18th September 2023
Dear Colleagues,
Please find our weekly briefing below and share with colleagues who can respond on behalf of your school or setting. Thank you.
Reminders: |
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Headteachers should sign up to the Conference on 5th October here | By 22/09/23 |
All DSLs should sign up to the DSL Development Day on 13th October 2023 here | By 28/09/23 |
Schools can sign up to the Overview of LBH SEND Funding session on 16th October here | By 06/10/23 |
Schools should sign up to the Educational Visits Coordinator Training on 14th November 2023 here | By 31/10/23 |
Governors can sign up to training sessions here | Ongoing |
The SEND & Inclusion Training Brochure can be viewed here | Ongoing |
The HLP Brochure can be viewed at Hillingdon Learning Partnership - Leap | Ongoing |
Experienced Headteacher Mentors for our new Headteacher Colleagues
This is a request for existing, experienced heads to offer themselves as peer mentors for some of our new headteachers. Last year, some of you gave your time to support our new headteachers and we are asking for volunteers this year.
If you agree, we will pair you up with a new headteacher and ask you to meet with them over the term to help them navigate the role they've taken on. Last year, new headteachers said they found it very useful. One pairing even had joint SLT meetings a few times. If you are interested, please reply to education@hillingdon.gov.uk
We also have a request from a deputy headteacher who is looking for a secondary headteacher to undertake an interview for a headteacher role and provide her with feedback. Again, if you are interested in helping, please contact us on the email above.
Business Performance & Intelligence Team Updates
· Autumn School Census - Disability Access Fund Indicator
We have further researched this indicator and have added the DfE's specification in the attached PDF file.
The Disability Access Fund is only for three and four years olds and to be eligible, a parent has to be receiving Disability Living Allowance for this child. The school should retain a copy of evidence of this in case they need to provide as part of an audit.
Disability Access Fund Indicator (PDF) [112KB]
· Autumn School Census - Guidance from DfE Available on Slack
The DfE have published the first of a set of school census guidance notes on SLACK.
Please review this document: School Table Checking (PDF) [146KB]
Marc Sherman, Data Analyst
Direct line: 07983 481868 EMail:MSherman@hillingdon.gov.uk
Green H&S Alert - Children Injured by Classroom Ceiling Collapse
Safety Alert 147 examines a recent court case where a Trust was fined after 15 school children and their teacher were injured when their classroom ceiling collapsed during a lesson. This case does not relate to RAAC but could have.
OHS 0147 - GREEN alert re Children injured by classroom ceiling collapse (PDF) [125KB]
First Aid Training for Schools
Hillingdon Council provides a range of first aid courses that are relevant to the requirements of schools and their staff. Schools can book individual course places held at the Civic Centre and/or request a course to be run on their premises.
Hillingdon Council offers blended learning course options as well as the traditional face-to-face courses.
For more information, prices and course dates please visit the Council's website - https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/first-aid-courses
First Aid Training for Schools E-flyer Final (PDF) [654KB]
Help to Support West London's Young Entrepreneurs
The West London Business Awards are now being open for submissions. One of the awards clusters - Next Generation - has dedicated categories focussed on supporting young entrepreneurs (under 12's; 13-18; 19-24) and they have just announced a partnership with Amazon who will be providing a package of support worth over £1,000 to help them take their initiatives to the next stage. This is a great prize for the winners (and potentially something for the runners up) which they are keen to promote to our schools and colleges.
You can read more here.
Plant-based Cooking in Schools Online Workshop
ProVeg UK invites you to join the first School Plates plant-based cooking in schools online workshop on 20th September at 3 pm. These sessions are aimed at caterers, or anyone else who is interested, from individual schools. They will be demonstrating how to prepare simple, inexpensive, nutritionally balanced and most importantly, tasty, plant-based recipes that children will love!
School Plates is the flagship programme of ProVeg UK that delivers menu change across UK schools to improve the health of our children and the planet.
Sign up here
Regards,
Abi Preston
Director of Education & SEND
Children's Services, London Borough of Hillingdon, 4E/07, Civic Centre, Uxbridge UB8 1UW
