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All EYFS and Key Stage 1 assessments should be returned to the LA from 4^th June 2018 but no later than 22^nd June 2018.

A free taster twilight on 9th July 2018, 4pm-5.30pm, at Kingsholm Rugby Stadium in Gloucester is being run by the Education Endowment Foundation Research Network.

Gloucestershire County Council is supporting Child Safety Week 4 - 10 June by promoting safety messages and advice.

The government has issued a revised Keeping Children Safe in Education that will come into force on 3^rd September 2018.  Schools and Colleges must continue to have regard to Keeping Children Safe in Education 2016 until this point.

Personal Guidance Fund 2018

Following the launch of our Implementation Plan last month, which outlines how The Careers & Enterprise Company will deliver our areas of the government’s Careers Strategy, we wanted to share with you that we have launched our Personal Guidance Fund.

Schools and academies are required to notify the Local Authority if a registered pupil is not receiving a full-time education. The importance of this has been underlined through recent school inspections in Gloucestershire.

Mental Health Awareness week is 14^th – 20^th May and this year’s theme is stress.

Gloucestershire Local Health Resilience Partnership (LHRP) will test the Pandemic Influenza plans on Friday 8^th June.  The event will be held at Hallmark Hotel, between 9am and 4pm. Parking and Lunch are provided. 

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) media and training site complements its webpage on GOV.UK.

Phonics training for teachers and teaching assistants will be taking place across the county during the summer term.

‘Click’ has been developed by the creative team behind the hugely successful applied theatre plays ‘Chelsea’s Choice’, ‘In the Net’, Crashing’, Going to Extremes’ and ‘CountyLines’.  

All schools should have received Time to Read packs from The BookTrust. The BookTrust is dependent on feedback from teachers.

You may have already heard about the Gloucestershire 2050 Vision project and the work that is taking place to develop a plan that sets out a great future for our county.

The Early Years Business Support Newsletter is now available for download from the website.

In response to the updated Government legislation ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board will be running two briefing sessions for education professionals.

Jo Johnson-Taylor, has been appointed as the Counter Terrorism Security Advisor Supervisor for Avon and Somerset and Gloucestershire.

GHLL are pleased to let you know that Stonewall are launching their new resource – Celebrating bi inclusion in secondary schools.

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) has published statutory guidance for schools and local authorities (LAs) regarding the administration and process of external moderation at the end of KS1 and KS2.

The purpose of the survey is to ensure that headteachers have a real voice in influencing the Educational Select Committee’s (ESC) inquiry into school funding.

As part of Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board’s on-going commitment to Gloucestershire Schools through traded services, we are pleased to announce new dates for the drop in sessions for the Single Central Record.

The pay increases are agreed nationally by the Local Government Association in negotiation with the Trades Unions. We have just received confirmation of a two year pay deal for Green Book employees.

The focus will be for schools and academies in Gloucestershire to receive local and national updates from Gloucestershire County Council in relation to supporting attendance. In addition, to provide an opportunity to share and develop effective practice to support improvements in attendance.

New training course available from June 2018 through the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board that will provide information on safer working practices and Allegations Management.

Following on from last year’s successful launch of the new Gloucestershire Agreed Syllabus for RE, the 2018 conference will be packed with practical and inspiring ideas for implementing the syllabus.

Make Music Gloucestershire have offers for schools plus opportunities for students.

With effect from 31 March 2018, the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) will cease to function. From 1 April 2018, the Teacher Services Division of the NCTL, which includes the Teacher Qualifications Unit and the Teacher Misconduct Unit will form the Teaching Regulation Agency.

If you have appointed an NQT who has joined your school this term, please complete and return a NQT registration form by 3^rd May 2018 to: NQTs@gloucestershire.gov.uk 

Schools must notify the local authority when the name of a pupil of statutory school age is to be deleted from the admission register under any of the fifteen grounds set out in the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 as soon as the ground for deletion is met and at the same time the name is removed.

The arrangements for this year’s KS1 teacher assessment cluster moderation meetings are as follows:

The arrangements for this year’s KS2 writing teacher assessment cluster moderation meetings are detailed below. 

The local authority is facilitating P scale clinics in six special schools aimed at for teachers and teaching assistants who have assessed pupils as working below the pre-key stage standards at the end of KS1 and KS2.  The purpose of the clinics is to support practitioners reach accurate end of key stage teacher assessment judgements.

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The School of Liberal and Performing Arts at the University of Gloucestershire are lead partners of a

three‐year European project: ARTPAD (Achieving Resilience Through Play and Drama).

The project explores the use of drama and play for supporting teachers and practitioners working with children and young people to promote engagement with learning and we are holding an event

on Tuesday 24th April, 15:30 - 18:30 at University of Gloucestershire, Oxtalls Campus, Gloucester.

Royal Forestry Society ‘Teaching Trees’ project is offering assemblies to schools to provide an overview of the importance of good woodland management and what we can all do to support woodlands now. Teaching Trees also offers outdoor learning sessions at £2 per child.

We are delighted to announce the launch of the new Early Years Business Support team.   We have developed a generic business support email which can be used by all Gloucestershire Early Years Providers requiring business support.

Please find attached the Gloucestershire Schools Forum Outcome Report from the meeting held on 15 March 2018.

Outcome Report

Children already entitled to free school meals under the old criteria will have their entitlement protected until 31 March 2022 regardless of any changes to their family circumstances. This has been agreed by the DFE.

In January 2018 the latest inspection framework was introduced. The Ofsted: Developments in education inspection blog looks at the way Ofsted inspects education, from early years to schools and the further education and skills sector. It provides updates on developments and features current issues.

The DfE has announced that the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) will develop the new Reception Baseline Assessment for introduction in the academic year 2020/21. 

Ofqual has published an observational study of 2017 local authority KS2 writing moderation.

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) has published information and guidance to support schools with the administration of the 2018 KS1 and KS2 national curriculum tests and phonics screening check (PSC). 

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) has published guidance for how local authorities (LAs) conduct monitoring visits to schools for KS1/KS2 national curriculum assessments and the phonics screening check. 

The Governors Budget Plan 2018/19 template is now available to download.

Google and the family internet safety experts at Parent Zone recently launched the Be Internet Legends programme for Key Stage 2 primary school students to help them be safe and confident explorers of the online world.

The third phase of the Home Office Disrespect Nobody campaign will run from 29th March to the beginning of May 2018.

The resources from the March briefings are now available.

Please note that with changes to the Disclosure and Barring Service over the years, the 2010 blanket letter now no longer applies because not all Gloucestershire County Council posts in schools fall under the definition of a Regulated Activity. 

An e-mail has been sent to all Infant and Primary schools outlining the data collection process for 2018.

The GSCB Newsletter for Education Setting is attached.

GSCB Newsletter

The result of the election for a Primary (Maintained) Governor Representative is:

Sara Morris, St John’s C of E Primary School (Cheltenham), is duly re-elected to the Forum (new term of office 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2021).