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Dear Head Teacher/SENCO

Many thanks to those of you who have reported part-time timetables using the paperwork provided.

There remain a number of schools that have not yet responded though. As I have indicated previously, OFSTED are focussing on the arrangements that local authorities have in relation to part-time time-tables and the lack of a suitable process is likely to contribute towards a, ‘requires improvement’ finding in a school OFSTED inspection.

A deadline date of 15 June 2019 was provided. I am extending this to the 30 June 2019 for those schools who have not yet been able to respond. Please can you give some priority to this over the next week or two?

PLEASE REMEMBER – If you do not have any pupils on a PTTT, it is important that you provide a nil return to indicate this.

Kind Regards

Ann Lowe
Head of Service

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We are having a key stage one data day. This will be an opportunity for senior leaders to analyse their key stage one data and work with the local authority data team and school improvement team. It will be specifically useful for infant schools who do not attend data day on the 9 July 2019. It is a drop in session but if you could inform us at inset@solihull.gov.uk if you intend to attend that would be useful.

The session is at Sans Souci from 10am to 2pm on the 2nd July 2019

The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham is conducting research into views and personal lives of religious education teachers. The survey should take approximately 25 minutes to complete.

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Clean air day is coming up and this is a great chance to raise awareness in the classroom of the issues that we are facing locally and nationally around air quality especially if you are thinking of taking up the offer of diffusion tube monitoring.

There is a schools toolkit on the clean air day website, link below, that will provide you with useful activities and tips for how you and pupils can get involved.

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The Department for Education have produced guidance to share and encourage best practice for dealing with school complaints.

Please view the SMBC model school's complaints policy and policy for managing serial complainants 2019 which you are free to adopt and /or tailor to your individual school.

The documents are on the complaints page https://www.solgrid.org.uk/education/support-services/complaints/

Please contact Natasha Cooke on 0121 704 8536 if you need any additional information or advice.

 

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You are invited to a workshop to learn more about the troubled families programme – including the criteria for a family to be eligible, the benefits of working in a ‘troubled families’ way for both families and professionals, and how we can capture all of the great work taking place.

The workshops will take place on:

  • Monday 24 June, 10am at The Loft, 2nd Floor, West Mall, Chelmsley Wood Shopping Centre, B37 5TN
  • Friday 5 July, 10am at Sans Souci, Tanworth Lane, Shirley, B90 4DD

Please book onto one of the sessions as soon as possible by emailing troubledfamilies@solihull.gov.uk

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This update provides information on the phonics screening check, KS1 and KS2 statutory requirements and the multiplication tables check (MTC) pilot.

If you haven’t already done so, please book your place at Solihull heads’ partnership meeting at Ardencote Hotel at 8.30am - 12.30pm on Thursday 27 June 2019 (please note change of venue).

SSSAB is delighted to announce that Helen Youngman will be speaking about the big Ofsted curriculum conversation which is primary focussed.

Please see attached documents for more information.  Replies required by Wednesday 12 June 2019.

Please see the attached invitations for further details about these two exciting events:

Tuesday 24 September - you and/or interested colleagues are invited to Solihull school along with a group of students (secondary) for a unique event about the extraordinary life story of Eva Schloss. Eva will take part in a Q&A after a performance of and then they came for me, a critically acclaimed play about her remarkable family history and an exhibition, the promise, about the artistic talents her brother Heinz cultivated whilst hiding from the Nazis for two years. It is the first time the play and the exhibition will be shown together.

Wednesday 25 September - CPD day for colleagues (KS2/secondary) nationwide on tackling prejudice and discrimination in a digital age: what can schools do? As well as incorporating three events of the programme outlined above, the day will also involve a series of prominent speakers and organisations who will cover a broad range of contemporary topics, whilst providing practical advice and measure for teachers interested in developing such initiatives in their own schools.

Further information about the programme can be found in the attached flyer, with more specific details to follow in due course.

This training is for new NQT mentors or those who have not had training for two years or more.

The additional date for this training is Tuesday 10 September 2019, 1:00pm - 4:00pm at Sans Souci and will be led by the senior education improvement adviser with responsibility for NQTs for a cost of £70. The training will help mentors to understand their statutory responsibilities and how to support NQTs to be successful in their induction.

To apply, please email inset@solihull.gov.uk stating your name and school.