Services to Schools

The Newcastle Promise

Newcastle Promise Board is a citywide partnership lead by Headteachers to shape our approach to sector-led improvement. We now have pages set up on the Services to Schools portal here, where you can find out more about the Newcastle Promise and how you and your school can get involved: Newcastle Promise Board The ambition is that the Promise Board will champion all Newcastle young people. Schools will hold each other to account to provide the very best educational opportunities for every young person. Through the board, we will create a stronger united voice that will enable schools to influence decisions and articulate the needs of schools, for schools, helping to ensure we have the broadest view of education across our Newcastle schools. This is an exciting development for schools and learners across our city. We hope that everyone will seize the opportunity to become actively involved in this new approach to enhancing educational opportunities for all so that ‘no child or school is left behind’. We would like all Newcastle schools and clusters of schools to share and discuss the Newcastle Promise with staff and governors (it's also featured in this term's Governews). We are intending that all schools in the city will be asked to formally adopt and sign up to the Newcastle Promise. A copy of The Newcastle Promise is attached which you can download and share with staff and governors.

SEND Capital Plan - invitation to bid

The Department for Education (DfE) has allocated all local authorities with a proportion of a special provision fund, aimed at making capital investments in provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The funding allocation is spread over three years and is intended to build and/or equip new SEND places in local settings. In Newcastle we are aiming this additional funding at developing provision in mainstream schools and settings for children and young people who have needs related to autism and/or social, emotional and mental health. The details of the capital funding project can be found on the local offer website on the SEND Updates page. The Newcastle proposal is to utilise the capital funding to meet key needs identified in the reviews of SEND and vulnerable learners which have shown that mainstream provision needs to become more inclusive. For that reason, we are proposing to invest in mainstream settings to develop provision for which there is currently a gap, i.e. sensory, low arousal provision for children and young people who have sensory needs, often associated with autism and nurture provision targeted at children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH). This investment opportunity is specifically targeted at enabling children and young people, aged 0-25, and who have EHCP’s, to be educated within mainstream settings. It is not intended to create additional capacity in existing ARC/ARPs or to create new ARC/ARPs. Schools and settings that meet the criteria in section D of the attached guidance are invited to submit proposals for capital funding to support their development of provision in the areas of sensory and SEMH needs. The deadline for the first wave of applications is 1 June 2018. The following are attached: SEND Capital Plan (for consultation) - you can still have your say on the proposals by completing this survey. SEND Capital Plan - guidance and process for bidding SEND Capital bid application form

SEND & Vulnerable Learners Spring Briefing Update

Please find attached a copy of the SEND & Vulnerable Learners Spring Briefing Update which outlines some of the changes to SEND processes from 1st April 2018.

Education Annual Report 2017

Newcastle's Education Report for 2017 is now published having being slightly delayed due to the purdah period around the all-out local elections in the city. Please share with all staff in schools, governors and any other partners to whom it might be of interest. Many thanks to the Newcastle schools who kindly provided the fabulous photographs for this year's report.

Funding Update - 2018/19 High Needs Topup Funding

Please note this is for information only Detailed topup estimates have been published to the :L drive. This is for information only, the data is based upon agreed funding as at 8th June. These estimates are for forecasting purposes only to 31st March 2018. The actual summer term funding will be adjusted in September. For mainstream settings, pupil forecasts reflect the year 7 and year 11 leavers. For those settings with commissioned place funding the sheets include assumed leavers in the summer term and new starters from September 2018. The new starters will be shown in the sheets with a blank name and proxy band values. Once the starters are agreed/known the sheets will be updated accordingly. If you have any queries relating to the content of the data please email: SENCaseworkers@newcastle.gcsx.gov.uk

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Newcastle Promise Board

A city where we all share responsibility for providing the best educational opportunities for all children and young people.

With changes to how schools and local authorities are funded coinciding with changes to how a number of schools are governed, it has long been the desire of Newcastle to create a formal partnership to enable schools to have a unified voice and to support a sector led school system. To that end, Newcastle City Council commissioned the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) to facilitate work with schools to develop a vision for such a partnership and to develop a strategy for progressing this.

The ‘shadow board’ met throughout 2016-17 to create the Newcastle Promise and explore how the board may work in practice. Draft proposals were shared with Newcastle Head teachers and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Agreement on representation for the board was proposed by school leaders and is based on geographical school groups, taking account of pupil numbers.

Training & Events

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20 Jun

Inclusion Conference

21 Jun

Educational Visits Coordinator - EVC (New)

Course covers: EVC roles and responsibilities, Schools and Newcastle City Council's Educational Visits Policies, visit leader competence, supervision, providers, checking assessment and planning processes including Plan B's, informed consent, information sources, creating a visit in EVOLVE.

22 Jun

Active Maths of the Day CPD - Primary (Free of Charge)

Active Maths of the Day CPD (Free of Charge) - Help raise children's achievement and improve attitudes to maths through fun, exciting and engaging active sessions

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Public-facing information about Newcastle City Council, including latest news.

Department for Education website

Ofsted website

The official body for inspecting schools. Provides links to school reports and official publications as well as a FAQ and contact details.