21st June 2021
Dear Colleagues,
Please see our weekly Education Executive Summary [184KB] round-up of schools' guidance update.
Action | By |
Schools' additional PP funding for No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) | 5pm on 30th June |
ECT AB LA service offer | Friday 25th June |
SEND Advisory Service- My Support Plan Review - Questionnaire | Friday 25th June |
Submit the Educational Setting Status form daily via the following link: https://onlinecollections.des.fasst.org.uk/fastform/index.jsp | Daily for all settings |
Submit Early Years attendance data to the DfE weekly via the following link: | Fortnightly for Early Years Settings |
Hillingdon Music Hub youth consultation: | June |
Hillingdon Education Conference
We have made the decision, in consultation with Headteachers, to postpone the conference that was planned for 12th July, as a result of the Prime Minister's announcement last week. We are in the process of organising a date in September and, once confirmed, we will share the new date with Headteachers shortly.
Head Teachers' Termly Presentations
Thank you to all of the Head Teachers who were able to attend the meeting last Thursday. We are still in the process of collating the slides from the presentation and we will endeavour to send these out to all Head Teachers shortly.
Victim Support Leaflets
Please see leaflets regarding Victim Support available in the Borough. Please share these with relevant colleagues or families as needed.
Early Career Frameworks Summary
The EIP team have summarised the key changes of the ECF changes which come into effect from September 2021. Please find the summary here [253KB] .
School Admissions Code 2021 Changes - Urgent Variation Required
The government has proposed some changes to the School Admissions Code (Code) which aim to improve support for the in-year admission of vulnerable children and help reduce to a minimum any gaps in their education.
The proposed draft was laid before Parliament on 13 May 2021 for a 40-day period. During this period, the House of Commons and the House of Lords will have the opportunity to review the Code and any Member can pass a motion to not approve it. The 40-day period is due to expire on 1 July 2021.
The proposal for the new School Admissions Code requires children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted to be given equal first priority in admission arrangements, alongside looked after children (LAC) and children who were previously looked after by English local authorities (PLAC). This advice refers to these children as internationally adopted previously looked after children - "IAPLAC."
This new provision will necessitate variations to determined admission arrangements to take effect from 1 September 2021. Admission authorities will need to vary their admission arrangements for 2021/22 (which would have been determined by 28 February 2020) and their admission arrangements for 2022/23 (which would have been determined by 28 February 2021). Without these variations, admission arrangements that have already been determined will no longer comply with the Code from this date.
Please review these documents [235KB] to better understand what this means for your school. The Local Authority (LA) have also supplied a template document for own admission authorities (non-community schools) to support Governing Bodies to act in compliance with this legal variation. Please keep the approved document on record to evidence that your school have legally agreed a variation.
Maths Hub - Spaces Available
Each Maths Hub is seeking to recruit schools to join the Work Groups for this programme. A school's participation involves teachers from each of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 (in one-form entry schools), the maths subject lead, and the headteacher. In small schools, there may be just one or two participating class teachers. In larger, multi-form schools, it is expected that lead teachers support colleagues in Reception and KS1 to adopt the same approach in their classes, to ensure consistency across the school.
Please see here [200KB] for further information and application form [661KB] .
Letter to Secondary School & College Parents from Gavin Williamson
Please see attached link here for the letter Gavin Williamson has recently released regarding continuing regular COVID-19 testing. Please share with your parents in order for them to be aware of the importance of regular testing.
Thank you
Thank you to all of the schools who shared our packed lunch survey with parents. We are pleased to share we have had over 1300 responses, which is excellent. These will help us to better support parents with healthy eating.
Regards,
Dan Kennedy
