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OfstedNews

Welcome to the latest edition of OfstedNews Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. OfstedNews Our free monthly newsletter Issue 97 | January 2021 Sections All Ofsted Schools Children’s social care Further education and skills Early years and childcare   COVID-19 updates Ofsted: COVID-19 rolling update – This sets out our guidance and information […]

Jordans meeting Saturday 6th February, 2021

Dear Everyone Our next networking meeting for the ‘Jordan’s group’ will be held on Saturday 6th February from 10-11.30 am. All Chairs of Boards, Board committees are welcome.  Please contact anne.sheddick@gmail.com  if you would like to come. The meeting will be held via MS Teams: Click here to join the meeting Here is an outline […]

Teacher Bulletin: remote education, exam consultation, support for disadvantaged pupils, safety and wellbeing

Online event: get help with remote education and catch-up provision Join our sector-led, online event from 4pm on Wednesday 27 January. The event will provide: examples of the best approaches to remote education advice on delivering the curriculum virtually, featuring Oak National Academy top tips on maintaining wellbeing, motivation and keeping pupils safe Recordings of […]

February Half Term Helping Hand Vouchers

SENT FROM GARETH DRAWMER – HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, Action needed in readiness for February Half Term FSM Vouchers Buckinghamshire Council continues to provide its Helping Hand service and is preparing to provide all pupils eligible for Free School Meals with a £15 food voucher for February half-term break. As per the […]

BASG AGM Meeting Minutes 14th January 2021

Meeting: BASG AGM   Date & Time: 14.1.2021 at 17.00   Location: Virtually via Teams   Present:        Apologies: Executive Committee Paul Randall (Chair), Anne Sheddick (Vice Chair), Jo Pearce (Treasurer), Maggi Bull, Joanne Marchant, Peter Lerner, Gwyneth Langley, Bernadette Allison (Secretary)   None       Agenda Subject       Action […]

BASG Executive Minutes 11th January 2021

Meeting: BASG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE   Date & Time: 11 January 2021 at 17.00 hours   Location: Virtual meeting through Zoom   Present:     Apologies: Paul Randall (Chair), Anne Sheddick (Vice Chair), Maggi Bull, Joanne Marchant, Peter Learner, Bernadette Allison (Secretary)   Gwyneth Langley join the meeting at 17.10         Agenda Subject […]

Model Risk Assessment for Workforce COVID-19 Testing in Primary (inc. Nursery) Schools

SENT FROM GARETH DRAWMER, HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, To support you with the introduction of lateral flow testing for all staff in primary (including school-based nurseries and maintained nurseries) we have developed the attached generic risk assessment, should this be useful.  This is based on the information provided through the webinars and […]

NGA – Reducing the impact of partial school closures on disadvantaged pupils

Updated 7 January 2021 Despite the best efforts of schools to provide continuity of education for all pupils, there is no doubt that disadvantaged pupils and their families will experience greater challenges than most of their peers. NGA-COVID-Disadvantaged-Impact-update-07012021 This information sheet covers: continuity of free school meals catch-up premium: allocation, use of and scrutiny assessing strategic priorities in light […]

NGA Providing Remote Education Guidance

Remote education: safeguarding, expectations, support and monitoring Updated 15 January 2021  This information sheet has been updated to reflect the latest DfE guidance. We’ve included additional advice and support for monitoring your school’s remote education provision and outlined the DfE’s minimum expectations. Use this information to build an understanding of what schools are expected to provide and […]