Weekly FLyer 18 Sep

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Weekly Flyer: 18th September 2020 Dear Colleagues, Please find below details for upcoming events and other information you may find useful.

If you have any queries please contact Vikki Borlase at v.borlase@rcaolp.co.uk Partnership Director, Paul Greenall, can be contacted at p.greenall@rcaol.co.uk Our website can be accessed here www.alssit.co.uk

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 Next Week’s Meetings Mon 21 Sep 2020 09:30 - 11:30 East Cluster CPD Leads Meeting Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/e0syv Tue 22 Sep 2020 09:30 - 11:30 Trust Board Meeting Wed 23 Sep 2020 NPQSL St John Bosco Group Day 2 (Spring 2020) 08:00 - 10:00 Central CPD Leads Meeting Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/g3zeh 13:30 - 16:00 Geography HoD Meeting Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/bn8yc Thu 24 Sep 2020 09:30 - 11:30 West CPD Leads Meeting Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/60a54 13:30 - 16:00 Criminology HoD Meeting Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/dk22y Fri 25 Sep 2020 08.00 – 10.00 Reading Working Party Meeting Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/8wkn3d5o

Upcoming Meetings Tue 29 Sep 2020 08:00 - 10:00 Post 16 Meeting Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/8e5tx 15:30 – 17.00 Central NQT Session 1 Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/e8drz Wed 30 Sep 2020 08:00 - 10:00 Pastoral Leaders Meeting Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/43uxn 13:30 - 16:00 English HoD Meeting Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/fd1ls

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Registering for Online Zoom Sessions As all our autumn term meetings have moved to virtual Zoom sessions, it is particularly important that all colleagues register to attend or send apologies using our online booking forms. This will ensure that colleagues receive the correct Zoom link to join each session and will allow us to quickly identify them when they join using their school's generic Zoom account .

If they do not register, then the meeting may be delayed as we will need to identify each colleague to accurately record the minutes and in the case of HoD meetings, to allocate them to the correct exam board ‘break out’ session.

Postponed: Headteacher Residential 8th-9th October 2020 Please note that the Residential has been postponed until later in the year.

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 Post 16: Funding Masterclass 28th September 2020 On September 28th, Oxford Analytics are running our final Sixth Form Funding Masterclass for this year, with a specific focus on the 2020 sixth form funding changes ahead of this year’s Census.

You may find this updated information useful for you and your team. There is a 20% discount of for Liverpool Archdiocese schools.

The course will include a focus on: • • •

The strategic overview of the sixth form funding horizon for 2020/22 How the new programme cost uplifts; new L3 maths / new English payment & the introduction of the High Value Courses Premium will work in practice Ensuring your team, in this COVID disrupted period, return both Census (and in-year data) that is accurate, funding compliant and maximising your funding entitlement.

Wider course content is available here.

You can book by return email or online here.

Dates: September 28th only. (AM session: 9.30 - 12.00 or PM session: 13.00 - 15.30) Cost: £169 per delegate + VAT. Liverpool Archdiocese schools, 20% discount if you quote ‘LivAD school’ Location: Online – with slides supplied in advance and funding data trend in arrears.

Ofsted Webinar 24th September 2020 Ofsted has previously run two webinars for further education and skills providers (August 20 and 27), during which inspectors explained the nature and purpose of interim visits, new provider monitoring visits and safeguarding monitoring visits and, also answered questions.

Although the content of the webinar below will be the same as those held in August, this is a good opportunity for NW FES providers, who were either unable to join the webinars in August or want to listen again, to join NW HMI and ourselves as we go through the details of the visits.

This link will allow you to register for the webinar starting at 14:00 on 24 September 2020 – https:// attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5803410796344208399 Page 2

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Physics Partners Programme 2020/21 (Please respond by Monday 28 September) This free programme is open to all schools who wish to have a science teacher(s) who will attend six sessions through the academic year. It is aimed at colleagues whose science specialism isn’t physics and the focus will be on teaching practical GCSE. Attached you will find further information about the Physics Partners initiative.

Sessions will cover: • • • • • •

Energy Particles, atomic structure, radiation and waves Electricity Forces Space Magnetism and Electro Magnetism

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 In order for us to plan for 2020/21 please confirm your interest in this programme and the names of your colleagues who will take part by 12pm on Monday 28th September via this link http:// w.pfrms.co/1phc0fu2u

Blended Learning Session 16th October 2020 - (Please nominate presenters)

A Blended Learning session will take place at 8am on Friday 16th October. If you have creative teachers using blended learning well, then please put them forward to present at this session using this link http://w.pfrms.co/z1we1m4l

Science: 'The Key Foci from Science Engagement Strategy' Sessions New Date: 4th November 2020 Please note that the first ‘Science: The Key Foci from Science Engagement Strategy' session now will be incorporated into this term’s Science HoD meeting taking place 1.30pm on 4th November 2020. The aim of these sessions is to pull together all the learning from the last year’s work via a series of training opportunities of which this will be the first.

Colleagues can confirm attendance or send apologies via this link http://w.pfrms.co/84y3n

Vacancies There are staff vacancies at different levels on our website https://www.alssit.co.uk/job-vacancies Please consider sharing with all colleagues, as this is a good way to advertise vacancies across the Trust.

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Vacancy: Chief Financial Officer The Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Academy Trust (ALSSAT) is looking to appoint an outstanding Chief Financial Officer. This is a new, high-profile role within an exciting and expanding multi-academy trust.

The Chief Financial Officer will provide leadership and management of all aspects of finance, as well as contributing to the strategic direction of the Trust.

Further details can be found here https://www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy/chief-financial-officer-liverpool-1353887?preview=1

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015

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