Action Required
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Perspective Lite – new Headteachers from January – reminder
If you haven’t already, please email cs.web@derbyshire.gov.uk as soon as possible if you have a new Headteacher in post recently or from January, so we can update account details and maintain school access to important documents. Please ensure new Perspective Lite users have been trained and issued with the user guide, and are aware of the importance of naming documents correctly, in order for delivery to be made to the correct Service in a timely manner.
SchoolsNet locked documents
Your spring term usernames and passwords, for accessing locked documents published on SchoolsNet, have been issued to headteachers via the Perspective Lite January General folder.
The penalty notice toolkit has been updated to resolve some issues some schools were having accessing the resources. This is now available in the Perspective Lite January General folder. Also in this edition of the toolkit is a briefing document to schools with some general reminders about the process, as well as some notes on some of the issues seen last term with requests. Please ensure these resources are shared with your staff that manage attendance.
Following updated legal guidance from government, DCC has launched a consultation on plans to update its school travel policies to make them more inclusive and promote independence. Please encourage school staff, parents and carers to complete the online survey, which runs until midnight on Sunday 22 February 2026. A series of engagement events are also being finalised, and details will be available soon.
Information
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Bulletins 22 and 29 December 2025.
Events
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Free online and in-person workshops for parents of neurodiverse young people, to help families keep young people safe from risks such as online extremism, grooming, radicalisation and wider harms. Please share the Safer Derbyshire Neurodiversity workshops link with parents and carers.
For more information please contact jamie.dean@derbyshire.gov.uk
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Derbyshire Services for Schools
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An online course designed to ensure governors in schools are able to meet their responsibilities regarding the Equality Act 2010 and the increased emphasis upon equality within the new Ofsted framework.
19 January 2026 – 6pm to 8pm
An online taster training session to support your approach to this communication system with young children (early years) with special educational needs.
20 January 2026 – 9:30am to 11:30am
This online course aims to introduce you to the role of chair and help you develop to become an effective leader of your board.
22 January 2026 – 6pm to 8pm
A fully funded online network event which aims to support school leads responsible for the development of RSE.
26 January 2026 – 3:45pm to 5:15pm
An online course to equip you to design a curriculum which is built around the bespoke needs of early years children in your school.
29 January 2026 – 1:30pm to 3:30pm
An online course, split over two days, designed for teachers new to year 6 or moderation. It provides a detailed overview of the statutory national requirements from the ‘Teacher Assessment Frameworks at the end of Key Stage 2’ (TAF).
- Day 1 – 30 January 2026 – 1pm to 4pm.
- Day 2 – 6 February 2026 – 1pm to 4pm.
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