Coventry Education - updates for schools (week ending 3 May)

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Department for Education - updates for schools

National Schools Commissioner appointed

Education Secretary sets out the importance of testing in primary school

Minister shares primary school confidence on offer day

Education Secretary to work with sector on special needs funding

SEND and AP provision: call for evidence

Free sanitary products in all primary schools

Calls for more men to work in the early years

Plans launched to boost digital skills for adults

FE Commissioner visits and reports

Support for FE and sixth-form colleges

Retaining Ofsted's current grading system in education

9 out of 10 parents know the Ofsted rating of their child’s school or childcare provider

Pearson - Policy Eye (weeks ending 26/04 and 03/05)

Top headlines this week:

  • EU students could face higher fees to study in the UK post 2020
  • Social mobility in the UK virtually stagnant since 2014
  • Universities told to be more flexible about students' A level results
  • We'll make badly behaved pupils repeat a year, say academies
  • Labour could replace SATs with PISA style sampling

Pearson - Policy Eye (week ending 26/04)

Pearson - Policy Eye (week ending 03/05)

Ofsted News - April 2019

  • Ofsted reports during local elections
  • Retaining Ofsted's current grading system in education
  • Illegal schools are a huge nationwide problem

Ofsted News - April 2019

Right Help Right Time guidance and workshops

On 23 April, Coventry's Safeguarding Children Board launched its new Right Help Right Time guidance. It will help professionals to identify the support that a child, young person or family might need and how best this support can be provided. It replaces all previous threshold guidance or levels of need documents.

Multi-agency workshops are running throughout June and July, please use this booking form. For information around availability please contact Lscb.training@coventry.gov.uk.

Apprentice Rate of Pay - April 2019

The new national minimum wage for Apprentices from April 2019 is now an hourly rate of £3.90, schools can offer an increment following successful completion of probation at their discretion to an hourly rate of £4.90.

Apprentices are entitled to the apprentice rate if they're either aged under 19, or aged 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship.

Apprentices are entitled to the minimum wage for their age if they are aged 19 or over, and have completed the first year of their apprenticeship.

Further information is available for you to read.

Take action today, put it away - launch 16 May

A campaign is being launched on 16 May to highlight the risks of household cleaning products - 'take action today, put it away'.

A handy magnetic notepad featuring key safety advice will be handed out to families by home safety officers, public health nurses, health visitors, and parent and toddler groups.

An official launch for partners is being held on Thursday 16 May from 14.00 to 16:00 at Moat House Leisure Centre, please book a place through Eventbrite.

Summer Reading Challenge - volunteers aged 14 - 18

This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is based around Space and the 50th anniversary of the moon landing . We would like volunteers (aged 14 - 18) to support staff with administering the challenge and running activities.  We hope that this will support young people in enhancing their CVs, offering them experience in the workplace and building confidence.  

Further information is available for you to read, and a leaflet and digital poster have been created for display in schools. Please complete the online application form by Sunday 9 June.

If you require hard copies of the leaflets or any further information please contact Marie Shipley (Marie.Shipley@coventry.gov.uk) or Anne McFadden (Anne.McFadden@coventry.gov.uk).

PSHE: follow up workshops

PSHE follow up workshops will take place on Monday 1 July (13:30 - 15:30, Committee Room 2, Council House) and Wednesday 3 July (13:30 - 15:30, M1.4, One Friargate)

Please book your place through Eventbrite - 1 July and 3 July.

FFT Aspire Introductory training - 9 July, Ricoh Arena

Join us in exploring your data with our hands-on computer based introduction to FFT Aspire. Discover the evaluation, target setting and Student Explorer dashboards for your school guided by our FFT experts. Our most popular course gives you the opportunity to get to grips with analysing groups of pupils, subject performance and individual results through FFT Aspire's interactive functionality. 

This course is suitable for all staff in schools looking to gain a good understanding of the Aspire system. No previous experience is required, as our trainer will walk you through everything. 

Further information and booking details are available for you to read.

Summer term RE bulletin - FAO RE co-ordinators

The summer term RE bulletin is available for you to read, please could this be shared with RE co-ordinators.

Schools Service of Remembrance - 12 November 2019

A Service of Remembrance led by the Bishop of Coventry will take place on 12 November and will include poems and prayers written by Coventry school children.

This event is open to all schools in Coventry, please book in advance through the Visitor Experience team - coombecountrypark@coventry.gov.uk.

Further information is available for you to read.

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