Thank you again to everyone that has supplied information regarding their school and details of the funding issues you are facing. 

The meeting on 20th May, as we previously reported was very successful. The next meeting will be held on 5th July in Norfolk. We have gathered enormous amounts of data in preparation for this meeting and are incredibly grateful to the LA for their support in this.

The meeting this time will focus on the reasons that we are doing more with less. Our data gathering has looked at changes over the last 20 years in a variety of areas including SEND needs, pupil numbers, external service provision, number of schools, number of school places and more. 

We have also examined the qualitative data we receieved from you in much more detail, looking at the hidden impacts of the funding crisis. TA numbers are reducing and support offered has therefore been reduced, what does this mean on the gound and for pupil outcomes? We have therefore looked at grades, found national data on staff wellbeing and support and teaching staff retention. 

If you have any further details on the hidden impacts in your school please let us have these ASAP. 

We will feed back on this meeting before the end of term. 

As we have mentioned at the Summer Leadership Updates, on our new website we would like to have a page dedicated to each of the following roles: 

• Assistant Headteacher 
• Deputy Headteacher
• Headteacher
• Executive Headteacher
• CEO

On each page we would like to provide individuals aspiring to each of the roles the following information: 

1. Experience that an indivudual should be looking to gain in order to secure that role
2. Skills and personality traits your ideal candidate would have
3. Typical interview questions/tasks
4. Typical tasks undertaken by a person in that role
5. A day in the life of case study from someone in the role
6. Anything else you feel is useful

If you are able to provide any of this for any of these roles please send it to [email protected]. 

Further to the information provided by Seb Gasse at the Leadership Updates, further information has been uploaded to the Local Offer site, links below: 

Draft area SEND strategy http://csapps.norfolk.gov.uk/csshared/ecourier2/fileoutput.asp?id=30378

SEND transformation Programme

https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/what-we-do-and-how-we-work/policy-performance-and-partnerships/policies-and-strategies/send-policies/send-transformation-programme

SEN Suffienciency Stategy

https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/what-we-do-and-how-we-work/policy-performance-and-partnerships/policies-and-strategies/education-and-learning-policies/sen-sufficiency-strategy

Further to the presentations by Clare Angell, The Senior Commission Manager for Children, Young People and Maternity at NHS Norfolk and Waveny CCGs at the Summer Leadership Updates.

Please find the link to a 5 minute questionnaire regarding Speech and Language need in your school and what, if extra funding could be identified you would like in order to support you in helping pupils to improve.

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/4FE1L/

Free MAT SEND Review - Expression of interest

The Department for Education have provided funding for 16 MAT SEND reviews under our current contract, 2 in each RSC region. Participating MATs will receive a free MAT SEND review, undertaken by a trained reviewer. The review will take place between September 2019-March 2020. To apply for this opportunity please complete the expression of interest form at the below link.

http://www.nasen.org.uk/utilities/download.B498E34F-F070-487D-A2B84692F61E9425.html

About the MAT SEND Review Guide:

In 2017 the Department for Education funded the MAT SEND Review Guide, created with the purpose of supporting a trust wide approach to SEND. It can be downloaded from https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/whole-school-send/find-wss-resources.html

Cormac O'Neill

Sue Smith, Head of Education Quality Assurance and Intervention Service, alongside Victoria Groom from Norfolk County Council are hosting a number of Ofsted workshops in the first half of the Autumn term. The details, locations and proces are on the attached flyer. 

Norfolk and Suffolk Maths Hub has been relaunched as Angles Maths Hub.

Attached is an overview of all the Maths Hub Projects and separate versions for Early Years/Primary and Secondary/Post-16. These give some basic background information on the offer available in 2019/20 and in addition to these, we will also be offering 5 additional Local Innovation Projects, which are currently being finalised.

I have also attached the Application forms for schools who would like to apply to join the Mastery Readiness or the Teaching for Mastery Workgroups, as we are currently filling the places for these workgroups, which is on a first come, first serve basis.

The dates on these have been extended until July 10th 2019.

If you have any further questions, please contact: [email protected]