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The Chesham, Amersham, Wendover, Great Missenden chairs group has not met for several years so it is time we met up again. I have scheduled a meeting on MS Teams for 7pm to 9pm on 17 February. If you are a chair or vice-chair please do take this opportunity to discuss challenges and share solutions […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sent on behalf of Buckinghamshire HR Department The extended flexible furlough scheme, (Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)), is open until the end of April 2021. The scheme changes now make it possible for schools to claim a grant while allowing employees to continue to work part-time. Schools may only claim the grant for privately funded […]
SENT FROM GARETH DRAWMER, HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, I am sure you will have seen in the adverse publicity regarding the free school lunch parcels provided by a company called Chartwells. If you use Chartwells as a catering supplier and have been providing lunch parcels to your free school meal pupils not […]
Sent on behalf of Paul Randall, Chair and Anne Sheddick, Vice Chair of the BASG Dear colleagues, As I discussed at last week’s Briefings BASG and Buckinghamshire Council have been working on a suggested agenda and information sheet, to support your work as governing boards during the Spring Term, whilst trying to stay up to […]
SENT FROM GARETH DRAWMER, HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your support for the Helping Hand Winter Grant scheme and for the efficient way that schools across the county enabled us to send vouchers to eligible pupils and their families quickly and effectively over the last week of term. Your work […]
These are unprecedented times. Children won’t be in school for some time, and it will be even longer before they return to normal. For now, the emphasis has shifted to home, and how we can continue our children’s education while they are there. As teachers, we always want to do what’s best for the children […]
Sent to all HTs SENT ON BEHALF OF GARETH DRAWMER, HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, As I am sure you are aware, the DfE has updated their educational status form and it is now live, it can be found here. At the local authority we receive the data from the form on a […]
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