3rd March 2025

Dear Colleagues,

Please forward this email to the leads in your settings or team members who might be interested in the content, so they can follow up the relevant offers. Thank you in advance.

Reminders:
Early Years Leads should sign up to attend the Achievement for All Event for at the Civic Centre. Please email shynds@hillingdon.gov.uk to book	on 10/03/25 9.30 - 11.30 am
Headteachers or Deputies should attend the online Head Teachers' Termly meeting. Please see updated Agenda with link to join: Head Teachers' Termly Agenda - Spring 2025 (version2) (PDF, 173 KB)	on 11/03/25 10 am - 12 pm
Secondaries & Post-16 should sign up to attend the Achievement for All Event at Barnhill Community High School. Please sign up to attend here	on 18/03/25 1 - 4 pm
Primaries should sign up to attend the Achievement for All Event at Ruislip Gardens School. Please sign up to attend here	on 28/03/25 9 am - 1 pm
Last couple of places available DSLs can sign up to attend 'Strengthening Safeguarding: Best Practices for School Leaders' HERE. Agenda for the day will be shared shortly	on 04/04/25
Schools' Forum meeting papers can be accessed here	Ongoing
Emergency closures of all schools must be reported to education@hillingdon.gov.uk	Ongoing
Notification of Critical Incident can be found here	Ongoing
Education Services contacts can be found here	Ongoing
Hillingdon LEAP can be accessed for information and guidance for all settings	Ongoing
HLP Course Booking	Ongoing

For Action All Schools:
New Youth Offer Launches We've launched an exciting new youth offer and associated marketing campaign, Next Gen, to reflect the diverse and flexible needs of children and young people. The youth offer is a wider programme of modern, relevant, flexible and digital services for children aged eight to 19 (and up to 24 with SEND) closer to where young people are, making sure they can get the support they need, at the right time and place. It will complement the wider early help and prevention services and use existing council buildings and family hubs, along with more street-based and outreach work to support young people. The number of services provided has also increased, offering more opportunities at flexible times, to support personal, social, and educational development, and improve wellbeing. Children and young people can stay up to date with Next Gen by following our new TikTok channel showcasing the activities on offer at www.tiktok.com/@nextgenhillingdon. Find out more at www.hillingdon.gov.uk/youth-offer
Managing Allegations Against Staff and Volunteers Training There is still space on the next training session on 12 March 2025. Please book here. There are also further dates arranged for 2025 which can be accessed in the link. This training is free, run by the LADO (Hannah Ives) and aimed at senior managers responsible for managing allegations against staff and volunteers including head teachers, chair of governors/trustees, also deputy headteachers and DSL's who may also be involved with managing allegations. The course is multi-agency so provides opportunities to network and understand the responsibilities of other organisations involved in the LADO process. The course covers the LADO process, when to refer, what happens when LADO threshold is met, guidance around conducting internal investigations and reaching LADO outcomes (as per chapter 4 of KCSIE), it also explores how to create a safe culture within your school/education setting. The course includes case studies based on true scenarios that have arisen in Hillingdon settings.
Learning from Hillingdon Safeguarding Adult Reviews Webinar On 24 April 2025, 1 - 3 pm This Safeguarding Partnership webinar will cover learning from three different local SARs published within Hillingdon in 2025. The session will be suitable for anyone working with adults or their families - social workers, health professionals, police officers, housing professionals, voluntary and private sector professionals, any other professionals and any interested community members. Operational managers are encouraged to attend this learning event. To book your place by clicking here.
Axis Newsletter Please see latest newsletter here: AXIS-Bulletin-Jan-2025
Child Exploitation Awareness Day - 18 March 2025 Please find attached a briefing for circulation ahead of Child Exploitation Day on 18 March. You can access a range of free resources including posters, banners for signatures, and social media content here: Help us to raise awareness There are also free to access webinars available on our website here: Webinars Child Exploitation Awareness Day Briefing 2025 (PDF, 1 MB)
Free CCE Training for Schools The HM Inspectorate of Probation estimates that a staggering 30-50,000 children are being criminally exploited in the UK. Child Criminal Exploitation can affect any child regardless of gender, ethnicity, ability, economic status, and age - the youngest child known to be involved in County Lines (a form of criminal exploitation) is 7yrs old. There is much schools can do to reduce the risk of exploitation, and to help you with this, LGfL has FREE training and support available: Safeguarding Children from CCE (delivered in partnership with Unique Talent) This interactive session, suitable for DSLs and Senior Leaders, provides a detailed exploration of Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) You will Learn from trainers with lived experience of gangs and CCE and be equipped with practical ideas and effective strategies to identify risk, support young people and work effectively with parents and carers, as part of a whole school approach to safeguarding. Next Sessions: 12 May or 3 July, 1 - 3.30 pm Click here to book Protecting SEND Children from CCE In our Next SEND DSL forum we will be focusing on the risks of SEND children being criminally exploited, and asking you to share your experiences of what we as schools can practically do to more effectively prevent this and protect children. This forum is free to attend for any DSLs working with SEND pupils. Next sessions: 12 March, 14 May or 2 July, 3.45 - 4.45 pm Click here to book Other useful CCE resources Safe Resources - explore our huge bank of curated resources and search by 'exploitation' Money Mules - video series from LGfL about this type of CCE Gangs - video series from LGfL on gangs and serious youth violence Exploitation Awareness Toolkit from The Children's Society Catch On resources from Catch 22- curriculum resources aimed at KS3 Running the Lines - a resource from Crimestoppers about County Lines Anywhere Kids - video about exploitation
Foreign Nationals' Rights: School Admissions The DfE continues to receive reports of a small number of schools refusing to admit foreign national children, including refugees and asylum seekers, or delaying admitting them whilst they seek immigration documentation. This practice breaches admissions and equalities law. Whilst they reside in the UK all children have a right to attend school, irrespective of their immigration status. We encourage you to review the guidance provided on school applications for foreign national children and children resident outside England. ' Whilst they are in England all parents are under a statutory duty (section 7 of the Education Act 1996) to ensure their children, if they are of compulsory school age, receive a suitable full-time education. Their parents have a right to apply for a school, and school admission authorities are under a duty to comply with that preference unless 'prejudice' applies, as defined in section 86 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (SSFA), and to comply with the rules about processing applications and not seeking unnecessary personal information set out within the School Admissions Code. Also, under section 86 of the SSFA, LAs are under a duty to provide advice to all parents in their area on their preferences. The DfE have published information on their website that: 'Admission authorities for state-funded schools: must not refuse to admit a child on the basis of their nationality or immigration status nor remove them from the roll on this basis must not ask to see passports or other immigration information as a condition of admission (this would be a breach of paragraphs 1.9(a) and 2.8 of the school admissions code) with the exception of children who are Irish nationals, must not actively recruit foreign national children who are still resident overseas as pupils' They continue to receive reports of some schools refusing to admit refugees and asylum seekers and some refusing to admit children until their parents provide immigration documentation. Separately, they have found, from time-to-time, a small number of others recruiting cohorts of students, living abroad, from the EEA to study in their sixth forms (which would, since Brexit, be in contravention of those students' visa/visitor rights and could lead to immigration enforcement action against them). Please ensure that your admission officers are aware of school admission authority duties in respect of applications relating to such children.
SBMs & Administrators Network Meeting This meeting is being held on 13 March 1 - 3 pm at the Civic Centre, Committee Room 6. Please see agenda: SBM AGENDA THURSDAY 13th MARCH 2025 (PDF, 104 KB) If you have any queries, please contact organiser Jo Palmer at joannapalmer44@hotmail.com
Repair Week Join London Recycles in their mission to promote the use of existing repairing services to prolong the lifespan of your clothes and uniforms, toys, gadgets, and bicycles. In the next couple of weeks, in support of this year's Repair Week (3-9 March), schools have an opportunity to discuss with pupils and staff about the importance of doing more than just recycling - by repairing and reusing more of the things we already own at home and at school - and enhance their repairing skills. Team Repair offer a range of classroom packs to schools where children aged 10 to14 can use to learn practical repairing skills. You can email them at edu@team.repair to talk about funding opportunities. Hillingdon's Recycling Team is inviting families and staff to join our Repair and Reuse Day on Saturday 8 March, 10 am - 2 pm, where you can learn to mend clothes, have one electrical item repaired or bring your bicycle in for a basic repair. Children activities and refreshments available. This event is supported by our partners from TRAID, Friends of the Earth / Restart Party, Dr Bike, Recycle-A-Bike, Hillingdon Libraries, Heritage and Museums, Freegle. Please share this with your parent/carers and staff. Repair Day Mar 2025 A3 poster (PDF, 1 MB) For further information, please contact the Recycling team at recycling@hillingdon.gov.uk.
Please share with parents / carers Childminders Needed Since the pandemic the number of trained childminders has significantly dropped across the borough. Add to this the need for more wrap around care and the changes in childcare funding we are now facing a 'crunch' point. Here at Learn Hillingdon we offer Childminding Training including support from the Childminding team within the Local Authority. CHO1061 - Introduction to Childminding is a 10-week course to help prospective childminders understand: Intro to Childminding Course Information Sheet Safeguarding and welfare, including the new EYFS Framework and ELG's Observation and assessment and planning for development opportunities Planning for their business Planning for registration and initial Ofsted visit The course starts Tuesday 20 May (online) 6.30 -9.30 pm. Becoming a childminder offers: - Flexible working hours that suit you and your family (including full time, part time or wrap around care) Working from your own home Making a positive impact for children, parents and the wider community For more information, including how to attend one of our childminding briefings, please email tdonnelly@hillingdon.gov.uk
World Book Day Digital Vouchers Please see poster with QR code to access digital vouchers for World Book Day £1 books. WBD Poster (PDF, 316 KB)
Barclays Bank Workshops for Schools Did you know Barclays run free workshops/assemblies for primary and secondary schools: Money Mules: What are they? And how to avoid the trap (recommended for secondaries) School Roadshow (primaries only) Code Playground Life Skills Ways to bank Digital safety fraud and scams Future proof your career Make money work for your budget Please contact Alice Blomeley at alice.blomeley@barclays.com to find out more.
Team Teach Courses Updated Team Teach Level 1 & 2 24 & 31 March 2025 (Colham Manor Primary School) To view the Team Teach Level 1 and Level 2 agendas please see the links below: Click here to view Team Teach Level 1 agenda.pdf Click here to view Team Teach Level 2 agenda.pdf Team Teach Level 1 19^th May 2025 (venue TBC) To view the Team Teach Level 1 agenda please see the link below: Click here to view Team Teach Level 1 agenda.pdf To check availability, reserve your space or simply find out more please email info@changing-behaviour.co.uk. Please note enrolment on any Team Teach course, requires membership to their platform; *Team Teach Connect* which forms part of how training is delivered and is a condition of certification. The annual membership fee is £160 + VAT (which includes a 25% discount) and will be payable by you following completion of the course on receipt of the invoice. A minimum of three members of staff, including a member of SLT, need to book onto the courses, unless a member of SLT has a current Team-Teach certificate. The courses are for Hillingdon schools only.

For Action All Schools:

New Youth Offer Launches

We've launched an exciting new youth offer and associated marketing campaign, Next Gen, to reflect the diverse and flexible needs of children and young people. The youth offer is a wider programme of modern, relevant, flexible and digital services for children aged eight to 19 (and up to 24 with SEND) closer to where young people are, making sure they can get the support they need, at the right time and place.

It will complement the wider early help and prevention services and use existing council buildings and family hubs, along with more street-based and outreach work to support young people. The number of services provided has also increased, offering more opportunities at flexible times, to support personal, social, and educational development, and improve wellbeing.

Children and young people can stay up to date with Next Gen by following our new TikTok channel showcasing the activities on offer at www.tiktok.com/@nextgenhillingdon. Find out more at www.hillingdon.gov.uk/youth-offer

Managing Allegations Against Staff and Volunteers Training

There is still space on the next training session on 12 March 2025. Please book here. There are also further dates arranged for 2025 which can be accessed in the link.

This training is free, run by the LADO (Hannah Ives) and aimed at senior managers responsible for managing allegations against staff and volunteers including head teachers, chair of governors/trustees, also deputy headteachers and DSL's who may also be involved with managing allegations.

The course is multi-agency so provides opportunities to network and understand the responsibilities of other organisations involved in the LADO process. The course covers the LADO process, when to refer, what happens when LADO threshold is met, guidance around conducting internal investigations and reaching LADO outcomes (as per chapter 4 of KCSIE), it also explores how to create a safe culture within your school/education setting. The course includes case studies based on true scenarios that have arisen in Hillingdon settings.

Learning from Hillingdon Safeguarding Adult Reviews Webinar

On 24 April 2025, 1 - 3 pm

This Safeguarding Partnership webinar will cover learning from three different local SARs published within Hillingdon in 2025. The session will be suitable for anyone working with adults or their families - social workers, health professionals, police officers, housing professionals, voluntary and private sector professionals, any other professionals and any interested community members. Operational managers are encouraged to attend this learning event.

To book your place by clicking here.

Axis Newsletter

Please see latest newsletter here: AXIS-Bulletin-Jan-2025

Child Exploitation Awareness Day - 18 March 2025

Please find attached a briefing for circulation ahead of Child Exploitation Day on 18 March.

You can access a range of free resources including posters, banners for signatures, and social media content here: Help us to raise awareness

There are also free to access webinars available on our website here: Webinars

Child Exploitation Awareness Day Briefing 2025 (PDF, 1 MB)

Free CCE Training for Schools

The HM Inspectorate of Probation estimates that a staggering 30-50,000 children are being criminally exploited in the UK. Child Criminal Exploitation can affect any child regardless of gender, ethnicity, ability, economic status, and age - the youngest child known to be involved in County Lines (a form of criminal exploitation) is 7yrs old.

There is much schools can do to reduce the risk of exploitation, and to help you with this, LGfL has FREE training and support available:

Safeguarding Children from CCE (delivered in partnership with Unique Talent)

This interactive session, suitable for DSLs and Senior Leaders, provides a detailed exploration of Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) You will Learn from trainers with lived experience of gangs and CCE and be equipped with practical ideas and effective strategies to identify risk, support young people and work effectively with parents and carers, as part of a whole school approach to safeguarding.

Next Sessions: 12 May or 3 July, 1 - 3.30 pm

Click here to book

Protecting SEND Children from CCE

In our Next SEND DSL forum we will be focusing on the risks of SEND children being criminally exploited, and asking you to share your experiences of what we as schools can practically do to more effectively prevent this and protect children. This forum is free to attend for any DSLs working with SEND pupils.

Next sessions: 12 March, 14 May or 2 July, 3.45 - 4.45 pm

Click here to book

Other useful CCE resources

Safe Resources - explore our huge bank of curated resources and search by 'exploitation'
Money Mules - video series from LGfL about this type of CCE
Gangs - video series from LGfL on gangs and serious youth violence
Exploitation Awareness Toolkit from The Children's Society
Catch On resources from Catch 22- curriculum resources aimed at KS3
Running the Lines - a resource from Crimestoppers about County Lines
Anywhere Kids - video about exploitation

Foreign Nationals' Rights: School Admissions

The DfE continues to receive reports of a small number of schools refusing to admit foreign national children, including refugees and asylum seekers, or delaying admitting them whilst they seek immigration documentation. This practice breaches admissions and equalities law.

Whilst they reside in the UK all children have a right to attend school, irrespective of their immigration status. We encourage you to review the guidance provided on school applications for foreign national children and children resident outside England. '

Whilst they are in England all parents are under a statutory duty (section 7 of the Education Act 1996) to ensure their children, if they are of compulsory school age, receive a suitable full-time education.

Their parents have a right to apply for a school, and school admission authorities are under a duty to comply with that preference unless 'prejudice' applies, as defined in section 86 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (SSFA), and to comply with the rules about processing applications and not seeking unnecessary personal information set out within the School Admissions Code.

Also, under section 86 of the SSFA, LAs are under a duty to provide advice to all parents in their area on their preferences.

The DfE have published information on their website that:

'Admission authorities for state-funded schools:

must not refuse to admit a child on the basis of their nationality or immigration status nor remove them from the roll on this basis
must not ask to see passports or other immigration information as a condition of admission (this would be a breach of paragraphs 1.9(a) and 2.8 of the school admissions code)
with the exception of children who are Irish nationals, must not actively recruit foreign national children who are still resident overseas as pupils'

They continue to receive reports of some schools refusing to admit refugees and asylum seekers and some refusing to admit children until their parents provide immigration documentation. Separately, they have found, from time-to-time, a small number of others recruiting cohorts of students, living abroad, from the EEA to study in their sixth forms (which would, since Brexit, be in contravention of those students' visa/visitor rights and could lead to immigration enforcement action against them).

Please ensure that your admission officers are aware of school admission authority duties in respect of applications relating to such children.

SBMs & Administrators Network Meeting

This meeting is being held on 13 March 1 - 3 pm at the Civic Centre, Committee Room 6. Please see agenda: SBM AGENDA THURSDAY 13th MARCH 2025 (PDF, 104 KB)

If you have any queries, please contact organiser Jo Palmer at joannapalmer44@hotmail.com

Repair Week

Join London Recycles in their mission to promote the use of existing repairing services to prolong the lifespan of your clothes and uniforms, toys, gadgets, and bicycles. In the next couple of weeks, in support of this year's Repair Week (3-9 March), schools have an opportunity to discuss with pupils and staff about the importance of doing more than just recycling - by repairing and reusing more of the things we already own at home and at school - and enhance their repairing skills.

Team Repair offer a range of classroom packs to schools where children aged 10 to14 can use to learn practical repairing skills. You can email them at edu@team.repair to talk about funding opportunities.

Hillingdon's Recycling Team is inviting families and staff to join our Repair and Reuse Day on Saturday 8 March, 10 am - 2 pm, where you can learn to mend clothes, have one electrical item repaired or bring your bicycle in for a basic repair. Children activities and refreshments available. This event is supported by our partners from TRAID, Friends of the Earth / Restart Party, Dr Bike, Recycle-A-Bike, Hillingdon Libraries, Heritage and Museums, Freegle. Please share this with your parent/carers and staff.

Repair Day Mar 2025 A3 poster (PDF, 1 MB)

For further information, please contact the Recycling team at recycling@hillingdon.gov.uk.

Please share with parents / carers

Childminders Needed

Since the pandemic the number of trained childminders has significantly dropped across the borough. Add to this the need for more wrap around care and the changes in childcare funding we are now facing a 'crunch' point.

Here at Learn Hillingdon we offer Childminding Training including support from the Childminding team within the Local Authority.

CHO1061 - Introduction to Childminding is a 10-week course to help prospective childminders understand:

Intro to Childminding Course Information Sheet

Safeguarding and welfare, including the new EYFS Framework and ELG's

Observation and assessment and planning for development opportunities

Planning for their business

Planning for registration and initial Ofsted visit

The course starts Tuesday 20 May (online) 6.30 -9.30 pm. Becoming a childminder offers: -

Flexible working hours that suit you and your family (including full time, part time or wrap around care)

Working from your own home

Making a positive impact for children, parents and the wider community

For more information, including how to attend one of our childminding briefings, please email tdonnelly@hillingdon.gov.uk

World Book Day Digital Vouchers

Please see poster with QR code to access digital vouchers for World Book Day £1 books.

WBD Poster (PDF, 316 KB)

Barclays Bank Workshops for Schools

Did you know Barclays run free workshops/assemblies for primary and secondary schools:

Money Mules: What are they? And how to avoid the trap (recommended for secondaries)
School Roadshow (primaries only)
Code Playground
Life Skills
Ways to bank
Digital safety fraud and scams
Future proof your career
Make money work for your budget

Please contact Alice Blomeley at alice.blomeley@barclays.com to find out more.

Team Teach Courses Updated

Team Teach Level 1 & 2
24 & 31 March 2025 (Colham Manor Primary School)

To view the Team Teach Level 1 and Level 2 agendas please see the links below:
Click here to view Team Teach Level 1 agenda.pdf

Click here to view Team Teach Level 2 agenda.pdf

Team Teach Level 1
19^th May 2025 (venue TBC)

To view the Team Teach Level 1 agenda please see the link below:
Click here to view Team Teach Level 1 agenda.pdf

To check availability, reserve your space or simply find out more please email info@changing-behaviour.co.uk.

Please note enrolment on any Team Teach course, requires membership to their platform; Team Teach Connect which forms part of how training is delivered and is a condition of certification. The annual membership fee is £160 + VAT (which includes a 25% discount) and will be payable by you following completion of the course on receipt of the invoice.

A minimum of three members of staff, including a member of SLT, need to book onto the courses, unless a member of SLT has a current Team-Teach certificate. The courses are for Hillingdon schools only.

For Action Primary Schools:
KS2 Statutory Writing Assessment and Moderation Thank you to the KS2 teachers who applied to be part of the LA Moderator recruitment process for this year. We received a very high number of applications and, after three rounds of STA training and testing, now have our confirmed pool of 26 LA Moderators. Moderation visits will take place during June 2024. Selected schools will be notified on Friday 16 May 2024 (date authorised by the STA). We have delivered several KS2 Writing Assessment & Moderation briefing sessions to schools already this academic year, training materials can be accessed on LEAP here: Training 2024/25 and we have a KS2 Writing Cluster session at the Civic Centre later this week. If you have any queries, please contact us at education@hillingdon.gov.uk
School Food Training Hillingdon Council are working with our charitySchool Food Matters to learn more about how we can best support primary schools in the borough with school food. We would like to invite schools to the one-off series of fully funded, short online workshops around school food for Senior Leaders, School Business Managers and Governorsthat we are delivering in Hillingdon. These bite-size workshops explore how each of these key roles can use school food to support children and young people's health and wellbeing and make the school the best it can be. We would love for your school to attend these training sessions so please sign up using the Eventbrite links below and forward on to relevant staff groups. We hope to see your school there! For Governors: Nourish Your School! How Governors Can Improve School Food - 26th March at 6 pm Click to sign up Governors play a critical role in keeping students well fed and ready to learn. This session will equip School Governors with the knowledge and tools needed to support a whole school approach to food. We will be covering: What are the statutory requirements for governors around school food? How can governors support their SLT around improving school food? Why should governors be bothered about school food, anyway? Governors will walk away with a clearer understanding of your responsibilities and actionable ways to make a positive impact on your school's food environment. For SLT: Your School Marches on its Stomach! School Food Training for SLT Wednesday 19th March at 4pm Click to sign up Thursday 20th March at 12pm Click to sign up These sessions will provide Senior Leadership with key strategies to implement and support a whole school approach to food. We'll cover: What is a Whole School Approach to food, and what can it do for my school? What are the easiest things I can do to improve the food at my school? The importance of School Food Standards and how they contribute to a positive school food environment. You'll learn how to foster positive relationships with your kitchen team and engage parents with confidence on the topic of food. The value of having a school food policy and the positive impact it can have on meal quality and uptake. Senior Leaders will leave with a clearer understanding of your leadership role in creating a whole school approach to food, along with practical tools to support this. For SBM's: How To Buy Better School Food - Workshop for School Business Managers Wednesday 2nd April at 4pm Click to sign up Thursday 3rd April at 12pm Click to sign up In these sessions we'll cover: The key elements of developing a strong food specification Creating a procurement activity timeline to streamline your school's catering processes. How to build effective, collaborative relationships with your catering team, and discover practical ideas for improving the dining area to create a welcoming environment. School Business Managers will leave with the tools and knowledge needed to manage and improve your school's food environment within your role.

For Action Primary Schools:

KS2 Statutory Writing Assessment and Moderation

Thank you to the KS2 teachers who applied to be part of the LA Moderator recruitment process for this year. We received a very high number of applications and, after three rounds of STA training and testing, now have our confirmed pool of 26 LA Moderators.

Moderation visits will take place during June 2024. Selected schools will be notified on Friday 16 May 2024 (date authorised by the STA).

We have delivered several KS2 Writing Assessment & Moderation briefing sessions to schools already this academic year, training materials can be accessed on LEAP here: Training 2024/25 and we have a KS2 Writing Cluster session at the Civic Centre later this week.

If you have any queries, please contact us at education@hillingdon.gov.uk

School Food Training

Hillingdon Council are working with our charitySchool Food Matters to learn more about how we can best support primary schools in the borough with school food. We would like to invite schools to the one-off series of fully funded, short online workshops around school food for Senior Leaders, School Business Managers and Governorsthat we are delivering in Hillingdon. These bite-size workshops explore how each of these key roles can use school food to support children and young people's health and wellbeing and make the school the best it can be.

We would love for your school to attend these training sessions so please sign up using the Eventbrite links below and forward on to relevant staff groups. We hope to see your school there!

For Governors:

Nourish Your School! How Governors Can Improve School Food - 26th March at 6 pm Click to sign up

Governors play a critical role in keeping students well fed and ready to learn. This session will equip School Governors with the knowledge and tools needed to support a whole school approach to food. We will be covering:

What are the statutory requirements for governors around school food?
How can governors support their SLT around improving school food?
Why should governors be bothered about school food, anyway?

Governors will walk away with a clearer understanding of your responsibilities and actionable ways to make a positive impact on your school's food environment.

For SLT:

Your School Marches on its Stomach! School Food Training for SLT

Wednesday 19th March at 4pm Click to sign up

Thursday 20th March at 12pm Click to sign up

These sessions will provide Senior Leadership with key strategies to implement and support a whole school approach to food. We'll cover:

What is a Whole School Approach to food, and what can it do for my school?
What are the easiest things I can do to improve the food at my school?
The importance of School Food Standards and how they contribute to a positive school food environment. You'll learn how to foster positive relationships with your kitchen team and engage parents with confidence on the topic of food.
The value of having a school food policy and the positive impact it can have on meal quality and uptake.

Senior Leaders will leave with a clearer understanding of your leadership role in creating a whole school approach to food, along with practical tools to support this.

For SBM's:

How To Buy Better School Food - Workshop for School Business Managers

Wednesday 2nd April at 4pm Click to sign up

Thursday 3rd April at 12pm Click to sign up

In these sessions we'll cover:

The key elements of developing a strong food specification
Creating a procurement activity timeline to streamline your school's catering processes.
How to build effective, collaborative relationships with your catering team, and discover practical ideas for improving the dining area to create a welcoming environment.

School Business Managers will leave with the tools and knowledge needed to manage and improve your school's food environment within your role.

For Action Secondary Schools:
Opportunity to Take Part in an EEF Funded Research Project CoachBright are looking for secondary schools to join an EEF funded research trial. In 2025/2026, they'll be exploring the impact that their Peer-to-Peer coaching programme has on the maths attainment, self-efficacy, and school attendance of Year 7 and Year 10 pupils. What is Peer to Peer Coaching? CoachBright will train your Year 10s to be coaches and then support them as they coach a Year 7pupil in maths over ten weeks. For more information, click on the flyer here: CoachBright EEF Trial - Flyer (PDF, 1 MB) This opportunity will be discussed further at the Secondary / Post-16 Achievement for All event on 18^th March at Barnhill School at 1 - 4 pm. Please make sure your school / college sends a representative. You can sign up to attend here.
Vaccinations HPV Did you know that HPV causes 90% of cervical, genital and anal cancers as well as certain head and neck cancers. Some of these cancers can be eradicated through vaccinating young people for HPV. This needs to be done early as most people will have been exposed to HPV by the age of 17 thus the importance of achieving 90% vaccination in schools. In Hillingdon, the uptake of this vaccination is very low, and we need to do more to protect young people. As a school how can you help? Educate young people on the HPV vaccine. We are attaching a PowerPoint presentation below that can be used as part of your PHSE lessons. Educate parents/carers and staff - see newsletter linked below to share. Ensure staff including welfare and Head of Year 9 are supporting the vaccination opportunity. Provide class lists to Vaccination UK our vaccination provider. Invite the vaccination provider to come and do an Assembly in your school (an invitation has been sent to your school). Remind parents to sign the consent forms regardless of if they want the vaccine or not. Inform parents Send out the forms early and offer a reminder. On the day: Please send the whole year group to see the vaccination nurses this gives the nurses the opportunity to ring the parents of those children who do not have consent. Please let the young people bring their phones to the vaccination session to enable them to ring their parents/carers. Please have a member of staff available to support the vaccination process. HPV Newsletter (PDF, 2 MB) Assembly face to face power point HPV (PDF, 1 MB) Teenage Booster, DTP, MenACWY Please share this newsletter with staff and parents/carers: DTPMenACWY Newsletter (PDF, 169 KB) Thank you for your support in helping to keep young people safe.

For Action Secondary Schools:

Opportunity to Take Part in an EEF Funded Research Project

CoachBright are looking for secondary schools to join an EEF funded research trial. In 2025/2026, they'll be exploring the impact that their Peer-to-Peer coaching programme has on the maths attainment, self-efficacy, and school attendance of Year 7 and Year 10 pupils.

What is Peer to Peer Coaching?

CoachBright will train your Year 10s to be coaches and then support them as they coach a Year 7pupil in maths over ten weeks. For more information, click on the flyer here: CoachBright EEF Trial - Flyer (PDF, 1 MB)

This opportunity will be discussed further at the Secondary / Post-16 Achievement for All event on 18^th March at Barnhill School at 1 - 4 pm. Please make sure your school / college sends a representative. You can sign up to attend here.

Vaccinations

HPV

Did you know that HPV causes 90% of cervical, genital and anal cancers as well as certain head and neck cancers. Some of these cancers can be eradicated through vaccinating young people for HPV. This needs to be done early as most people will have been exposed to HPV by the age of 17 thus the importance of achieving 90% vaccination in schools.

In Hillingdon, the uptake of this vaccination is very low, and we need to do more to protect young people.

As a school how can you help?

Educate young people on the HPV vaccine. We are attaching a PowerPoint presentation below that can be used as part of your PHSE lessons.
Educate parents/carers and staff - see newsletter linked below to share.
Ensure staff including welfare and Head of Year 9 are supporting the vaccination opportunity.
Provide class lists to Vaccination UK our vaccination provider.
Invite the vaccination provider to come and do an Assembly in your school (an invitation has been sent to your school).
Remind parents to sign the consent forms regardless of if they want the vaccine or not. Inform parents Send out the forms early and offer a reminder.

On the day:

Please send the whole year group to see the vaccination nurses this gives the nurses the opportunity to ring the parents of those children who do not have consent.
Please let the young people bring their phones to the vaccination session to enable them to ring their parents/carers.
Please have a member of staff available to support the vaccination process.

HPV Newsletter (PDF, 2 MB)

Assembly face to face power point HPV (PDF, 1 MB)

Teenage Booster, DTP, MenACWY

Please share this newsletter with staff and parents/carers: DTPMenACWY Newsletter (PDF, 169 KB)

Thank you for your support in helping to keep young people safe.

Warm regards,

Abi Preston

Director of Education & SEND

Children's Services, London Borough of Hillingdon, Civic Centre, Uxbridge UB8 1UW