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Outstanding HLTA of the Year, Regional Winners - Josie Wilkinson and Jenny Boyce
September 04 2015
Congratulations to Josie Wilkinson of Featherstone Primary School in Birmingham, winner of the West Midlands regional award for Outstanding HLTA of the Year, and to Jenny Boyce of The Wey Valley School in Dorset, winner of the South West regional award for Outstanding HLTA of the Year.
Level 5 Leadership Qualification case study - Gary Sheridan
July 22 2015
Gary Sheridan is an experienced cover supervisor at a medium sized middle school in Worcestershire, where he has worked for almost two years. His core responsibility is Curriculum Enrichment which means he ensures the pupils are gaining a rounded experience within the school environment through extra-curricular activities such as school trips, sports clubs and other clubs such as chess and language clubs. An experienced rugby player with a contract at a professional club, Gary also runs the rugby club for boys and girls in all age groups.
TAs celebrate completion of Foundations of Outstanding Practice
July 09 2015
Sixteen teaching assistants in Bristol completed the Foundations of Outstanding Practice programme in on the 22nd June.
Celebrating their success with their HLTA mentors. Julie Britton (far right) lead the in school support.
Major changes to Ofsted inspections announced
June 15 2015
Sir Michael Wilshaw, HMI Chief Inspector, has today announced major changes to the way Ofted inspections will be carried out. From September a new short inspection model will be used for good schools and further education institutions once every three years. Sir Michael said:
“Make no mistake, this is a very different inspection model to what has gone before."
Read the full press release on the GOV.UK website.
Early Years Educator (EYE) article - Giving something back
June 04 2015
Maureen Lee, director of the Early Years programme at Best Practice Network, writes in Early Years Educator magazine about the experiences and challenges of recent EYITT trainees.
Candidates Jessica Bifani, Amy Gilder, Natalie Sahayek, Jane Byers and Tija Mason also reflect on their time as they near completion of the course, and programme leader Joe Brown provides additional insight.
Best Practice Network Selects Canvas as New Virtual Learning Environment
May 21 2015
Best Practice Network has selected the Canvas virtual learning environment (VLE) as its new learning platform and become the first European user of the Canvas Catalogue.
Nominations for HLTA of the Year 2015 now open
May 12 2015
The regional nominations for the South West and West Midlands are now open for HLTA of the Year 2015 so if you work with a HLTA (awarded their status by the TDA or HNAP) who delivers exceptional support and continues to meet all of the HLTA standards in their everyday work then please do nominate them.
BPN Employees raise money for Charity
April 20 2015
Early Years Director Maureen Lee recently completed the 14 mile Eye to Eye charity walk on March 22nd, which involved walking from Moorfields Eye hospital to the London Eye. Leadership Curriculum Programmes Manager Chris Ludlow has also recently partaken in a charitable event – The Big Sleep Out Bristol.
Early Years Experiences - EYITT case study - Lucinda Gardiner
March 24 2015
Early Years practitioner Lucinda Gardiner writes about her experience with the Early Years Initial Teacher Training course. She discusses what inspires her to pursue a career in teaching, how she has collaborated with peers to share ideas, and her journey since achieving Early Years Teacher Status.
£1 million to help schools recruit high-calibre governors
March 20 2015
More than £1 million to help schools across England recruit highly-skilled governors has been announced by Schools Minister Lord Nash.
The funding, provided by the Department for Education (DfE), will support a new partnership between SGOSS - Governors for Schools and the Education and Employers Taskforce, to recruit and place more high-calibre governors in schools.