Your Weekly Sector News 11/02/22
In the news this week, leaders across the education sector and beyond are paving the path to post-pandemic recovery. Even before the pandemic was over, everyone was already in agreement that things would never be the same, now it’s time to work out exactly how they are going to change.
Funded Designated Mental Health Lead Training
We are delighted to be working with the National Network of Mental Health Leads as an approved training provider of Department for Education funded training for mental health leads.
Safeguarding Conference 2022
One Education’s Safeguarding Conference of 2022 finally arrived last Friday and thankfully this time we had the pleasure of meeting you all in person.
National Apprenticeship Week 2022
With the arrival of National Apprenticeship Week 2022, there’s no better time to celebrate our apprentices for all their hard work, motivation and achievement over the years.
You Are a Champion: Planning and Resources
One Education’s planning and resources aim to give educators a starting point in suggesting ways Marcus Rashford’s You Are a Champion can be used to develop children’s confidence, build resilience and support in striving to be the best version of themselves.
Climate Change: How schools are key in changing our future
It is likely that you have heard about COP26 but what is it and what do we, as educators need to do about it?
Data Implications of the Education Recovery Plan
On 2 June 2021, the Department for Education announced the next step in the government’s plans to support children and young people make up lost education as a result of the pandemic.
Autumn School Census 2021
As we approach October it can mean only one thing..the Autumn School census! The Autumn Census will take place on Thursday 7th October 2021. All schools should be on the latest version of SIMS 7.20 and will have applied the Workstation Patch 1.
School Spring Census 2022
This is a reminder to all schools; census day is on Thursday 20th January.
Changes to SIMS Annual Entitlement and Support from April 2022
From 01 April 2022, ESS (formerly Capita) will contract for SIMS Annual Entitlement directly
with all schools who are currently using SIMS under the Manchester City Council ‘umbrella’
licence. The agreement will have a 3-year term and will enable Local Authority maintained
schools to access the new, cloud-based core SIMS features, at no additional cost.
