Head Teacher Business Meeting

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Head Teacher Business Meeting
Update from Ian Curryer and Andy Downing
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Updates

• Rose Review
• Safeguarding
• Childrens Services Appointments
• Budget Savings
• Swine Flu Precautions
• School re-organisation June Maw
• Single Status Gareth Harries

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Rose Review

• A local commitment to
• A broad, creative curriculum developing the
  whole child while keeping the rigour and focus on
  standards
• Breakfast briefings 9th and 23rd June

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Safeguarding

• Clarification of safeguarding guidance
• Safer recruitment and CRB checks
• No compromise on safeguarding
• Headteacher representation on Safeguarding
  Strategy Board

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Children's Services Appointments

• Director of Specialist Services Satinder Gautum
• Interim Director of Resources and Commissioning
  David Ashcroft
• Associate Director of Aspiration and Lifeskills
  Jane Brown

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Budget Savings

• Schools Service
• - Under-achieving groups
• - Anti-bullying service
• - Governor Service
• Additional Needs
• - BST IES CEPS
• - Portage
• Support for Children and Families
• - Denominational transport and school clothing
• - Education Welfare Service
• - Closure of Childrens Home
• - Community Learning Centres

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Swine Flu Precautions

• Slow Burn
• DCSF guidance on Teachernet
• Local guidance on Nottingham City Schools website
• Any suspected cases should be referred to Health
  Protection Agency and Geoff Slade
• Check business continuity plans (BCP)
• Local Resilience Forum request to schools

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And also

• Communication with schools SCENE, Mailbag
• Audit Commission Survey
• Tellus4 Survey
• Rarely Cover

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Partnership Working - principles

• Shared accountability
• Clarity of role and responsibility
• Collaborative approach to development
• Clear lines of communication
• Representation and dissemination

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Childrens Partnership

• Childrens Partnership Board quarterly
• Senior Officers Group monthly
• One primary, one secondary, one special head
  teacher
• Elected annually

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Schools Service Board

• Strategically inform service planning
• Performance manage plans for service improvement
• Identify additional services
• Evaluate SLAs to secure vfm
• 4 Directors in Childrens Services
• Head of Support Services
• One primary, one secondary, on special head
  teacher (same as those on Partnership)

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