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We are pleased to inform you that the new 2019 inspection data summary report (IDSR) for primary data, is now available through a link to the new Ofsted IDSR service in DfE’s Analyse School Performance (ASP). The primary IDSRs hold provisional data for key stage 2, key stage 1 and phonics, and context data.
This year, the children looked after collection closure date, was delayed (due to technical issues) by five weeks. Therefore, the children looked after data and data for disadvantaged pupils will not be included until the revised data releases.
We have also published a new guidance document for the primary IDSR. We will add secondary-specific guidance to coincide with the release of the secondary IDSR. You can find the new guidance here.
At the same time as the provisional secondary release, we will be removing historic IDSRs from Analyse School Performance. Any users wishing to keep a copy of their historic IDSRs are advised to download and save their IDSRs before they are removed later in the autumn term.
Should you have any IDSR data queries, please contact the Schools Pre-Inspection Data & Insight team at: school.performance.data@ofsted.gov.uk
This is an anonymous survey and all responses will be treated as confidential
We want to know how the school day is changing. Are schools starting or finishing earlier or later on certain days? Are break times longer or shorter? And what’s behind the changes? To create more opportunities for pupil enrichment? More time for staff development? And is school funding driving any of these changes?
The overall results of the survey will be broadcast across BBC News programmes, on TV, radio and online. Please take part in the survey by clicking here.
If you are interested in taking part in the BBC's coverage or you have any other questions please contact Katherine Smith at the BBC.
Local residents are being encouraged to have their say on the future of local NHS services as part of The Big Conversation. Funding for healthcare across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is under pressure. More people are using NHS services locally, and resources are limited. The Big Conversation has been created to understand what is most important to the local community. Feedback received will be used to inform future plans and help shape our local NHS. Please take part by completing a short survey online here.
Public Health England has published `Rise Above for Schools' - new PSHE curriculum resources for Year 6 pupils.
School Improvement in Challenging Contexts: A research document by Ambition Institute and the University of Southampton. Read the document here.
New government guidance to local authority children's services in England has been updated to include food allergy advice. Read the guidance here.
Salix Finance is available to help you upgrade to more efficient technology such as LED lighting, new boilers or insulation, to improve the learning environment, reduce emissions and save money.
There are no up-front costs and the interest free loan is repaid through savings made on your energy bills. Salix Finance, is a government funded organisation available to maintained schools, academies, free schools and sixth form colleges.
For further information visit the Salix website or contact schoolsapplication@salixfinance.co.uk.
A new release of the schools financial benchmarking tool was made on Thursday 17 October. This release includes local authority maintained school spending data, updated for the 2018 to 2019 financial year.
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Cambridgeshire Libraries are delighted to report a very successful Summer Reading Challenge – the annual event which encourages children to read 6 books over the school holidays, collecting incentives as they progress.
Over 7400 children signed up for the challenge this year and over 4400 children were awarded medals and certificates for completing it - a 9% increase on last year. Each child who completed the Challenge was invited to an Award Ceremony at their local library, where they were presented with a medal and certificate. We hope that many were also encouraged to bring their medals and certificates into school to proudly show!
We would like to thank all the schools who support Libraries by encouraging their children and families to take part. The challenge is an invaluable way to keep children reading over the long school summer holidays, offering an enjoyable activity in the six-week summer break from school when reading skills and confidence can dip,
We also had 170 under 16s volunteer over the summer, whose support helps ensure the success of the Challenge, as well as that of our programme of events. It’s also great for their CVs! 300 themed activities took place across all 34 of our libraries.
Schools are very welcome to contact their local library to bring classes in for visits. Together we hope we can encourage children to be enthusiastic readers and library users for life!
Library Services
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The Attendance Service now has new Learn Together pages for ‘Elective Home Education’ and ‘Deleting pupil from school roll and Children Missing from Education’. These pages include advice and guidance to schools and have link to the new online referral forms.
Elective Home Education
The Elective Home Education deregistration online referral form can be found on this page.
Deleting pupil from school roll and Children Missing from Education.
The Deletion from Register - Destination Confirmed Form and Request for Children Missing from Education Investigation form can be found on this page.
Teachincambs is encouraging new people to train as teachers. Next week is the Cambridgeshire Get into Teaching Event, Thursday 7th November, 6-8pm at Anglia Ruskin University. All our local providers will be there to help anyone interested in starting their teaching career. Please encourage staff and community members to join us to find out how they can start their journey. More information here.
Cambridgeshire will be participating in an Exclusions Peer review on 11th and 12th December 2019. Please refer to this briefing which provides further information on the scope, peer team, programme etc. The peer review process has been developed by a working group of local authorities to address the following key question:
What are the current challenges facing the LA and schools in tackling rising numbers of exclusions and what are the possible solutions beginning to emerge?
There will be a number of focus groups and individual inteviews throughout the programme. Headline feedback will be received at the end of the second day of the programme.
For further details please contact: Marian Cullen
Peer Review co-ordinators: Helen Gregg
Sandra Jordan
The Attendance Service now has online forms to submit ‘Penalty Notice Referrals for Term Time Leave’ and ‘Unauthorised absence request for the issue of a penalty notice or prosecution’ to the Local Authority. These online forms, along with advice and guidance to schools can be found on the our new Learn Together page ‘Pupil Attendance - Advice to Schools’.
There is also a Non-School Attendance helpline manned every Monday during term-time for schools to raise child-specific and general queries with a Local Authority Attendance Officer. The Non-School Attendance helpline number is 01223 715682 or email nsa.helpline@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
The prototype of Ofsted's new secondary inspection data summary report (IDSR) has been released.
It shows the layout and content of the new secondary IDSR using example data.
It is located within our new IDSR guidance document on GOV.UK: IDSR prototype
Important reminders:
- The 2019 inspection data summary report (IDSR) for primary data, is available in DfE’s Analyse School Performance (ASP). When logged in to ASP, please click on all reports, then click on Ofsted inspection data summary reports, and finally click on Visit the Ofsted IDSR service. Your PDF 2019 report will pop up. The IDSRs currently hold provisional data for key stage 2, key stage 1 and phonics, and context data.
- This year, the children looked after collection closure date, was delayed (due to technical issues) by five weeks. Therefore, the children looked after data and data for disadvantaged pupils will not be included until the revised data releases.
- We have published a new guidance document for the IDSR. We will add secondary-specific guidance to coincide with the release of the secondary IDSR. You can find the new guidance here
- At the same time as the provisional secondary release, we will be removing historic IDSRs from Analyse School Performance. Any users wishing to keep a copy of their historic IDSRs are advised to download and save their IDSRs before they are removed later in the autumn term. We will communicate this again closer to the time.
Kind regards
The Schools Pre-Inspection Data & Insight Team
Applications for the 2020/21 Farmington Scholarships are now open. These are Scholarships available to teachers of religious education and associated subjects in UK secondary, primary, and special needs schools. Head teachers who wish to undertake research into either religious education or values education are also eligible to apply.
Scholarships cover the cost of tuition, essential local travel and, by negotiation with the school, the salary of a replacement teacher up to point 6 of the main pay scale. Scholarships last for a maximum of 30 days and can either be taken at a local university (we have links with 12 throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) or can be home-based with a local tutor. Further information and an application form can be found here on our website.
Cambridgeshire Primary Headteachers Forum and Local Authority Briefing
Thursday 14 November 2019, 09:00 to 16:00, The Marriott Hotel, Huntingdon.
Read the agenda here. Click heading to book your place.
Two day course for PSHE Coordinators
Wednesday 29 January and Wednesday 5 February 2020. Ambury House, 09:15 to 16:00. For those new to leading PSHE in their Primary or Special school. £225 for subscribing schools, £255 for non-subscribers.
Supporting Disadvantaged Groups
Wednesday 20 November 2019, 13:30 to 16:00, Diamond Teaching School, Winhills Training Centre, St Neots. For KS1 & KS2 teachers and TAs. £60 per delegate.
PSHE Network meetings
Tuesday 19 November, 14:30 to 16:30, CPDC, and Wednesday 27 November, Ambury House, 14:15 to 16:15. For Primary or Special schools who have a PSHE Service subscription. Free to subscribing schools.
Developing and Teaching RSE
Tuesday 12 November, CPDC and Wednesday 11 March 2020, Ambury House, 09:30 to 16:30. For Primary and Special schools. £115 for subscribing schools, £130 for non-subscribers. Alternatively you can book for morning only (Developing RSE), aimed at PSHE Coordinators, or for afternoon only (Teaching RSE) aimed at all those who teach RSE.
Establishing Enabling Environments
Friday 1 November 2019, 09:30 to 12:00, Diamond Teaching School, Winhills Training Centre, St Neots. For teachers and TAs. £60 per delegate.
Reading Rocketeers; developing comprehension with struggling readers.
Friday 1 November, 13:00 to 16:00. Spinney Primary, CB1 9PB. Kite TSA. Primary Teachers (Year1-4), English Subject Leaders, SLT and SENCOs. £75.
NFU Farming STEMterprise Training Twilight with FREE resources.
Wednesday 6 November, 16:15 to 17:15. Spinney Primary, CB1 9PB. Kite TSA. Primary Science Leaders, Primary Teachers and SLT. FREE.
Empathy Lab Training Day.
Tuesday 19 November, 10:00 to 16:30. 44 Webber Street London. Kite TSA. Literacy Leaders, Primary Teachers and SLT. £175.
Greater Depth Writing for Year4s and Year 5s with Martin Galway (x3 sessions). Programme starts Friday 22 November, 09:00 to 16:00. Spinney Primary, CB1 9PB. Kite TSA. Year4 and Year 5 Primary Teachers. £300.
Inference Training (see `English Interventions' tab)
Tuesday 19 November 2019, 09:00 to 12:00. For a KS2 class teacher and an experienced TA. ECaR. Cambs LA schools £190, Out of county, academies and independent schools £210 (per school for 1 teacher and 1 teaching assistant). Includes resources and support throughout the year.
Meeting the needs of lower and higher attaining pupils
Tuesday 5 November 2019, 15:00 to 17:00. ECAR. Twilight session to support NQTs and RQTs. Price from £50.
Developing Questioning in Science
Thursday 7 November 2019, 09:30 to 12:00, Diamond Teaching School, Winhills Training Centre, St Neots. For Teachers and TAs. £60 per delegate.
TeachMeet Changing The World One Lesson At A Time: Creative approaches to sustainability in the primary classroom. Primary Teachers and anyone with an interest in sustainability in Primary Education. Tuesday 12 November, 16:00 to 18:00. Anglia Ruskin University, Young Street. Free.
Developing Middle Leadership (see Developing Leadership tab)
7 sessions starting from Monday 4 November (15:00 to 17:30). First session: Petersfield Primary School (delegates' schools will be invited to host each of the sessions). For team leaders, phase leaders, subject leaders. Cambs LA schools £400, out of county, academies and independent schools £420.
Primary Physical Education Subject Leader Network Meeting
Thursday 28 November 2019, Ambury House, Huntingdon. £82.50/£99. Enable PE curriculum leaders to be up to date with the most recent changes in all aspects of PE and school sport.
Leadership of Foundation Subjects
Monday 4 November 2019, 09:15 to 12:15, Diamond Teaching School, Winhills Training Centre, St Neots. For leaders of foundation subjects. £100 per delegate.
Advanced SENCO Award
Start date: January 2020, End date: May 2020, Duration: 5 full day taught sessions. Venue: Boathouse Business Centre, Wisbech
Audience: Qualified SENCOs wanting to progress toward a Masters in Educational Leadership or Masters in SEND, building on the National Award for SEND Co-ordination or experienced SENCOs wanting additional CPD to advance their skills in leadership of SEND.
Cost: £625+vat non-accredited CPD route/ £985+vat accredited route (accreditation by the School of Education, University of Hertfordshire).
British Gymnastics Intermediate Teachers Award
14 & 15 December 2019, Great Barford Primary School, Huntingdon. £150.
Delegates increase depth of knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of gymnastics, giving technical information and confidence in delivery, both in lesson time and as an extra-curricular activity.
Training for New or Inexperienced Physical Education Subject Leaders in Primary Schools
Tuesday 12 November, 13:30 to 16:30, Stanton House, Huntingdon. For teachers and coaches who have been given responsibility for the leadership of PE in Primary schools and settings.
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