Director's Message - 25th January 2021

Dear Colleagues,

Please see our weekly Education Executive Summary [70KB] round-up of schools' guidance update.

To Action:

Action	By
Remote learning policy published on school websites	Monday 25^th January
Register interest to participate in the new early help assessment volunteer opportunity	Wednesday 27^th January
Return school catering company MS short survey	Monday 1^st February
Spring Census - deadline for approved submissions	Wednesday 17^th February

New testing centre open - Harlington Young People's Centre

A new asymptomatic testing centre has opened at Harlington Young People's centre today. Please share this with your staff, parents and carers to promote this facility within the local community, using this information sheet [348KB] .

School catering provider / FSM short survey

Public Health Hillingdon are interested in the school meals provided in our schools or whether there are concerns from particular providers, which they can follow up on. This is to support their work on preventing childhood obesity. The Education Improvement & Partnerships team is also keen to support this work, particularly during Covid-19 with what providers can offer during the national FSM voucher scheme. Please complete this short survey so that the teams can support schools to deliver appropriate meals for all of our Hillingdon pupils by Monday 1st February.

New Early Help Assessment - Call for Testing Volunteers

The Head of Early Help, Prevention and Permanence is keen to recruit volunteers from schools to test out the brand new and streamlined EHA (Early Help Assessment) and provide any feedback regarding functionality and content. If staff are interested in being part of this group please contact Lee Moses, Project Manager via lmoses@hillingdon.gov.uk.

School Leaders' Briefing (SLB)

This fortnight's SLB articles are:

Cancellation of further LA assessment and moderation briefing sessions 2020-21
Important Supporting Guidance on Early Years 2021 Census
OFSTED IDSR Release
Children at Risk of Exploitation
HYPT Poster
Child Sexual Exploitation
Early Years Foundation Stage Profile
FFT subscription reminder
SAS Newsletter final
Fostering update
New Healthy Year calendar to support healthier habits
E-Scooter Guidance
Vaccine Hubs how children get involved

Full Covid-19 DfE guidance

Please continue to access our full update on Covid guidance, including how schools should continue to ensure protective measures via our FAQs on LEAP and email the Education Team via education@hillingdon.gov.uk for any support.

Regards,

Dan