Keeping Children Safe in Education 2020 was updated this week with changes substantially to recruitment as a result of Brexit. The changes relate to Part 3 of KCSiE: European Economic Area (EEA) regulating authority teacher sanctions or restrictions. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for further information.
Details and links to the key communications from the Department for Education are available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
Schools should be receiving invitations to participate in a pilot to investigate the potential of automating the flow of attendance data directly from school management information systems to the Department for Education. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for a copy of the invitation letter.
The guidance available on the Bulletin Board at the above link, on safeguarding children whilst they learn remotely, is being republished for use during the current lockdown.
Revised guidance for special and alternative provision schools for use during the current national lockdown was issued on 14 January 2021 and can be found here.
We can confirm that primary schools and maintained nursery schools should expect to receive a delivery of home testing kits between the 18 and 22 January for testing of staff. Further support and guidance on how to use the tests will follow shortly from the DfE. You do not need to start any testing before the week commencing 25 January. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for further information, including a link to a NHS video on how to administer a lateral flow test .
Further to the Q&A webinar on LFD testing on 12 January, a recording is available here for those who were unable to attend. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for additional information.
The Department for Education has addressed commonly asked questions on the National Voucher Scheme and lunch parcels here.
The Schools Forum biennial elections commenced Friday 15 January 2021. Half of the Schools Forum schools and academies members’ term of office ends on 31 March 2021. For a list of which seats are up for election, and details of the election arrangements please see the Bulletin Board at the above link.
The Team Around the Locality Cluster (TALC) will be continuing to support schools during this challenging period of the current lockdown. This will ensure we can continue to support and meet the needs of children and young people and that they continue to have access to education. Additional information is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
A recording of the webinar is now available at the following link: https://youtu.be/XwEf5E0tLMI . Within the session, a researchEd webinar is referenced in which four teachers from Oak reflect on the lessons learned through creating online sessions, including the principles of remote learning and cognitive science. This is available here.
GCC’s Occupational Health team of Clinicians and Advisers are inviting all schools to a Wellbeing Webinar on Wednesday 27January, to help explore the needs of staff in schools and give school leaders some much sought after tips and reassurance. The Bulletin Board at the above link has additional information.
Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for information on Community Resilience and Connected Relationships: Building Compassionate Communities Training on 9 March, 09:30 - 11:30.
Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for information on a Community Resilience and Secondary Trauma: Maintaining well being in the workforce Webinar on 10 March, 09:30 - 11:00.
