ALLOW City of Wolverhampton Education Providers' Bulletin: 12 Oct 2021

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Education Providers' Bulletin

Tuesday 12 October 2021

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Bulletin Summary


  1. Message from Phil Leivers
  2. Public Health
  3. Early Years
  4. Information
  5. Training and Consultation
  6. DfE update

Message from Phil Leivers - Head of Service Educational Excellence


Dear Colleagues,

To coincide with Black History Month schools across Wolverhampton have been presented with a free copy of a landmark book co-written by Wolverhampton born author Patrick Vernon which honours the achievements of Black people throughout history. 100 Great Black Britons celebrates the lives, stories and contributions of key Black British individuals over the past few centuries.

Among those featured are pioneering nurse and heroine of the Crimean War Mary Seacole, artist and film director Steve McQueen, rapper Stormzy, Booker prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, Formula One megastar Lewis Hamilton, comedian Lenny Henry and Wolverhampton singing sensation Beverley Knight.

The City of Wolverhampton Council and the Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union Council supported a national campaign by Yvonne Davis, a retired primary school headteacher from Wolverhampton, to get books into every school in Britain by purchasing a copy for each of the city's schools and libraries, and they have now been distributed to schools.

Hopefully you have received the book and will consider using in assemblies etc.

Best wishes,

Phil

Phil Leivers
Head of Service Educational Excellence
Phil.Leivers@wolverhampton.gov.uk


Public Health


Winter infections information for Wolverhampton schools and nurseries

Please find attached - Winter infections resources for schools and nurseries Autumn 2021.

Lead person to contact in the LA:

Riva Eardley
Principal Public Health Specialist
Riva.Eardley2@wolverhampton.gov.uk


Early Years


Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak 

The DfE started this data collection last year as part of the early response to the pandemic. The data you have provided has been central to informing the government COVID response on Early Years.    

The DfE are requesting attendance data for this week and this must be reported on Thursday 14 October.  We are asking for your attendance figure for Tuesday 12 October, how many children you were expecting and how many children actually attended.   

Method of collection as follows:   

  • Nursery schools and Schools with a nursery class please reply to the email sent to you from the research and assessment team   
  • Private nursery settings a member of the Early Years Team will call you to collect your figures, due to a problem with the survey.     
  • Childminders can you please email or text your attendance figure to your Quality and Access Officer, due to a problem with the survey.   

It is really important that we have an accurate picture of the number of children attending early years provision across the city, thank you again for your continued support with this. 

Lead person to contact in the LA:

Stacey Henderson
Senior Early Years Advisor 
Stacey.Henderson@wolverhampton.gov.uk 


Information


Autumn School Census 2021

Important information from the Department for Education – Autumn School Census 2021 

Update from DfE around Pupils from Afghan families and School-led tutoring 2021-22. 

Please see the attached file.

Lead person to contact in the LA:

Donna Evison
Research & Assessment Manager
donna.evison@wolverhampton.gov.uk


New LA Landing Page – The Stat Shelf

For all maintained schools, we are pleased to share our new landing page with you, The Stat Shelf.  This page is intended to support Headteachers and Business Managers to quickly access links and returns all in one place, and you will continue to see updates over the next few months as we centralise and improve this new platform.  

The site will also house our new, Education Compliance Dashboard, coming soon.  You can access the page here.  We will also be giving a brief overview of the new page at our Business Manager Forum on 19 October should you have any questions regarding the site.  If you require access for your Site Manager or Business Manager and they cannot access the page, please request access here. 


Lead person to contact in the LA:

Nicola Dixon
Service Manager – Education Statutory and Traded Services | Education
Nicola.Dixon@wolverhampton.gov.uk


Training and consultation


UPDATED Wolverhampton Primary and Secondary Computer Conference - 2 December 2021  1pm-4pm 

The Education Excellence team are working with the Central Midlands Computing Hub and the NCCE to bring you a Wolverhampton Primary and Secondary Computer Conference. The conference will be held virtually and there will be separate programmes tailored for Primary and Secondary colleagues.  

Please find the full agenda attached here

Please note this conference is only open to Wolverhampton schools. 

This conference is open to Computing Subject leaders/teachers in Primary Schools/Academies, Secondary schools/Academies and Special Schools/Academies.

Lead person to contact in the LA:

Louise Mututa
School Improvement Advisor
Louise.Mututa@wolverhampton.gov.uk 


Repeated: School Improvement Workshop for Assistant Headteachers and Middle Leaders - Thursday 14 Oct 2021 

The Autumn term Assistant Headteachers and Middle leaders’ day will focus on ensuring that leaders at all levels are aware of their roles as well as the roles of other key stakeholders. 

The agenda for the session can be found here. 

This course is suitable for Assistant Heads and Middle Leaders in Nursery schools, Primaries, Secondaries and Special schools. 

The AHT and Middle leaders half day will be delivered through teams and participants can book on through WVES. Please note this is a morning session only. 

Lead person to contact in the LA:

Louise Mututa
School Improvement Advisor
Louise.Mututa@wolverhampton.gov.uk


Autumn Training Brochure  

Please see the attached Education Excellence Autumn Training Brochure.


Upcoming City of Wolverhampton Governor Training  

We offer a wide range of training designed specifically for governors, along with delivering bespoke training on many topics. Please share the training opportunities we offer with your Governing Body.  

Click here for Governance training for the Autumn term 2021. 

To view training and to book onto courses, please follow the link to the website : http://www.wves.wolverhampton.gov.uk/Training or for more information contact Sarah Mcelduff

Lead person to contact in the LA:

Sarah Mcelduff
School Governance Coordinator
Sarah.McElduff@wolverhampton.gov.uk


DfE update


11 October – Coronavirus – Daily update to all early years, children’s social care, schools and further education providers. 



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