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Early Years Experiences - EYITT case study - Gurjinder Bhopal
November 14 2014
Over the coming months, we will introduce to some of our Early Years trainee teachers, with a different regional focus each time. This week Gurjinder Bhopal from London shares her story.
Early Years Experiences - EYITT case study - Gurjinder Bhopal
November 14 2014
Over the coming months, we will introduce to some of our Early Years trainee teachers, with a different regional focus each time. This week Gurjinder Bhopal from London shares her story.
Planting Promise
November 04 2014
Planting Promise has been operating in Sierra Leone since 2008 to provide free education of the highest quality to as many under-privileged children as possible. They believe in sustainable solutions and have therefore been determined to fund schools through ethical and empowering businesses that provide employment for local people and help feed the country. Their community farms grow rice, cassava, sesame, groundnut and pigeon pea.
Nurseries to give children a better start in life
November 03 2014
EYFSP statistics are showing that too few infants and toddlers are ready for school. Nurseries are now being urged to take action.
To combat this, the government is introducing a number of initiatives to support those children who are falling behind:
Fewer pupils are missing school
November 03 2014
Absence rates in schools have decreased from 5.3% in autumn 2012 and spring 2013 to 4.4% in autumn 2013 and spring 2014, which is the lowest percentage since 2006. This is in line with the government’s initiatives to encourage increased attendance in school. This includes pushing schools to deal with continuous absence from the outset, for which the threshold has been reduced from 20% to 15%.
Read more about this topic on the GOV.UK website.
Early Years Initial Teacher Training - a great start to the year
November 03 2014
We are delighted that the DfE has used two Best Practice Network case studies on the Early Years ITT website.
Excellent feedback
Early Years Teacher Status is now in its second year - 293 of the first birth to five specialist teachers trained with Best Practice Network. We are also delighted to have had excellent feedback:
Improving participation levels and standards of PE lessons
November 03 2014
Ofsted recently undertook a survey of 22 schools that had previously been identified as performing well in the Subject of PE. This survey was to measure the effectiveness of the Primary PE and Sport premium which was introduced by the government in 2013 to compliment the Olympic Legacy Funding.
London Schools Gold Club Autumn programme released
November 03 2014
A free school to school support programme funded by the Greater London Authority has just launched its programme of autumn and spring events. The programme, which is school-led, is free to attend for all schools across London. Details can be found on their website.
Ofsted inspections - Clarifications for Schools
November 03 2014
Ofsted has recently published information to schools to try to dispel some of the myths about inspection with the aim of reducing stress and unnecessary workload in schools. But the recent changes to the Inspection Framework continue to cause understandable anxieties.
Redesigned SBM qualifications
November 03 2014
The National College for Teaching and Leadership will shortly be offering a new round of scholarship funding for the School Business Manager Qualifications, which are now accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management.
The forthcoming window will offer aspiring and current business managers the opportunity to access a £500-£700 subsidy towards the cost of these qualifications, but will only be open for a short period of time.