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Covid-19 Information for Schools
Updated FAQs are available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
An updated Covid-19 risk assessment is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
Details and links to the key communications from the Department for Education are available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for the latest version of the Schools' Flow Chart with guidance in the management of Covid-19.
The expectation is that most staff, pupils, and students will already have access to face coverings from their wider use in society. However, it is recommended that all settings have a small contingency stock of face coverings available if an individual is struggling to access a face covering, or has damaged/forgotten their own. Additional information is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
Ofsted has published new information on how remote education is working for children and young people with SEND. Their findings are taken from the autumn and spring term interim visits. Additional information is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.
LA advice on how schools should proceed with regard to children not attending at this current time is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link. This takes into account the latest guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care along with Public Health England and gives advice regarding Education settings and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable.
All Schools
The 2021/22 Primary, Secondary and Special Schools Budgets are now available https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/schoolsnet/school-office/schools-finance/school-budgets/school-budgets-2021-22/
Join us for Gloucestershire’s first youth-led music conference – bringing together music educators, industry professionals and young people with a stake in the future of music in Gloucestershire to look at how we can make music inclusive to all.
All of the content is available on-demand and booking is open now. FREE / Online / 8-19 March. Please go to the link: https://www.themusicworks.org.uk/school/the-music-inclusion-conference-2021/
From September 2021, new teachers will be supported throughout a 2-year statutory induction programme of professional development and mentoring.
The new Teaching School Hubs will be working as delivery partners with national providers to ensure all Early Career Teachers, and their mentors and schools, access and benefit from the Early Career Framework programme. The local Teaching School Hubs, Balcarras and Pate’s Grammar, will be meeting with the new national providers and will soon be sharing information with all schools about the providers and what their offer comprises. Schools are encouraged to engage with their local Teaching School Hub and be part of an aligned ECF offer through their Hub. The LA, Adfecto, the university and other local organisations are working closely together with the Hubs and the Teaching School Council to ensure the successful roll-out of the new arrangements.
Heads are asked to wait to hear more from the Hubs before making an individual relationship with a provider. The ideal is that there is a coherent offer that schools can sign up to via the Hubs. Further information can be found at the above link.
Governance
Opportunity for an experienced clerk
Governor Services offers a programme of high-quality and comprehensive training for governing boards in Gloucestershire. Our current programme offers a range of training opportunities which we are keen to develop further.
We are seeking an experienced clerk to deliver training and briefings to clerks across the county. Training takes place both during the day and at evening sessions, and may be delivered face to face or online.
Applicants should have current or very recent experience of clerking and school governance, either LA maintained or academy, and will need to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of governance and clerking, together with experience of delivering training.
Hours worked by individual trainers are by negotiation, to reflect both individual preference and the needs of the service.
For a brief discussion on current training procedures/delivery please contact Governor Services on 01452 427803 or email: governor.services@gloucestershire.gov.uk
A letter of application including a curriculum vitae should be sent to: Sandra Shepherd, Education Lead. Email: governor.services@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Closing date for application: 25 March 2021.
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