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Education Secretary meets apprentices on his first visit
Government welcomes more pupils studying science
Ofsted is changing how it inspects schools
Innovative adult retraining scheme rolled out further
Education Secretary says post-16 options better than ever, as GCSE results released
GCSE entries to arts and core academic subjects rise
HMCI commentary: the roles of accountability and autonomy
Primary school accountability
Inspecting schools: guide for maintained and academy schools
Inspecting further education and skills: guide for providers
Inspecting schools: guidance for parents
Keeping children safe in education
New drive to continue boosting standards in schools
£30,000 starting salaries proposed for teachers
Prime Minister boosts schools with £14 billion package
Chancellor announces £400 million investment for 16-19 year olds’ education
The Education Secretary's response to Lord Tyrie's letter about school uniform
SATs results show more primary pupils reach the highest standards
Financial transparency of LA maintained schools and academy trusts
The deadline for responses to this consultation is 30 September 2019.
Pearson - Policy Tracker (August 2019)
- Ofsted is changing how it inspects schools
- HMCI commentary - the roles of inspection and autonomy
- Annual teachers survey
Ofsted News - July 2019
Ofsted News - August 2019
Post-summer FGM notice for schools
Protecting young people from gangs - new service
As discussed at Primary and Secondary Partnerships, further information about removing pupils from the school roll is now available.
Legislation for removal from school roll
As part of our statutory function when processing cases to court for non-payment of Penalty Notices we have recently identified a number of cases with incorrect addresses for parents. These have been provided to us by schools. This has led to confidential and sensitive information being sent to incorrect addresses, raising the issues of data breaches and has caused unnecessary delay in cases proceeding to court.
We ask that all Headteachers please alert school staff to the above issues and ensure staff are regularly sharing Data Collection Forms with parents to ensure updates to their records are carried out on a regular basis.
This we hope, will improve our efficiency in issuing Penalty Notices and court summons to parents and will minimise the risk of further data breaches.
Fixed Penalty Notices forms and update
FAO Careers Leads in Secondary and FE Colleges
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has been liaising with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to draw up an initiative to engage with schools and colleges to achieve and build on digital skills and career aspirations.
PWC offer - Secondary
Please contact kevin.vashi@wmca.org.uk to express an interest.
This course is aimed at practitioners, professionals and volunteers who work with children, young people and their families.
The course takes approximately 50 minutes and will cover brain development in the early years, the impact of childhood adversity, social/health/community impacts, protective factors, looking at ACEs through a trauma informed lens, and building resilience.
Introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences - free online training
Blue Sky Teaching School Alliance - CPD dates 19/20 (updated)
Have you ever thought about a career in science, technology or engineering? Want to learn more? Not sure which options to take for your GCSEs?
Come to our free Science workshop to take part in some fun experiments, meet a guest speaker and learn more about careers.
Science Workshop - 13 September 2019
We have become aware that a company called The Energy Check is once again undertaking a programme of cold calling. This time they are claiming to be an appointed auditor by the supplier to look into compliance with the Agreed Supply Capacity (ASC) supply regulations. They are also inferring in their new approach that you could be liable for a fine if you don’t send this information to them. This is not the case. They are a 3rd Party Consultant and Energy Broker that is trying to gather company supply information to attempt to sell additional services to businesses.
Should any schools calling off the CCC framework have genuine enquiries about their ASC or any other compliance issues with their utility accounts they are reminded that they can contact ESPO (Energy@Espo.org) or the supplier Total Gas & Power for free advice. The Coventry City Council Energy Management Team can also provide a tiered level of assistance and support for utilities via the Energy Management SLAs available on Oneplace. For queries please contact energymanagement@coventry.gov.uk.
FAO Headteachers, Heads of Pastoral Care and all teachers who run school trips.
Trustees of the Soothern and Craner Educational Foundation wish to encourage the uptake of grants to assist with girls’ education.
A school may apply by letter, for a block grant to cover some or all of the costs for a certain number of girls in need of help, for instance, for a class field trip to Dol-y-Moch, or some other outing or activity organised by the school.
Application form and further information
If you have any comments, please let us know by contacting lucy.lambert@coventry.gov.uk.
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