NCT Supports a New Chapter for Literacy in Nottingham - Nottingham City Transport has supported an innovative drive to boost literacy levels in Nottingham, thanks to a partnership between the National Literacy Trust, Nottingham City Council and Small Steps Big Changes. A National Literacy Trust Hub has been established in the city, which is known locally as Read On Nottingham.
With funding from Small Steps Big Changes, Nottingham’s Big Lottery funded programme to improve the outcomes of 0-3 year olds, and the support of other education and literature-focused initiatives in the city such as local library services, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and the UNESCO City of Literature, Read On Nottingham encourages the whole city to make reading, writing and talking a priority. The Hub encompasses a range of projects and initiatives to give young people the literacy skills they need to succeed in life.
Changes to School Admission Applications and Decisions - After listening to your feedback, the School Admissions Team are making changes to the way ‘in-year’ school applications and decisions will be processed for the 2018/19 academic year. Applications for the 2018/19 academic year will start to be taken from 28th May 2018, and we will no longer be sending the cumbersome and chunky weekly spread sheets currently used each Monday to Own Admission Authorities who buy this service from the LA. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2jYesci
Free School Meals and Transitional Protection - There has been some confusion regarding free school meals (FSM) and transitional protection, not just for schools and academies, but for the Pupil Benefits team too. The Pupil Benefits Team hope that by telling you that the team will be the one to decide who is entitled will put your minds at rest. You may still receive stop notices if we find parents/carers qualifying benefit ceased before 31/03/18. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2rDJdHK
Getting your school GDPR ready - We have now completed multiple group sessions on GDPR overview and DPO training. For those of you who are now working through your toolkit documents to get your school ready we can offer further support. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2Irh2VZ
Important but not urgent stories...!
Pupil Premium Plus Funding: Update for Designated Teachers and Head Teachers - The total annual amount of Pupil Premium Plus funding has increased to £2,300 from this financial year (2018/19). Nottingham City Virtual School allocates the annual amount over 3 terms (summer £700, autumn £800 and spring £800). The summer application round for Pupil Premium Plus funding covering the period April to July 2018 opened on Friday 11th May and will close on Friday 25th May 2018. This application process for Pupil Premium Plus funding is relevant to schools that have a Nottingham City statutory school aged Child in Care on their roll. Designated Teachers and Head Teachers have been sent details by Lindsey Foster, Pupil Premium Plus Administrator about how to apply for the funding, via email on 11th May 2018. If you have not received the email please contact Lindsey Foster on - 0115 8764694 or email - lindsey.foster@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
DfE Consultation outcome: Schools that work for everyone - The DfE's response to the Schools that work for everyone consultation. It details a package of measures which are intended to foster cross-sector collaboration to improve outcomes for pupils across the education system. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2rGn6Qa
Grant Opportunity - The Classical Association (CA), which awards grants to support classical projects and conferences has announced that the next closing date for applications is 1st June 2018. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/1JVKGbY
Health Alert: Fake Tongue Piercings - Public Health England are asking that head teachers raise awareness amongst young people and parents and warn of the dangers of fake tongue piercings which are available online. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2K6vDDB
DfE Collection: School resource management - Information, tools, training and guidance to help with schools’ financial planning and resource management. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2ryt05I
DfE Guidance: School resource management: checklist - Help with planning school finances and resources – tools and advice from the Department for Education (DfE). For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2Kb2SWl
DfE Form: Teacher subject specialism training (TSST): apply for grant funding - Schools and sixth-form colleges can apply for funding to design and deliver TSST in secondary mathematics, core maths, physics, French, German and Spanish. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2I9I5lj
DfE Principles for a clear and simple accountability system - This statement sets out high-level principles for how the accountability system for educational performance will operate, and how the different actors fit within it. We will work through the detail of how this is implemented with the sector by Autumn. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2wtLtpV
Safer Recruitment Training - The next Safer Recruitment Training for school recruiters in the summer term will take place on 4th July 9:30am - 12:30pm at Loxley House. To book, please email delegate(s) name, job title, school, email, phone details and first and second preferred dates to: school.hrqueries@nottinghamcity.gov.uk. For more information please email: Carol McCrone - carol.mccrone@nottinghamcity.gov.uk or call - 0115 876 3610. For further details please visit: https://bit.ly/2I59zMT
Road safety quizzing of Nottingham's children - The Top Ten scoring schools competed for the coveted Road Safety Quiz silver trophy at the Grand Final which was held on 10th May at the Djanogly Academy theatre. The finalists were St Teresa’s Catholic Primary, St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, Our Lady and St .Edward's Voluntary Academy, Middleton Primary, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary Academy, Portland Spencer Academy, Southwold Primary, Dunkirk Primary, Fernwood Primary, and Sneinton St. Stephen’s C of E Primary. Well done to all the finalists and congratulations to Southwold who won this year's quiz.
Getting parents into school is key to literacy success, study finds - Parents can help boost their children’s literacy skills through simple tasks such as going to the library or learning through play – but getting parents to commit can be tricky, a new study has found. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2FFK27d
Information on how Parents, Schools and Organisations can get involved in the Nottingham RSE Day - 28th June 2018 marks the first annual Nottingham Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) Day. The aim of RSE day is to encourage all people in the City to see RSE as part of their responsibility. We are hoping that everyone will find a way to take part whether that be putting up a poster to raise awareness of domestic abuse, fundraising for a local charity or having a conversation with their child about RSE or teaching students. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2CFkKUW
Maths Hubs East Midlands West Bulletin May 2018 - To read the latest Maths Hubs Bulletin please visit: https://bit.ly/2oUPtt4
Stories you might find interesting...!
Thank you to Alistair Conquer - After more than 25 years at Nottingham City Council, Alistair has sadly decided to retire. We would like to thank him for all of his hard work and dedication throughout his years of service and wish him all the best is his retirement.
DfE Promotional material: GCSE new grading scale: factsheets - Information about the new GCSE grades for parents, employers and further and higher education providers. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2IixHro
ESPO Catalogue - New ESPO Catalogue for low price stationary and other products. To view the catalogue please visit: https://bit.ly/2FQgsNi
DfE Corporate report: Ofsted's senior structure - This chart sets out Ofsted's senior structure. To view the structure please visit: https://bit.ly/2woUTmq
Derby Research School Conference: 7th July 2018 from 9.30am-3.30pm - Join the Derby Research School for a day of exploring the evidence and practical ways of putting it into action! Hear the evidence from the researchers and learn from practitioners about how they have translated the evidence into their classrooms, with measureable impact. For more information please visit: https://bit.ly/2rx7VcN
Scene!
news articles are now available without having to log-in, but please note that
some sensitive content will only be available on the secure part of the
extranet.
If
you can never remember your log-in details for the school's extranet you can
now access the extranet here
Our
contact details are available at the very bottom of this message, so if you do
have difficulties accessing any information or stories, drop us a line and
we'll do what we can to help.
ps. Do you want to see your school at the top of
the page?
