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w/c 16th November 2020

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12 Nov 2020
DfE's School-to-School Support Recovery Offer
The DfE have taken the decision to extend the delivery of the School-to-School Support Recovery Offer until end of spring 2021 in the first instance, to support those schools that are the most vulnerable as a result of the challenges faced by COVID-19. Support will be available to schools, rega...
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Also in the news:

12 Nov 2020
Free support for non-specialist teachers
Do you have non-specialists teaching secondary maths, physics or MFL? Teacher Subject Specialism Training (TSST) offers free courses to support non-specialist teachers teach secondary mathematics, core maths, physics and MFL. Benefits to your school: reduces the need to recruit externall...
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13 Nov 2020
Teach First Academic Mentors
Academic Mentors are helping a generation of pupils bounce back from a national education crisis and are part of the government's new National Tutoring Programme. Schools needing mentoring support for students hit hardest by lockdown can access academic mentors via Teach First. To f...
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12 Nov 2020
Science, languages and computing teachers and student loan repayments
Teachers’ Student Loan Reimbursement is available to eligible teachers who completed their initial teacher training (ITT) from 2013 to 2014 academic year onwards. To be eligible, they will need to teach physics, chemistry, biology, languages or computing in one of 25 local authorities...
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12 Nov 2020
Mathematics and Physics Teacher Retention Payments
Mathematics and physics teachers in the first five years of their career are eligible for £2,000 retention payments after tax in each of 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021 academic years, totalling up to £4,000. Applications for 2020 to 2021 academic year payment are now open. Teacher...
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CPD and events

Many of events are free to Bradford schools. Find out more about each event and book places for your school at https://www.teachingschoolhub.co.uk/cpd

NACE Leadership Conference 2020
3:45pm – 5:00pm
From 16 Nov until 20 Nov
16
November
Using Microsoft Sway to Visually Engage and Help Organise Remote Learners
4:00pm – 5:00pm
17
November
Building Your Timetabling Capacity
9:15am – 12:15pm
26
November
West Yorkshire Maths Winter Conference Series
3:30pm – 6:50pm
From 30 Nov until 03 Dec
30
November
Using Microsoft One Note
4:00pm – 5:00pm
01
December

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Blog

16 Nov 2020
Digital technology
My class would love for me to use digital technology in class more often. I know this because we recently completed a reading assessment. One of the texts in the assessment was on the use of tablets in the classroom. Afterwards, while we were discussing the text, the children were very keen to share...
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Bradford Teaching School Hub, led by Copthorne Primary School and Exceed Academies Trust, has a leading role in signposting and delivering teacher development support to all 206 Bradford schools.

Designated by the Department for Education (DfE) in January 2020, Bradford Teaching School Hub’s core functions support schools and trusts to invest in their workforce to grow, recruit, develop and retain the very best teachers, support staff and leaders. We will achieve this through a place-based approach to signposting and delivering high-quality progressive teacher development programmes that complement the internal support provided by schools and trusts. Our vision acknowledges teacher and leadership development are two of the most important forms of school improvement. We will achieve this by enhancing partnership working with schools, trusts and high-quality providers; improving the communication of opportunities with the workforce; introducing new professional learning opportunities; supporting teachers and leaders to make informed choices when selecting continuous professional development (CPD) and support; and ensuring that no school is left behind.

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