LA Education Weekly Update

9 February 2026

Dear Colleagues,

This bulletin is for all settings that educate Hillingdon children, maintained, academies and independent.

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.

We wish you and your team a well-deserved restful half term break.

Reminders:

Useful Links:

Please contact education@hillingdon.gov.uk with any queries 

Hillingdon LEAP can be accessed for information and guidance for all settings 

Critical Incident Notification can be found here

Emergency closures of all schools must be reported to education@hillingdon.gov.uk 

Education Services Contacts can be found here 

Education & SEND Policies can be found here 

EYES/Establishment Portal information can be found here

Governors can access LA training here 

Hillingdon Learning Partnership 

Schools' Forum meeting papers can be accessed here. If anyone would like to attend meetings, they are welcome to do so.  

All Schools/Settings:

London RISE Education Fortnight

Please see details of opportunities for colleagues across London: London Rise Education Fortnight

Hillingdon Schools hosting events:

• Bishopshalt School - Improving Standards and Outcomes on 11,18 March Details & booking
• William Byrd Primary Academy - Ensuring Consistency of SEND on 9,10,11,13 March Details & booking
• William Byrd Primary Academy - Inspiring EYFS Environment on 10,11,12 March Details & booking
• Yeading Infant & Nursey School - Starting Strong on 10 March Details & booking

Schools Forum

The next Schools Forum meeting being held in person on Wednesday 25 March at 1 pm at Ruislip Gardens Primary School. Papers will be uploaded here one week before.

This is a public meeting, anyone wishing to attend should contact schoolsforum@hillingdon.gov.uk.

Governors Newsletter

Please see latest edition: School Governors E-newsletter Spring 2026 Issue1 (PDF, 169 KB)

DSL Cluster/Networking Meetings

Please note the session planned for Friday 28 April will now be in person at Oak Wood School at 10.30 am - 12.30 pm. DSLs can sign up to attend all sessions here: Safeguarding / DSL Training & Events Calendar - Leap

AXIS

Please see January newsletter: AXIS January Bulletin 2026 (PDF, 1 MB)

Supporting Service Children

Please see 1^st newsletter from this new service with details of an introductory meeting: Service Children Newsletter Feb 2026 (PDF, 4 MB)

Call for Evidence Request on Behalf of the London Assembly Health Committee

The Committee has launched a Call for Evidence. This Call for Evidence is open to all who would like to respond. The Committee particularly welcomes responses from schools in London, youth and community groups and from organisations with experience.

Please send your submissions in a Word document format (not PDF) to Scrutiny@london.gov.ukby by Friday 13 February 2026.

Rapporteurship: Enabling community use of school sports facilities to support exercise and reduce health inequalities for young people.

This investigation aims to:

• Assess current levels of community access to school sports facilities in London
• Identify the barriers that affect the ability of state funded and private schools to open their sports facilities to youth and community groups outside of school hours
• Investigate how these barriers can be overcome to promote young people's access to school sports facilities, especially for those experiencing health inequalities
• Explore how community access schemes should be designed and delivered to support the physical health and wellbeing of young Londoners.

Primary Schools:

DfE Virtual Conferences for Primary School Leaders on Attendance & Attainment

The DfE is running a virtual RISE conference that will provide primary school leaders with insights, evidence informed approaches, and effective, school-led approaches and tools leaders can apply straight away.

The conference will take place across two afternoons, via MS Teams Townhall:

• Wednesday 4 March: 12.30 - 3.30 pm
• Thursday 5 March: 12.30 - 3.30 pm

Please note this is one virtual conferencesplit across two afternoons, with unique content on each afternoon.

More information, including on how to sign up, is available here. A full agenda will be circulated to those registered ahead of the event.

Join The Hidden Treasure Hunt!

Primary schools across the UK are joining HypnoCat and Wastebusters to uncover the hidden electrical treasure in our homes, like old cables and broken toys. It's free to take part, with Microsoft tech prizes and Currys vouchers for schools and students who register and recycle.

Find out more here: The Hidden Treasure Hunt - Recycle Unwanted Tech | The Pod

Secondary / FE:

Adaptive Curriculum & Teaching Project

The date for the next Secondary Adaptive Curriculum and Teaching Workshop has been confirmed. Following feedback, this session will be held at Nanaksar Primary School and will include lesson observations, a book look, and a tour of the primary environment to support thinking around students working more than 3 years behind ARE. We will also consider the potential impact of the SEND White Paper (publication permitting).

Details:

• Date: Monday 23 March, 9:05 - 12:30
• Location: Nanaksar Primary School (free parking at Minet Country Park)
• Invitees: SENCos and Heads of English (or other relevant staff)

Note: Nanaksar is a vegetarian and egg‑free school; please avoid bringing any meat, fish, or egg on-site.

Please RSVP by Friday 6 March by emailing Hannah Sheridan at hsheridan@hillingdon.gov.uk

Warm regards, 

Abi Preston 

Director of Education & SEND 

Children's Services, London Borough of Hillingdon, 4E/07, Civic Centre, Uxbridge UB8 1UW