Following on from enquiries about the changes to frequency of safeguarding training, we have made some amendments to the training statement which will hopefully provide some clarity.

Education Quality and Safeguarding Officers

Learning and Skills

Website: Safeguarding and Child Protection | Shropshire Learning Gateway (shropshirelg.net)

Please see revised and draft proposed attachments for Shropshire’s FAP protocol.

This has been explored with Secondary Heads at FAP and they have contributed to its development, along with a Working Group (which includes Heads, LA colleagues and TMBSS)If you wish to discuss or make any suggestions to the draft proposed, please email Jo Kelly at jo.kelly@shropshire.gov.uk by close of play on 29^th October.

Best wishes

Jo Kelly

FAP Potential Primary School Submission 2025.docx

FAP Potential Secondary School Submission 2025.docx

Parental Submission FAP 2025.doc

Shropshire Fair Access Protocol 2025-26.docx

PEX Pack August 2025.docx

Young Person's Views.docx

As part of our planning for the Assistive Technology Lending Library, we are working to ascertain what Shropshire schools currently use.

We would be grateful if you could complete the following, short (1 minute) MS Forms survey for your school.

https://forms.office.com/e/rSwLw3wirp

Thank you to all those who have successfully registered their ECTs and Mentors with us for the Autumn term.  Please note, the Autumn term registration deadline is Wednesday 15^th October.  If you are yet to register your ECT(s), guidance can be found on our website at: Shropshire and Telford Education Partnership - ECF/AB (stepwm2.co.uk).

Just to reiterate, Term 1 ECTs and Mentors should be registered with UCL as the Lead Provider on the DfE portal, whereas ECTs part-way through their induction who are changing schools should be registered with Best Practice Network (or other existing Lead Provider).  Please contact the STEP Team with any questions.

Increase in Appropriate Body fees

Due to a rise in costs our new current annual fees are £200 per Early Career Teacher from September 2025.  This decision has not been made lightly and is in line with the majority of Teaching School Hubs across the country.

You can find details of all of our Early Career Teacher Entitlement fees via our website at: www.stepwm2.co.uk/our-offer/ecf-ab

Rhian de Winter

ITTECF / AB Lead Administrator

The National Child Measurement Programme would like to share a useful animation developed by Leeds Beckett University to address weight-related bullying. The resource was co-produced with families, young people, parents and teachers to raise awareness of, and tackle, stigma and bias associated with body weight, shape and size. It is targeted at key stage 1 and 2 pupils. It is free to use and is aligned with the PSHE curriculum. It can be circulated to your local networks/partners.

Local areas should please review and consider for use as appropriate in their local context.

Everybody deserves kindness

There will also be an accompanying teaching resource pack with lesson plans aligned to KS1 and 2 PHSE curriculum, which will be launched at the end of the month, and available via our webpage: Every body deserves kindness | The Obesity Institute | Research | Leeds Beckett University  - it will be free to download and use or adapt to your local settings.

Dates of upcoming training:  Shropshire Council KS2 Assessment and Reporting Arrangements Course (no charge)

For Year 6 teachers

Choose from: 26th February 2026 (9.15 - 4.00pm)

or: 5th March 2026 (9.15am - 4.00pm)

Links for booking are on the SLG - Assessment and Moderation | Shropshire Learning Gateway

Shropshire training for SEND Governors and Trustees

Cost: £80 (the event is free to book on Eventbrite and schools will be invoiced for the £80 fee once training has been delivered).

Welcome to our training session for Governors and Trustees with responsibility for SEND and Inclusion. This training session will:

• support school governing boards’ understanding of their role and responsibilities in relation to children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities
• empower governors and trustees to hold their schools to account

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1781028276519?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please join us on our training course for School Governors and Academy Trustees with responsibility for SEND and Inclusion. Cost: £80

Dear Colleagues,  Please see the attached flyer for free training from the Children's Society.

Tuesday 14 October - 13:00 - 15:00 Language Matters
Tuesday 18 November- 10:00 - 12:00 -Safeguarding transgender young people from exploitation
Thursday 11 December 13:00 - 15:00 - Anti-racist practice to tackle child exploitation

Sarah Chidlow

Business Administrator

Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership Business Unit

Joe Cooper and I are looking forward to working with Secondary Subject Leaders - Shropshire, which starts on 5^th November - please book now if you haven't yet secured your place as we'll be sending further details soon.

We're deciding locations for our Cross Phase - Supporting Students to Achieve a L2 Qualification in Mathematics and Secondary Teaching for Mastery - Improving collaborative planning and lesson observation Work Groups at the end of this week, so please consider which colleagues are best placed to join these and book now.

We have a few places available for our Specialist Knowledge for Secondary Teaching Assistants Work Group in Shrewsbury. We tend to move this to different locations each year, so please book now if you have any TAs mainly dedicated to Maths.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Graham Charles SHaW Maths Hub Strategic Lead

Graham.Charles@shawmathshub.co.uk

www.shawmathshub.co.uk

Please see below link to free school awareness training on autism shared by the Association of Directors of Public Health. ͏ ‌  

There are dates available on 23^rd October - in person & 6^th November – on-line. Places are FREE with a £150 contribution per school for attending

Autism and Wellbeing in Schools Programme | Anna Freud