20 October 2010

New SEN allowance guidance

The introduction of a new allowance range for SEN teachers.

Action required: Action required if you have teachers with SEN Allowances, see attachment for details. For information only if you have no teachers with SEN Allowances.

Author: Katyryna Zamulinskyj

Contact name: Katyryna Zamulinskyj

Contact tel: (020) 8825 8965

Contact email: Kzamulinskyj@ealing.gov.uk

2010 key stage unvalidated data release timetable

Provisional timetable for the release of 2010 key stage 2 and key stage 4 unvalidated data now available.

Action required: For information.

Author: Meri Pesola

Contact name: Meri Pesola

Contact tel: (020) 8825 5092

Contact email: mpesola@ealing.gov.uk

School sixth form provider dialogue meetings

We will be arranging meetings with all schools to discuss plans, changes, updates and provisions to/for sixth form offers and post-16 funding. We will contact you to confirm meeting dates and to identify who will be attending.

Action required: To respond to Aimee Freebody and confirm a meeting date and location by Friday 5 November 2010.

Author: Kevin Oakhill

Contact name: Kevin Oakhill

Contact tel: (020) 8825 8986

Contact email: koakhill@ealing.gov.uk

School sixth form audit

LA responsible for financial audits of sixth forms from 2010/11 academic year.

Action required: For information and to pass onto heads of sixth form, bursars and heads of finance.

Author: Kevin Oakhill

Contact name: Kevin Oakhill

Contact tel: (020) 8825 8986

Contact email: koakhill@ealing.gov.uk

Primary - secondary transition – latest news

Update on early transfer form, transition managers, transition conference and transition units.

Action required: Please send name of transition manager to Hilary Belden by Friday 12 November. Note date of transition conference, Tuesday 15 November.

Author: Hilary Belden

Contact name: Hilary Belden

Contact tel: 07946 871095

Contact email: hilarybelden@clara.co.uk

Seeking schools’ views on safe and sustainable school travel

The school travel specialist scrutiny panel has been established to look at how we can improve levels of safe, green and healthy travel to schools in Ealing. The panel is keen to hear the views of schools on this subject, and so has commissioned a short survey to enable schools to provide their views easily.

Action required: Complete the online survey by Friday 19 November 2010.

Author: Kevin Unwin

Contact name: Kevin Unwin

Contact tel: (020) 8825 6568

Contact email: scrutiny@ealing.gov.uk

Round 11 post threshold guidance

The DfE will not make Round 11 guidance available. Schools are asked to use Round 10 guidance and section 3 of the STPCD 2010.

Action required: For information.

Author: TDA

Contact name: Therese McNulty

Contact tel: (020) 8825 8542

Contact email: tmcnulty@ealing.gov.uk

Recycle for Ealing – recycle your food waste

The waste and recycling team are expanding the food and cardboard recycling service. The service is free and available to primary, secondary, tertiary and special schools (public and private).

Action required: Contact the recycling team if you would like to increase recycling at your school.

Author: Andrea Vasquez

Contact name: Andrea Vasquez

Contact tel: (020) 8825 5714

Contact email: vasqueza@ealing.gov.uk

Recycle your clothes and shoes while raising funds for your school

Recycling your unwanted clothes and shoes not only helps the environment, but your school can benefit from several different rewards, including a free laptop.

Action required: Contact TRAID to set up a free charity textile bank in your school on (020) 8733 2580 or 07738 404875 or email jeremy@traid.org.uk

Author: Andrea Vasquez

Contact name: Andrea Vasquez

Contact tel: (020) 8825 5714

Contact email: vasqueza@ealing.gov.uk

One-to-one tuition resource pack

The updated one-to-one tuition resource pack is now available on the Ealing Grid for Learning.

Action required: Please disseminate to relevant staff.

Author: Sallianne Doyle

Contact name: Sallianne Doyle

Contact tel: (020) 8825 7377

Contact email: sadoyle@ealing.gov.uk

School poster competition – celebrating RE

As part of the March 2011 celebrating RE activities, the Wonder Project is running a poster competition for schools.

Action required: Please pass to your RE co-ordinator/head of department. Closing date for entries is 31 January 2011.

Author: Nora Leonard

Contact name: The Wonder Project

Contact tel: 01454 851565

Contact email: info@thewonderproject.co.uk

REsilience: free CPD offered to high schools

REsilience is a programme of free mentored support to schools to help combat violent extremism. It is run by the RE Council of England and Wales and supported by the DfE.

Action required: Please contact Sharon Artley as soon as possible to arrange for the free CPD programme for your school. (The programme will only be running until 31 March 2011.)

Author: Nora Leonard, SACRE consultant

Contact name: Sharon Artley, REsilience

Contact tel: 07773 181 773

Contact email: sharonartley@onyxnet.co.uk

Last chance: performance management for all support staff – half day reviewee training

Last few places available for support staff performance management for reviewees on Thursday 11 November 2010.

Action required: To book a place, please complete the reply slip and return to Sukhvir Kang, or email skang@ealing.gov.uk or fax 020 8578 6163.

Author: Alison Bennett

Contact name: Alison Bennett

Contact tel: (020) 8825 6689

Contact email: abennett@ealing.gov.uk