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Sent on behalf of Buckinghamshire HR Department The extended flexible furlough scheme, (Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)), is open until the end of April 2021. The scheme changes now make it possible for schools to claim a grant while allowing employees to continue to work part-time. Schools may only claim the grant for privately funded […]
SENT FROM GARETH DRAWMER, HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, I am sure you will have seen in the adverse publicity regarding the free school lunch parcels provided by a company called Chartwells. If you use Chartwells as a catering supplier and have been providing lunch parcels to your free school meal pupils not […]
Sent on behalf of Paul Randall, Chair and Anne Sheddick, Vice Chair of the BASG Dear colleagues, As I discussed at last week’s Briefings BASG and Buckinghamshire Council have been working on a suggested agenda and information sheet, to support your work as governing boards during the Spring Term, whilst trying to stay up to […]
SENT FROM GARETH DRAWMER, HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your support for the Helping Hand Winter Grant scheme and for the efficient way that schools across the county enabled us to send vouchers to eligible pupils and their families quickly and effectively over the last week of term. Your work […]
These are unprecedented times. Children won’t be in school for some time, and it will be even longer before they return to normal. For now, the emphasis has shifted to home, and how we can continue our children’s education while they are there. As teachers, we always want to do what’s best for the children […]
Sent to all HTs SENT ON BEHALF OF GARETH DRAWMER, HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, As I am sure you are aware, the DfE has updated their educational status form and it is now live, it can be found here. At the local authority we receive the data from the form on a […]
Monitoring priorities for governing boards during partial school closures Updated 8 January 2021 NGA-COVID-Monitoring-priorities-08012021 Given the challenges schools are responding to, governing boards should continue to balance their responsibility to hold leaders to account with providing much needed support. This information sheet compiles the monitoring priorities that we recommend governing boards pay particular attention to at this […]
SENT FROM GARETH DRAWMER, HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, We are aware that there has been a mass of information, announcements and updated guidance coming out of the DfE this week. To support your planning, we have summarised the key updates and guidance for you in the document attached above. The document is […]
SENT ON BEHALF OF GARETH DRAWMER, HEAD OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LEARNING Dear Colleagues, You may be aware that the DfE attendance portal is not currently operating as they revise it to meet the needs of the new lockdown. In the interim we have devised a daily return that will allow us to understand the situation […]
Dear Colleagues, We have new online training sessions available for Governors in January and February 2021. Please see the links below to register via Eventbrite: Managing Allegations, Wednesday 27th January, 6.30pm PREVENT Duty, Tuesday 2nd February, 7pm Both sessions will be conducted using MS Teams. Hazel David School Improvement Team Children’s Services Buckinghamshire Council 4th […]
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