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Heads Up replaces the Covid-19 Briefings and will be published weekly until further notice.
Covid-19 Information for Schools
Details and links to the key communications from the Department for Education are available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
Please note that the deadline to claim in the 2nd window for exceptional costs is on 22 December. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for additional information.
The F40 are campaigning for substantially increased school funding to meet the costs which schools are having to sustain because of the coronavirus pandemic. A questionnaire which is aimed at finding out more about the financial impact that the coronavirus has had in schools is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
Schools are being asked to remain available for parents to report positive cases for six days after the last day of term and there is a possibility that some schools may be managing cases very close to the Christmas period. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for further information.
Demands placed upon school staff this year have been enormous. We want to reassure you that the safety, health and wellbeing of staff is a priority for all services providing support to schools. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for tips for heads and school leaders as we approach the end of the winter term.
A letter from Sarah Scott, Director of Public Health and Chris Spencer, Director of Children's Services is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
All Schools
Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for advice to help schools prepare for the colder weather.
TALC referrals will no longer be accepted for children and young people who are in receipt of an EHCP or for whom a school has submitted an EHCP assessment request. Further information is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
The Youth Support Team would like to speak to relevant members of school staff that can pass messages to pupils and families who would most benefit from their holiday hunger scheme in Cheltenham and Gloucester. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for additional information.
Oak National Academy, an online resource hub and classroom, are offering a webinar for Headteachers/Subject Leaders in Gloucestershire on Tuesday 12 January at 3.30pm. The Bulletin Board at the above link has further information.
A series of pre-recorded sessions from a range of national and local key note speakers will be available online from the end of January/beginning February 2021. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for additional information.
Grants of up to £1000 are available to schools to develop extra curricular music activities e.g. lunchtime and afterschool clubs. Bursaries of up to £200 are available (paid to the school) to enable those students, that can least afford it, to have access to tuition, exams and instrument hire. Additional information is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
The 2020 Annual Meeting of the LGPS Pension Fund, the pension fund for support staff, was cancelled this year. Copies of the Pension Fund’s Annual Report for 2019/20 are available to download at www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/extra/pensions/investments or can be obtained by phoning 01452 328949.
Primary
This programme, run by retired Educational Psychologist, Mary Gurney, is being offered to all Primary Schools within Gloucestershire free of charge for the Covid recovery period. The programme is about helping children to re-build relationships and restore self-confidence and resilience after the disruption they have experienced during the Covid pandemic. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for further information.
A message from the Local Authority
We should like to thank you, your staff and governors for all that you have done to support children, young people and their families, and the communities that you serve. Schools across the county have worked through the most difficult of circumstances with great resilience and dedication to keep schools safe and open.
We extend our warmest good wishes to you for a happy and restful break.
Previous issues of Heads Up, for the current academic year, are available on Schoolsnet at this link
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