit: www.velobirmingham.com
Warwickshire ICTDS launch schools competition for Safer Internet Day 2020
Warwickshire ICT Development Service has launched their annual competition to coincide with Safer Internet Day 2020, a global campaign aiming to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
The competition is open to Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils. Both cohorts are invited to submit entries that address the theme 'Free to be Me' but with different criteria for each key stage (see details below on the flyers). This year the competition closely follows the teaching materials produced by the Safer Internet Centre for key stage 1 and 2, and links to these can be found in the information below.
The deadline for entries is Friday 28 February with the winner being announced on 20 March 2020.
Please see the flyers below for further details (you can click on each image for the full information).
Key Stage 1 Flyer
Key Stage 2 Flyer
Primary SENCo Network Meetings Spring 2020
The local SENCo network meetings provide an excellent opportunity for your SEN lead to benefit from professional development and sharing evidence-based good practice.
The meetings are also a valuable opportunity for SENCos who may be new to the area or new to the role to seek reassurance and advice on situations that they have not faced before, helping them to feel less isolated and more supported.
Network meetings are FREE to attend and usually take place termly, with separate meetings for primary and secondary SENCos.
Primary SENCo Network Meetings Spring 2020
The agenda for the spring term meetings will include:
- Education Entitlement Team and the Fair Access Protocol
- Mental Health First Aid
- The Local Offer
- Working as a team to provide SEN provision
- Local and national SEN news
There will be four meetings taking place across the county throughout February.
For more details please see the attached flyer.
RE Midterm Updates and Survey Completion Request
SACRE Surveys
We would be extremely grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete these two surveys. The first one is for secondary schools only. The second one is for all schools and will provide valuable information for us when planning future support for RE teachers in Coventry and Warwickshire. Please use the correct link for your local authority.
Warwickshire RE Exam Entries:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=BqqwiCdZu0uok4nMJxOsgsH0mPbeQwVLlqB0zlUwK61UQUZBQU1XTUlQTVZVVThLS05FRTg3RzJNRy4u
Warwickshire Agreed Syllabus Half Way Review:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=BqqwiCdZu0uok4nMJxOsgsH0mPbeQwVLlqB0zlUwK61UMFBTMzZPV0RIWFg2ODRJNVVEQ1E3NFNNSS4u
The Mid-Term RE Updates: February 2020 can be found here.
Become a Sustrans Big Pedal Promoter
Sustrans Big Pedal is the UK's largest inter-school cycling, walking and scooting challenge.
Organisations who work with schools can sign up for a free Big Pedal promoter account.
In 2019, over 1,682 schools made 3,869,618 journeys to schools by cycle, foot and scooter. Help us promote Sustrans Big Pedal and ultimately work towards your own objectives to:
• improve health
• enhance mental health and wellbeing
• reduce congestion
Challenge dates: 22 April - 5 May 2020
For more information visit Sustrans Big Pedal website www.bigpedal.org.uk
Sustrans Big Pedal promoter flyer
Warwickshire Young Carers
There are many Young Carers across Warwickshire who may benefit from additional support, some of these Young Carers may not yet have been identified which is why awareness raising work is so important to ensure that they are aware that support is there if they need it. As well as Young Carers being able to access groups, activities and one to one support Warwickshire Young Carers has an Education Development Worker who can work with schools to deliver training and assemblies to increase awareness of Young Carers in the school setting and provide advice and guidance on the type of support Young Carers may benefit from in school. Schools may also choose to complete our School Award which helps to embed support for Young Carers within the school setting.
We would like a named Young Carer Lead in every school to enable us to easily get in contact with school staff where we may have a query or concern about one of our Young Carers, if we do not already have a lead name for your school or the lead has changed, please get in touch and let us know who the relevant contact would be.
For any more information please feel free to get in touch with Amy our Education worker on Schools@warwickshireyoungcarers.org.uk.
WE3 Family of schools
Training to support HR in schools
Warwickshire's HR and Payroll Services offers training to support schools with a range of areas in relation to HR and payroll.
Some of the upcoming training courses are highlighted below. Full details of all courses and bespoke training are available on the WES website.
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Date |
Venue |
Booking Link |
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Pre-employment training
The aim of the course is to provide an overview of the pre employment checks required as part of the conditional offer. The course will provide an understanding of how to complete the necessary pre employment checks.
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5 Feb 2020 |
Pound Lane Learning Centre, Leamington Spa |
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DBS training
The Objectives of the course are:
- to build your confidence in processing DBS applications
- raise awareness and provide background to DBS
- confirmation of documents that are required
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5 Feb 2020 |
Pound Lane Learning Centre, Leamington Spa |
Book this course |
Support for new or aspiring female senior leaders
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) is pleased to be offering a re-run of the fully accredited Women's National Professional Qualification for School Leadership (NPQSL) programme for new and aspiring female senior leaders.
The programme aims to support and encourage female leaders from all types of school and college to develop their knowledge, leadership qualities and skills to be effective senior leaders and achieve the NPQSL qualification.
The course encourages women to develop confidence, resilience, and network with other female leaders within a nurturing and challenging peer-learning programme, led by a partnership team of experienced female senior leaders.
Applications opened on 1 January 2020 and will close on 30 April 2020.
Full details about the programme are on the attached flyer.
2019 primary inspection data summary reports
The DfE has updated the 2019 primary inspection data summary reports (IDSR) with revised key stage 2 data, final 2019 EYFS and data for disadvantaged pupils. They are available through the new Ofsted IDSR service.
You can also access this from the DfE’s Analyse School Performance (ASP). When logged into ASP, click on ‘All reports’ and then ‘Ofsted inspection data summary reports’.
Schools are advised to ensure they download the latest version dated 27 January 2020.
Where applicable, the IDSRs hold:
- final 2019 EYFS
- revised 2019 KS2
- data for disadvantaged pupils
- two term absence
- provisional 2019 KS5, KS4, KS1, phonics and context data.
A new and improved guidance document for the IDSR has also been published. This includes example reports and supporting data tables used for the 2019 IDSR which show national figures and quintile boundaries used to determine whether areas of interest sentences are triggered.
Newly added links are now located throughout the IDSR, which take you directly to the relevant section of the full guidance.
Should you have any IDSR or Ofsted IDSR service queries, please contact either:
Key national updates
Ofsted launches consultation on changes to inspecting Initial Teacher Education (ITE)
Earlier this week Ofsted published a consultaton on their new approach to inspecting initial teacher education. Ofsted is seeking views from a wide range of respondents on the draft framework and inspection handbook, including trainee and newly qualified teachers, ITE partnerships, headteachers and other employers. The consultation is open for 10 weeks and will close on 3 April 2020.
Read the press release here
View the draft handbook and respond to the consultation here
Period product scheme for schools and colleges in England
The DfE has introduced a new scheme to provide free period products for all learners who attend state-maintained schools or who are in 16-19 education in England.
Education providers will be able to order a range of products including tampons and sanitary pads at any point during the year through the contracted supplier, Personnel Hygiene Services (phs), which are then delivered free of charge.
Providers have an allocated amount that they can spend on products between January 2020 and December 2020 which has been calculated based on numbers of students whose legal gender is female and who, based on age, are likely to have started their periods.
You can find out more about the scheme on the DfE website here.
WE4 Employability
National Apprenticeship Week 2020
The theme behind the 13th Annual National Apprenticeship Week 2020 will be “Look Beyond”
National Apprenticeship Week 2020 will run from 3 to 7 February and the theme this year, 'Look Beyond', will celebrate the diversity and value that apprenticeships bring to employers, apprentices and communities across England.
National Apprenticeship Week is a time to recognise and applaud apprenticeship success stories across the country. It's a fantastic opportunity for employers to promote the success of their apprentices and highlight the huge benefits to other employers, of all sizes, who are thinking of taking on an apprentice.
The week is also a chance to celebrate the achievements of apprentices across the country, with engagement and events in schools and colleges. Many often invite current and former apprentices back into school to tell their story attracting the next generation of apprentices, so they too can fire up their future career.
‘Look Beyond’ will be encouraging the apprenticeship community to unite and showcase the true meaning of diversity within apprenticeships, including:
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calling on young people to look beyond traditional routes into employment and explore the diversity of career options and industries now available to them through apprenticeships;
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calling on employers to look beyond traditional hiring routes and shout about the value they already see from diversifying their workforce by employing apprentices
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calling on parents and teachers to look beyond old preconceptions around apprenticeships, building understanding of the true value they bring and sharing this with young people.
Keep up to date with National Apprenticeship Week news by following @Apprenticeships on Twitter and National Apprenticeship Service on LinkedIn.