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May 2022

  • Early Career Framework induction evaluation

    Published 26/05/22

    Today the Department for Education has published an evaluation of year 1 of the Early Career Framework induction.

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  • Appropriate Body: Change and consultation

    Published 26/05/22

    The Department for Education have announced that Teaching School Hubs will become the sole providers of Appropriate Body services. A consultation on the timeline for implementing this change is part of a new consultation launched today.

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  • Announced: new NPQ scholarships for small schools, PVIs and other organisations

    Published 26/05/22

    Today, the Department for Education has announced confirmation of two more years of National Professional Qualification (NPQ) scholarships, including an expansion of eligible schools and settings, including PVI settings for the NPQ for Early Years Leadership.

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  • Announced: National Institute of Teaching

    Published 26/05/22

    Today, it has been announced that the National Institute of Teaching will be led by the School-Led Development Trust (SLDT). A press release by the charity is available here.

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  • Free modern foreign language (MFL) CPD courses

    Published 20/05/22

    The National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy (NCELP) is offering free MFL courses in the autumn term of 2022.

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  • Free peer-to-peer support for schools and colleges on using technology

    Published 20/05/22

    The DfE’s EdTech Demonstrator Programme supports any publicly funded school or college in England to access help and advice on educational technology for free until the end of July 2022. The EdTech Demonstrator Programme is running a National Webinar Series throughout May and June covering various topics from the new DfE digital standards to using EdTech to support pupils with SEND.

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  • Supporting teacher recruitment

    Published 20/05/22

    The DfE are offering a levelling up premium worth up to £3,000 tax-free annually for maths, physics, chemistry and computing teachers working in disadvantaged schools in England, for the first 5 years of their career.

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  • SEND Review: consultation extension

    Published 20/05/22

    The SEND Review consultation period has been extended by 3 weeks, to 22 July 2022, to give everyone the opportunity to take part. 

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  • Get involved with the Commonwealth Games

    Published 20/05/22

    Birmingham 2022 has invited all schools to take part in their youth programme ‘Bring the Power' and create their own school festival day.   

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  • New Educate Against Hate resources

    Published 20/05/22

    The ‘Educate Against Hate’ campaign has released four resource packs to help teachers with difficult classroom conversations about topics such as extreme right-wing terrorism, Islamist extremism, fundamental British values and left-wing, anarchist and single-issue extremism.

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  • The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022: celebration resources

    Published 20/05/22

    The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is coming up, and the whole country will be celebrating the Queen’s historic 70-year reign. Each child in a state-funded primary school will be given their own free storybook before the end of term, but there are other opportunities for schools to get involved:

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  • Oak National Academy: resources translated into Ukrainian

    Published 20/05/22

    All 10,000 of their lessons, including video captions and worksheets, can now be auto-translated into Ukrainian. Thank you to teaching staff across the country, who are dedicated to making refugees feel supported to continue their education here.

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  • Help us secure ECF-based training and NPQ places for schools

    Published 05/05/22

    Please share with us your 'best guess' estimates as to how many Early Career Framework-based training places for ECTs and Mentors and/or National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for aspiring and/or current school leaders.

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May 2022