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    • NACE Challenge Award

      Published 11/09/20

      The National Association for Able Children in Education (NACE) is running live online twilight sessions offering the chance to gain insights into effective policy and practice at NACE Challenge Award-accredited schools. In discussion with school leaders and going virtually “behind the scenes”, each session will explore the school’s use of the NACE Challenge Framework to support the development of high-quality provision for more able learners within a whole-school ethos of challenge for all.

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    • NACE: Leadership training - more able learners

      Published 11/09/20

      Delivered remotely over five 90-minute interactive sessions, this comprehensive course - New to leading on policy and practice for more able learners - is designed to support colleagues new to the role of more able coordinator/leading on policy and practice for more able pupils. It draws on the latest evidence in the field and case studies of schools with successful practice for more able learners.

      This course will support participants in developing and implementing more able policy, as well as exploring how to effectively lead others in developing effective provision for more able learners. Following each session, delegates will be set a gap task, designed to support practical in-school application of the course content.

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    • National Professional Qualifications (NPQ) reforms

      Published 10/09/20

      The reformed suite of NPQs will help all teachers and leaders to continuously develop their knowledge and skills throughout their careers. From September 2021, reformed NPQs will be available. These reforms will include introducing:

      • a qualification focused on the leadership of teaching (for teachers whose role may include responsibility for improving teaching practice in a subject or phase)

      • a qualification focused on behaviour and culture (for teachers whose role may include responsibility for behaviour management and pupil wellbeing)

      • a qualification focused on teacher development (for teachers whose role may include responsibility for supporting the training and development of others, including early career teachers)

      • reformed leadership NPQs to ensure aspiring and serving school leaders have the specific knowledge and skills they need to carry out their roles

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    • DfE extends Oak National Academy support for 2020-21

      Published 10/09/20

      Oak National Academy has now launched a new teacher hub, where teachers can access nearly 10,000 free, high quality lessons and resources to help contingency planning and teaching pupils in school and at home. Created by teachers, for teachers, Oak’s optional resources are designed to fit in with school plans and ease teacher workloads.

      After listening to feedback the dedicated Teacher Hub will allow teachers and leaders to:

      • Download and edit thousands of lesson slides and worksheets, wherever copyright allows, to tailor for pupils

      • Find more lessons, in a wider range of subjects, teaching the most popular topics, covering early years to Year 11

      • Access lessons covering the whole year in most subjects, easing planning

      • Select and share lessons in any order that works for you

      • Share units, lessons or individual resources with other teachers or pupils - via email or your existing learning platforms

      • Support pupils with captions on all lessons, BSL for the youngest, and printable resources for those without devices

        A wide-range of teachers, subject associations and sector bodies have collaborated to create an inclusive and flexible offer. Throughout the year ahead ONA will add more subjects, resources and functionality and looks forward to launching an expanded specialist offering in two weeks time.

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    • EEF: New guidance for SEND in mainstream schools

      Published 10/09/20
      Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) have the greatest need for excellent teaching and are entitled to provision that supports achievement at, and enjoyment of, school. The attainment gap between pupils with SEND and their peer
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    • Chartered College of Teaching: Curriculum guidance for the current climate

      Published 10/09/20
      Chartered College of Teaching: Catch up and recovery processes selected reading is here. A collection of articles, blogs and resources about how schools may approach catch-upand recovery. Cat Scutt from the CCT writes: “There is underst
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    • The EEF guide to supporting school planning

      Published 10/09/20
      The EEF guide to supporting school planning: A tiered approach to 2020-21 aims to support school leaders for this academic year 2020-21. It proposes a tiered model that focuses upon high quality teaching, targeted academic support (including tut
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    • National Tutoring Programme: Information for Schools

      Published 10/09/20
      The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) will provide additional support to schools to help disadvantaged pupils whose education has been most affected by school closures. Find out more here. The NTP is being developed to support schools to resp
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    • Maths Hubs opportunities for 2020/21

      Published 10/09/20
      The DfE and The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics have published a suite of new guidance on teaching Mathematics in primary schools. This guidance: identifies the core concepts that are needed for pupils to p
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    • Newsletter: Bradford Teaching School Hub (July 2020)

      Published 27/08/20

      This newsletter is the first one produced by the Hub to help schools and trusts to access high-quality support and programmes, especially those endorsed by the DfE and Education Endowment Foundation (EEF). An electronic, email-based newsletter will replace this for the academic year 2020-21. Please share your contact details with us to subscribe to the newsletter (see Enhancing Communications).

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    • Early Career Framework (ECF)

      Published 18/08/20

      Approximately 60% of Bradford schools have registered to engage with the Early Career Framework (ECF) from September 2020.

      Bradford is an early roll-out area for Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) and Recently Qualified Teachers (RQT) support. The ECF is a key feature of the government’s Recruitment and Retention Strategy. The ECF includes sections on behaviour management, pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, and professional behaviours.

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    • National Governors Association (NGA): Leading Governance programmes

      Published 18/08/20

      The Hub is collaborating with the NGA and their delivery partner, Bradford Council, to support members, trustees, governors and clerks to access the DfE-endorsed Leading Governance programmes. These will be delivered virtually from September 2020. Please click here for more information on the programmes: Development for Boards; Development for Chairs; and Development for Clerks

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    • National Professional Qualifications (NPQ)

      Published 18/08/20

      The DfE have confirmed that scholarship funding will again be available for 2020-21. In previous years, this has covered the full costs of the programme and assessment for schools in Bradford. However, the eligibility criteria for benefiting from the scholarship has not been published. Teachers and leaders can undertake one of the following programmes:

      • National Professional Qualification for Middle Leaders (NPQML)
      • National Professional Qualification for Senior Leaders (NPQSL)
      • National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH)
      • National Professional Qualification for Executive Leaders (NPQEL)

      Potential applicants are encouraged to contact providers to discuss their options. It may be possible to apply now with a view to confirming your place once the eligibility criteria are published. This will be at the discretion of individual providers.

      Exceed Institute (was Exceed Teaching Schools) has commence recruitment for NPQML and NPQSL cohorts. For details and application forms follow this link: https://exceedacademiestrust.co.uk/schoolimprovement/cpd/npq/.

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    • EdTech Demonstrator School

      Published 18/08/20

      Skipton Girls’ High School has been designated as an EdTech Demonstrator School and provides bespoke support to schools. More information and contact details are available  here.

       

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