Notice: 13 May 2021

A round-up of news, guidance and key updates for education settings.

Included in this update

Cases of COVID-19 in the borough have decreased again, coinciding with the government announcing a move to the next stage of the exit roadmap. Many thanks for continuing to keep your control measures in place. In the handful of schools and settings that have had recent cases of COVID the ability to control infection, through the measures adopted, has meant that incidents have been well contained and only specific cohorts have needed to self-isolate. For the time being the DfE guidance is clear in that COVID controls measures are to remain. One significant change however is the new DfE guidance on face coverings and we have provided further information below.

One significant change however is the use of face coverings whereby they will no longer be not recommended for use by children and young people in classrooms and communal areas in all schools and FE provision from 17 May. Face coverings will also no longer be recommended for staff in classrooms but they are encouraged to wear them in communal areas alongside other visiting adults. Please read the DfE Face Covering guidance provided below for full details. Please update your risk assessments to recognise this change in position. We acknowledge that there may be some concerns raised with you about this issue and know that you will work with children, parents and staff where there are anxieties, some of whom may ask to continue wearing a face covering. Schools know their children, families and staff the best and should feel that they have the flexibility to determine arrangements on a case by case basis where a concern is raised. There may be an occasion where secondary schools or FE providers are asked to reintroduce use of face coverings across the school but this will be done following advice from the Health protection Hub team and for specific reasons. Finally we have had some queries regarding the position about parents wearing face masks at the school gate. For clarity there was never any national guidance that specified this as a requirement but rather it was encouraged locally (and sensibly) at the height of the pandemic. To be clear there is no requirement to wear face coverings outdoors. Parents should though maintain social distancing from those not in their social bubbles, so in effect remain 2metres apart from each other at the school gates. Of course if parents wish to continue wearing a face mask at drop off and pick up times then that would be their choice.

In other news, can I draw your attention to the Ofsted briefing that has been planned for next week (19 May). We are sorry for the short notice but is due to the availability of Ofsted colleagues. Telford and Wrekin’s new link HMI Ann Pritchard will deliver an online briefing about the Ofsted inspection arrangements in place this term and will also outline plans for the Autumn Term. The session starts at 9.45am. Further details about how to book are provided below.

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme for this year is nature and connecting with it to improve wellbeing. Given this past year, where social activities have been so restricted, being outside has never been more important: Getting outside to walk, run, garden or see friends. We have provided links to some useful nature related resources for you, which can be used beyond this week. The DfE have made some pledges, in relation to mental health, which we have also outlined for you.

It is always nice to share good news stories and the launch of the Flexible Working Launch Event, at Newport Girls High, as part of their role as a flexible working ambassador, ties in nicely to Mental Health Awareness week. You can also find the results of the Young Enterprise Awards Evening, which showcases the incredible work ethic of young people in the borough.

You will find another reminder to facilitate any many of our young people as possible getting involved with the Big Ask. We are keen for the voices of Telford children and young people to be heard. The survey closes on 28 May 2021.

There are a number of interesting events being publicised this week, including attachment and trauma awareness in relation to children in care and an exciting motivational talk from Smash Life. A number of updates are also included. Notably, new teacher induction arrangements have changed from September 2021 so those are outlined, alongside some information on STEP, who support the early career framework. There is also an update on how to raise a case on children who go missing.

As always, there is information about other continuing professional development opportunities, access to race equality policy and procedure training and information regarding attendance averages for the spring term, as well as other articles of interest which I hope you enjoy reading!

Best wishes

Simon

Simon Wellman

Director: Education and Skills

Newport Girls’ High School holds flexible working launch event

Facilitating requests for flexible working is one of the DFE’s mental health pledges and eight schools and colleges have been granted Ambassador Status. They will support schools around the country to support the Department for Education (DfE) to heighten awareness of the difficulties faced by talented staff who have to juggle family commitments with their employment in schools, to see how avoiding this can be achieved.

Newport Girls’ High School (NGHS) is represent the West Midlands region and recently hosted an online launch event (12 May 2021) for primary, secondary and special schools.

NGHS has a very accommodating approach to matters such as part-time requests, flexible timetabling, family absences, gradual retirement planning, compressed working weeks and remote working for support staff and will now receive a grant from the DFE to help improve policies, practice and culture around flexible working across the Midlands and well as founding a support network for Heads and Trusts to learn more about ways to timetable more effectively to best consider the impact of requests for flexible working. Most of this will be done online through webinars. NGHS also aims to host a Flexible Working Conference for school leaders across the region in 2022.

We know that a significant barrier to part time working in secondary settings is timetabling difficulties, so this will form a particular focus next academic year. You can find out more by visiting the Newport Girls' High School website, but the Head of Newport Girls’ High School who is leading the project, Michael Scott, would be delighted to hear from other Telford and Wrekin schools, where flexible working is already being implemented or school leaders who are just beginning this journey. Please email fwas@nghs.org.uk to get in touch.

Whilst the project covers the entire West Midlands region, it would be great to see a higher representation from Telford and Wrekin, so please get in touch to find out more.

Young Enterprise awards evening

The Young Enterprise Company programme encourages young people to set up and run their own student company. The students involved make all the decisions about their business, from deciding on their company name and the products they will focus on through to managing the company finances. They then have to promote and sell their products, to the public, through pop up shops, the Young Enterprise online store, and their own social media platforms.

The students acquire both business and life skills throughout the process, with the support of the dedicated Centre Lead and their Volunteer Business Mentor.

At the end of the 12 month programme there is an awards night, where the students taking part in the programme find out how the judges viewed their companies. The awards this year were held on-line by the Shropshire Area Manager Kamran Hussain. The results were as follows:

True Grit – Charlie ( Telford College)
Best Product – Adore2door (Newport Girls High School)
Best Business Advisor – Zoe Slattery ( Telford & Wrekin Council)
Best Trade Stand – Portable Puzzles (Thomas Telford Academy)
Best Presentation – Couture (Hadley Learning Community)
Best Company Report – Couture (Hadley Learning Community)
Shropshire Company of the Year – Couture (Hadley Learning Community).

It has not been easy this year with COVID-19, so well done to all the schools and students who took part in the process, and special well done to Couture (Hadley Learning Community) who now go on the region finals and represent Shropshire.

HMI Briefing for Telford and Wrekin about the Ofsted inspection

Telford and Wrekin’s new Regional Senior HMI Ann Pritchard will deliver an online briefing about the Ofsted inspection arrangements in place this term.

The session will consist of a formal briefing of approximately 30 minutes and an opportunity at the end for any questions and answers.

Wednesday 19 May 2021.
9.45 am to 10.30am.

To book your place, please send an email to cpdschoolimprovement@telford.gov.uk stating your name, email address and school name.

Resources for this year’s ‘Nature’ themed Mental Health Awareness Week

It is well known that connecting with nature has proven benefits to supporting our mental health. This week’s nature theme for mental health awareness week (10 May 2021 -16 May 2021), supports this idea. The Anna Freud Centre has put together two helpful toolkits, one for primary and one for secondary age groups, with teacher and pupil resources ready to use as part of the current week, and beyond.

Download the Mentally Healthy Schools- Primary 'Nature' Toolkit

Download the Mentally Healthy Schools- Secondary 'Nature' Toolkit

Our very own Education Mental Health Practitioner, Laura Thomas has also put together a resource that you can download called ‘5 Ways to Wellbeing In Nature’ which is a useful handout to print out and share with pupils.

Visit the Anna Freud website for more information about Mentally Healthy Schools and visit the Mental Health website for more information about Mental Health Awareness Week.

COVID-19 Roadmap - Updated Guidance for education settings

Information from the Department for Education

The Prime Minister has issued a press release outlining that travel within Britain with overnight stays will be permitted, which means that schools will be able to organise trips with overnight stays from Monday 17 May. Remaining university students will also be able to return to in-person teaching, where they can access twice weekly asymptomatic testing. Visit the GOV.UK website for the press release.

We have updated the following guidance to reflect these changes:

Visit the GOV.UK website for guidance on the COVID-19 response – Spring 2021 (Roadmap) for additional information.

COVID-19 test kit delivery schedules for schools and colleges

Delivery schedules for this week (from Monday 10 May) are now available on the document sharing platforms. A further updated delivery schedule for next week will be published by Monday 17 May. Please check the published delivery schedule prior to contacting the helpline in relation to expected timescales for receipt of deliveries. Please wait for 48 hours after a scheduled delivery date before contacting the helpline.

The delivery schedule for primary schools and maintained nurseries is available on the primary schools and nurseries document sharing platform. The delivery schedule for secondary schools, further education colleges, independent training providers and adult community learning providers is available on the secondary schools and colleges document sharing platform.

Summer Schools webinar and extended sign-up window

The Summer Schools team is running an information session to tell you more about the 2021 summer schools programme and to answer any questions, on Wednesday 12 May at 4pm for one hour. Schools can join the webinar online.

Some schools have asked if they can still sign up to the programme and we are therefore keeping sign-up open. The form will remain in place until Friday 28 May.

Schools can access their funding allocation before signing up for the programme to indicate they intend to run a summer school. The process takes no more than a couple of minutes.

Further information is available in our guidance on summer schools – please contact the team at Learning.RECOVERY@education.gov.uk if you have any questions.

Update to face coverings in education settings guidance

Information from the Department for Education

As part of the government’s move to Step 3 of the roadmap, from Monday 17 May, new advice applies to the use of face coverings by staff, pupils and students in schools and further education in England. The DfE guidance on face coverings has been updated to reflect these changes.

Face coverings will no longer be recommended for pupils and students in classrooms or communal areas, in all schools and FE providers. Face coverings will also no longer be recommended for staff in classrooms. In all schools and FE providers, it is recommended that face coverings should continue to be worn by staff and visitors in situations outside of classrooms where social distancing is not possible (for example, when moving around in corridors and communal areas).

The reintroduction of face coverings for pupils, students or staff may be advised for a temporary period in response to particular localised outbreaks, including variants of concern. In all cases, any educational drawbacks should be balanced with the benefits of managing transmission. The Local Action Committee structure (Bronze/Silver/Gold) should be used in such circumstances to re-introduce the use of face coverings. Immediate outbreak response (at the level of individual settings or a cluster of settings) remains for local Directors of Public Health to provide advice on.

Information from the Local Authority

From 17 May the use of face coverings will no longer be recommended for use by children and young people in classrooms and communal areas in all schools and FE provision. Face coverings will also no longer be recommended for staff in classrooms but they are encouraged to wear them in communal areas alongside other visiting adults. Please read the DfE Face Covering guidance provided above for full details. Please update your risk assessments to recognise this change in position. We acknowledge that there may be some concerns raised with you about this issue and know that you will work with children, parents and staff where there are anxieties, some of whom may ask to continue wearing a face covering. Schools know their children, families and staff the best and should feel that they have the flexibility to determine arrangements on a case by case basis where a concern is raised. There may be an occasion where secondary schools or FE providers are asked to reintroduce use of face coverings across the school but this will be done following advice from the Health protection Hub team and for specific reasons. Finally we have had some queries regarding the position about parents wearing face masks at the school gate. For clarity there was never any national guidance that specified this as a requirement but rather it was encouraged locally (and sensibly) at the height of the pandemic. To be clear there is no requirement to wear face coverings outdoors. Parents should though maintain social distancing from those not in their social bubbles, so in effect remain 2metres apart from each other at the school gates. Of course if parents wish to continue wearing a face mask at drop off and pick up times then that would be their choice.

Mental health pledges

Videos, webinars and teaching materials, produced in partnership with charities, will be made available to schools and colleges, helping to foster conversations about mental health and reassure many young people who are worried about the impact of the virus on their lives.

As more pupils return to the classroom as part of the Government’s phased approach to the wider opening of schools, the Department for Education has announced grants worth more than £750,000 for the Diana Award, the Anti-Bullying Alliance and the Anne Frank Trust - to help hundreds of schools and colleges build relationships between pupils, boost their resilience, and continue to tackle bullying both in person and online.

A new £95,000 pilot project in partnership with the Education Support Partnership will focus on teachers’ and leaders’ mental health, providing online peer-support and telephone supervision from experts to around 250 school leaders.

It adds to the support the Government has already put in place to help families and children during the pandemic, with more than £9 million already being invested in mental health charities to help them expand and reach those most in need, and priority given to it within planning guides for a phased return to education.

New online resources designed by health and education experts will be provided to schools and colleges to boost mental health support for staff and pupils, encouraging them to talk more confidently about the anxieties and concerns they feel as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

For more information please read the full press release on the GOV.UK website.

Once in a generation review of children’s lives

Until 28 May, children and young people in Telford and Wrekin can take part in The Big Ask, the largest ever survey for children and young people in England, launched by the Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza.

The results of the survey will be used to show the government what the younger generation thinks it’s important for its future and what children need to live happier lives.

It will also help identify barriers preventing children and young people to reach their full potential and propose solutions to address them.

Children from as young as 4 years old can take part. Parents and carers can also complete the adult survey.

Councillor Shirley Reynolds, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People, Education and Lifelong Learning said: “We are asking all schools in Telford and Wrekin to please make The Big Ask survey part of their lessons in the next two weeks. On the survey’s website, there are a range of resources that schools can use to engage their students.

“So far, we have had great feedback from borough’s schools, parents and carers who have taken part.

“We want to encourage many more to make their voice heard, it’s a unique opportunity to let the government know what our children’s life is, what hopes and aspirations they have and what challenges they face.

“It’s of particular importance to do so now, so as to understand how the pandemic challenges (lockdown, social distancing, home schooling) have truly affected our children and young people and how they can be best supported to reach their full potential. “

To complete the Big Ask Survey, visit the Children’s Commissioner website.

Take part in the Big Ask Survey

Children who go missing

Education is a part of a Missing Children Group which meets monthly to focus on children who have episodes of going missing.

Representatives from the police plus workers from the children at risk from exploitation (CATE), child exploitation (CE) and child sexual exploitation teams, prevention workers for children in care (CiC) and the strengthening families co-ordinator are some of those involved in the group.

Where possible, the school may be contacted, often at short notice, in advance of the meeting, to provide a swift and brief summary of a pupil from an educational perspective, which has proved to be a valuable contribution.

There is now a separate opportunity for us to raise cases where schools believe that children are going missing, but it may not have been reported by parents or carers. The information may facilitate further enquires around the individual child.

Any school that wishes to raise a case should contact Sarah Coggins directly by email on Sarah.coggins@telford.gov.uk or by calling 01952 382177.

Children in Care: Attachment and Trauma Awareness

At a time where our educational settings are considering becoming accredited Attachment & Trauma Informed School and operating this model across Telford and Wrekin long term. This is an excellent opportunity to sign up to the attachment & research community Attachment Research Community (ARC).

Please download the letter from ARC and download the call for action document which has been shared with the Department for Education (DfE).

The ARC media campaign will begin the week commencing 17 May 2021 to raise awareness of Attachment and Trauma needs within schools across the whole of England.

Our Call To Action is for a system wide redevelopment of policies and processes , academic support and training programmes, that will benefit our young people in both educational institutions and all social care environments; improving performance, mental health and wellbeing and to narrow attainment gaps.

The social media campaign will be an integral part of this including the Join the campaign #includeme.

This Call to Action Document, entitled ‘Attachment and Trauma Awareness - teaching, learning and emotional wellbeing in schools’, aims to complement and extend the DfE guidance on supporting mental health in schools and on teaching about mental wellbeing.

In recognising that these issues are best addressed at school level by school leaders, it raises the benefits of developing the educational workforce and celebrating good practice through a positively focused inspection framework.

In recognising the pressures on schools, the current signatories believe that these recommendations support a whole school approach which is efficient and effective in improving learning and well-being outcomes for all children; and your endorsement will enable us to strengthen our journey to better practice.

To find out how you can support the Call to Action document, ‘Attachment and Trauma Awareness - teaching, learning and emotional wellbeing in schools’, please download the leaflet and visit the ARC website.

We strongly encourage all schools to become members of ARC, which is the initial step in becoming an accredited Attachment and Trauma Informed School.

Last year several of our Telford schools were nominated schools for the National attachment and trauma informed schools award awarded by Sir John Timpson. We will be undertaking further nominations before the end of the summer term and will keep you posted of developments!

Any enquires can be emailed to Michelle Salter at Michelle.salter@telford.gov.uk.

Smash Life motivational talk

Smash Life are running a virtual motivation talk, led by Tim Allin, on 7 July 2021. Tim will share his real life story, who his role models were and what lessons he learnt from his failures and mistakes from his own life experiences.

Join them for a chance for children, parents and carers to be inspired and learn together, on Microsoft Teams.

For more information, visit the Smash Life website and to get the teams link, email info@smashlife.com.

Virtual school conference reminder

Just a quick reminder to book your place at The Virtual School Conference. This is for designated teachers and nominated governors of Looked After and previously Looked After Children, and will be held virtually on Friday 2 July 9.00am – 12.15pm.

This is an exciting morning including our Keynote Speaker Luke Rodgers, sharing his experience of the care system. There is also the opportunity to choose a workshop to attend – including workshops about Attachment & Trauma, Voice of the Child, Gangs & Exploitation, Edge of Care, Inheriting the System, Understanding the emotional needs of CiC and Care Leavers, the PACE Model and Understanding Teenagers (Solihull Approach).

To book your place on this conference, please use the TAW CPD booklet as normal and also indicate which workshop you would like to attend when you return the form. The course code is CPD 620. For more information please download the leaflet or contact Michelle Salter via email at Michelle.salter@telford.gov.uk.

Introduction to STEP

Shropshire and Telford Education Partnership (STEP) is an inclusive partnership comprising SALOP Teaching School Alliance, The Alliance of Leading Learning (ALL), Shropshire Primary Partnership (SPP) and Severn Teaching School Alliance (STSA) representing all phases and contexts, including Special and Alternative Provisions.

Shropshire and Telford Education Partnership (STEP) is an inclusive partnership comprising a number of bodies, and representing all phases and contexts across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.

STEP is one of only 87 Teaching School Hubs announced in February by the Department for Education, with the remit of working with them in simplifying support for the teacher recruitment and retention strategy, improving school performance across our locality.

STEP will work in partnership with our local schools to support initial teacher training; deliver the new Early Career Framework for new Teachers and their mentors; act as an appropriate body under the new statutory changes; and offer the new suite of National Professional Qualifications for leaders, as well as developing and signposting research informed CPD to meet local needs.

Our recent Teaching School Hub event saw a number of queries relating to the new statutory Early Career Framework, which comes into place in September, raised. If you were unable to attend but have any queries about the implications of this on your current induction programme, staffing and funding implications, as well as how this these fit into the work of your appropriate body, then do please get in touch.

Did you know?

There are 3 options open to you for your Early Career Teacher programme.
That you cannot continue with the same programme you have used previously.
That you must register which route you choose on the DfE ECT portal and this directly impacts on the levels of funding you will receive.
The ECT’s mentor must be different to your Induction tutor.
ECT mentor release time could impact on your timetable.
The Full Induction Programme which will run through your Teaching School Hub is funded by the DfE and means you don’t have to map against the ECF core content and submitted for approval to your appropriate body.
Appropriate bodies will have to complete a fidelity check of your ECF programme if you are creating your own but not if you follow the Full Induction Programme.
The DfE are recommending the Full Induction Programme

You should have received the link to register your ECTs from the DfE, we understand these are being sent out in batches to schools. The full recording of the webinar is now available on The full recording of the webinar is now available on YouTube. More information, including the answers given to many of the questions raised during the webinar can be found on the STEP website.

Schools wishing to sign up for our Early Career Development Programme should complete the complete the online application form. Please note for the name prompt please use STEP Shropshire and Telford Education Partnership.

We will be organising an ECF specific meeting in partnership with Best Practice, over the coming weeks but I would encourage you to contact Sandra Cooper by email (SC@tpstrust.co.uk) in the interim.

Telford & Wrekin School Attendance Averages for spring term 2020 - 2021 - 8 March to 1 April 2021

The Attendance Support Team are so very grateful to all our schools for submitting your attendance data so quickly for the reduced period of the Spring Term 2020 - 2021 that schools were open to all pupils.

We appreciate how difficult everything has been and how you have worked so hard to support pupils, often with Department for Education (DfE) guidance requiring changes at very short notice. We also know that although the majority of parents welcomed the re-opening of schools to all pupils there are still many parents and children who are anxious about returning to school.

We are delighted to share the overall attendance Borough averages with you all and can confirm that all schools attendance rates were higher than those in the Autumn term 2020 - 2021.

We will not be able to compare like for like on this occasion for this data set as it was unprecedented due to the national lockdown.

From the attendance data that you submitted I can confirm that overall:

All Telford schools - 95.83%
Secondary Schools - 93.93%
Primary Schools - 96.67%
Special Schools - 90.78%.

These impressive attendance figures were achieved during the most difficult of times with many parents still experiencing anxiety about sending their children to school and as we know in excess of 39 pupils across our Borough ‘stuck’ abroad.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to you all for a sterling effort and for your continuing support.

Please direct any enquires by email to attendancesupportteam@telford.gov.uk or by telephone on 01952 385220.

Equality Policy and Procedures

Training is available, to inform staff of their legal requirements under the Equality Act 2010, relating Race Equality. It will enable schools to ensure that their policy and procedures are robust and are in compliance with the statutory duty under the Act.

The session will provide an opportunity for participants to meet the Public Sector Equality Duty in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, with due regard to the need to:

eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under the Equality Act 2010
advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it
foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.

The session will provide an opportunity for participants to:

an overview of the equality objectives
meet the statutory duties of schools in this area in the light of current legislation
develop a robust policy and school procedures to identify racist incidents
an overview of statistics in relation to hate crimes nationally and Telford
explore strategies and best practice in preventing and responding to incidents for the most positive outcomes.

Delegates will be able to:

ensure that they have a robust policy and procedures in place to recognise racist incidents
meet statutory requirements in the publication of equality information relating to their school
implement strategies to minimise racist incidents and redress the damage caused by them
share strategies to prevent racist incidents and bullying with their school community.

The session will be held on Wednesday 26 May 2021, 3.30pm - 5pm online via Microsoft Teams.

Please download the full list of free courses available as part of the training programme:

Download the Equality and Diversity - Tackling Racism document

If you would like to attend or express an interest in the training, please contact the contact the MDT team. To book a place on the training course please email multicultural.development@telford.gov.uk. By phone, you can contact Kirsty Holden on 07855148693 or Qamar Maqsood on 07800671756.

Whole Class Music- Bookings Now Open

Whole Class Ensemble Teaching (WCET) has been successfully providing the opportunity for hundreds of thousands of children across England to learn quality musical instruments as part of music curriculum time delivery.

The programme which is subsidised by both Arts Council England and the Department for Education (DfE) make it the most inclusive way to start all children on a lifelong musical journey. Telford & Wrekin Music have provided a whole class instrumental music-making offer since the mid 2000’s. This has been known nationally and locally as several things such as: Wider Opportunities, First Access, CHAMPS and Whole Class and is usually aimed at Year 4 students.

Our offer allows schools flexibility over how many weeks they wish to block, what type of instrument they would like their students to learn. And most of our schools combine this with a follow on elective group offer to ensure all children wishing to continue with their music-making can do so beyond Year 4.

If you would like an information sheet and booking form forwarded to you then please contact us at telford.music@telford.gov.uk.

For up to date information about our events and future network meetings visit our Facebook page.

Bookings are now open for September 2021.

CPD courses for school staff, senior leaders and governors

With the exception of ‘essential training’ (MAPA and Safeguarding) all courses continue to be delivered online using Microsoft Teams. We hope to move towards a more blended approach as the restrictions around COVID-19 begin to be eased, and when it is safe to do so. Online courses continue to be charged at a lower rate to reflect savings made by not using external venues.

Details of all courses can be found in the CPD booklet which is available on the Telford Education Services website. Unless stated otherwise, the majority of course bookings are made by sending a completed CPD booking form via email to cpdschoolimprovement@telford.gov.uk.

This table shows the CPD courses.
CPD	Date	Time
Developing the role of teaching assistants in supporting SEND (LSAT 507)	Wednesday 19 May 2021	9.15am to 12noon
Designated Safeguarding Leads Refresher (SG 107)	Thursday 20 May 2021	2pm to 3.30pm
MAPA (BSAT 201) Part 1 Face to Face training	Thursday 20 May 2021	8.30am to 12.30pm
MAPA (BSAT 201) Part 2 Face to Face training	Friday 21 May 2021	8.30am to 12.30pm
Teaching children with SEND - meeting the need (LSAT 508)	Monday 24 May 2021	4pm to 5.30pm
Briefing: New 2 Year Early Career Framework for Early Career Teachers (for NQT Induction Tutors, Heads & Senior Leaders)	Monday 24 May 2021	3.45pm to 4.45pm
The role of the key person in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EY 106)	Tuesday 25 May 2021	1.15pm to 3.45pm
Race Equality Policy and Procedure Training	Wednesday 26 May 2021	9.15am to 12.15pm
SACRE Conference – Day 2	Thursday 27 May 2021	9.30am to 3.15pm

For bookings please send an email to cpdschoolimprovement@telford.gov.uk.

New teacher induction arrangements from September

From September 2021, in addition to registering NQTs with the Appropriate Body, schools will also be required to arrange for the teacher to have access to the Early Career framework (ECF) training and support.

Teachers in the first two years of teaching will be termed ‘early career teachers’ (ECTs).
The current one year teacher induction programme will be replaced by a two year programme with funded training.
ECTs must be registered with the Appropriate Body – and, in addition, must be registered separately for access to the Early Career Framework (ECF).
Telford and Wrekin LA will continue to provide the Appropriate Body service.
The ECF can be provided in one of three ways:
- Full induction programme – all training provided by a teaching school hub
- Core induction programme – in-school via delivery of an approved set of materials
- School based programme – a school designs and delivers its own ECF training
To gain maximum benefit and funding for the ECF support and training, Telford and Wrekin LA strongly recommends schools select the Full induction programme.
There are major changes to the assessment process, including how the Appropriate Body will monitor and quality assure both the induction programme and the implementation of the ECF.

A programme of briefing and CPD events has been organised to ensure you will be ready for September:

Monday 24 May 2021 – 3.45pm to 4.45pm (new event): Joint briefing by T&W Appropriate Body and The Priory Teaching School Hub.

Wednesday 9 June 2021 – 4pm to 5pm (new event): Briefing for Headteachers and Induction Tutors on the new Appropriate Body Package, including registration, quality assurance, assessment and monitoring.

Tuesday 15 June 2021 – 4pm to 5.30pm (existing CPD 516): Induction Tutors and Mentors’ Network & Training Update – to include current NQTs, transition arrangements, major changes to the DfE statutory guidance and an initial discussion of the new paperwork.

Wednesday 16 June 2021 – 6pm to 7pm (new event): Briefing for Governors on the new arrangements relating to the ECF, the main changes and the implications for schools.

Wednesday 7 July 2021 – 4pm to 5.30pm (existing CPD 520): Initial Training for Induction Tutors and / or Headteachers / Senior Leaders in administering the new ECT induction process and the ECF. This session will provide an opportunity to clarify any remaining questions and will take delegates through all the statutory paperwork.

Please note: to use the Telford and Wrekin LA Appropriate Body Service, the Induction Tutor or Headteacher / Senior Leader must attend the 7 July session and one of the preceding briefing sessions.

Please contact Anthony Snowdon by email with any general queries. Please email cpdschoolimprovement@telford.gov.uk for any bookings for the CPD events and briefings.

Totally Telford Magazine

Please find, available to download, a copy of the first edition of the Totally Telford Magazine for your reference. It is now in its finish stage of productions and will be going to print shortly. It will be hitting residents’ doorsteps week commencing 24 May 2021.

Download the Totally Telford Magazine: Edition 1

This entry was posted by Claire on Wednesday, 12 May 2021.

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