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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Weekly Update Dear Colleagues, Please find below a list of Archdiocesan events taking place next week. Dates for all events can be found on our website https://www.alssit.co.uk/ Important information for NPQ, Curriculum, Pupil Premium, Behaviour and a request for information from OCR can be found on pages 2, 3 and 4.

If you have any queries please contact Vikki Borlase at v.borlase@rcaolp.co.uk

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 Next Week’s Events Tue 4 Dec 2018 13.30-16.00 Government and Politics HoD MeetingConference Middle Leaders Carmel College, Prescot Road, St Helens WA10 3AG

Our very first Middle Leader Conference took place on Wed 5 Dec14th 2018June 2018. This event was for aspirational Thursday 8.00am-10.00 Meeting to move on to senior leadership in middleCurriculum leaders looking St Peter's Catholic High School, Howards Lane, WN5 8NU the coming years. Orrell, The Wigan day covered Spiritual leadership, Please use this link to book http://w.pfrms.co/9izwj and this link to supply ‘Alternatives to GCSE’ with Archdiocesan vision and strategic plan, Dealing information http://w.pfrms.co/hxqxn challenging situations, Managing change, Leadership styles and Time management.

16.00-18.00 Geography Hub Meeting - Please use this link to book http://w.pfrms.co/4o23g Holy Family Catholic High School, Virgins Lane, Thornton, L23 4UL Thu 6 Dec 2018 13.30-16.00 Computer Science HoD Meeting - Please use this link to book http://w.pfrms.co/a484v Hope Academy, Newton-le-Willows WA12 0AQ 15.30-17.00 Central Cluster NQT/RQT Meeting - Please use this link to book http://w.pfrms.co/bfx3v Holy Family Catholic High School, Virgins Lane, Thornton, L23 4UL

Upcoming Archdiocesan Events 12 Dec 2018 NPQSL Autum Term 2018/19 Day 1 The Wrightington Hotel 13 Dec 2018 NPQML Autum Term 2018/19 Day 1 The Wrightington Hotel

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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Events, External Courses and Grant Opportunities NPQ: 8 Working Days Left to apply!

The NPQ spring intake is now open and will close by midday on the 12th December. This may well be the last time we are able to secure funding for schools not in category 5 or 6 from the DfE and we urge schools to take full advantage of this opportunity. The DfE will guarantee scholarship funding for eligible candidates who complete their registration by midday on Wednesday 12th December to start April 2019.

To guarantee funding please use RCAOL for the ‘Partner allocation code’ and the ‘Fully funded’ option on the ‘Invoicing information’ page.

Colleagues can register via the links below: NPML: https://www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/npqml NPSL: https://www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/npqsl

Newsletter—Edition NPQH: https://www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/npqh

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NPQEL: https://www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/npqel

If you have any queries regarding completion of the application form, please contact Maggie Brown directly at maggiebrown@bestpracticenet.co.uk

Curriculum Meeting A Curriculum meeting will take place at St Peter’s Catholic High School on Wednesday 5th December.

All schools are encouraged to send a colleague, registering to attend via this link http://w.pfrms.co/9izwj Prior to the meeting, schools should indicate which ‘Alternatives to GCSE’ qualifications they would like support with from exam boards. This information can be submitted quickly via this link http://w.pfrms.co/hxqxn

New Geography Hub Meeting Our first Geography Hub meeting will take place 4.00pm - 6.00pm on 5th December at Holy Family Catholic High School, Virgins Lane, Thornton L23 4UL. This meeting is not exam board specific, but AQA will contribute to the session. Please note that this is open to all Geography colleagues, not only Heads of Department.

Please use this link to book your place http://w.pfrms.co/4o23g

Pupil Premium Training There will be two planned Pupil Premium training events taking place after Christmas: 

Pupil Premium Training for Reviewers 8.30am-10.30am on Thursday 7th February 2019 at St John Bosco Arts College. This is aimed primarily at Headteachers, plus Senior Pupil Premium Leads who would like to support a Pupil Premium review of another school. (Excellent professional development!!) Colleagues can confirm attendance via this link: http://w.pfrms.co/hqys6

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Pupil Premium Coordinators Meeting 8.30am-10.30am on Friday 1st May 2019 at St John Bosco Arts College. This is for Pupil Premium Coordinators/Leads and the training is to prepare for work in triads with other colleagues from other schools in monitoring Pupil Premium School Actions Plans. Colleagues can confirm attendance via this link: http:// w.pfrms.co/6esq4

Both workshops will be delivered by Phil Mooney NLE.

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Careers Leadership Programme - Update on Application Process Ambition’s new Careers Leadership Programme focuses on developing the leadership skills of careers leader. Starting in January 2019, the six-month programme provides detailed knowledge on how to develop a careers strategy that demonstrates excellence against all 8 of the Gatsby benchmarks, and build strategic external partnerships.

There is no charge for this programme and schools receive a £1000 bursary upon completion of the programme. All training takes place outside school hours.

During your career leader’s time on the programme, they will access: ·

A two-hour introductory webinar

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Four Saturday conferences in Birmingham (26 January, 9th March, 18th May, 6th July).

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Eight webinars (two mandatory, the rest optional) on careers best practice (two hours each)

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Three experiential visits- participants visit a school, employer, and either a further education college or a university

· Peer Learning Groups: Participants will be placed in groups with peers who meet three times over the course Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 programme to sharing best practice

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Participants complete self-study during the programme including the following activities: ·

Careers strategy

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Reflection

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Knowledge bank

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There is no assessment on this programme

Registration deadline: Friday 21st December but places are limited and on a first come, first served basis.

Application process: 1.

First please complete the Careers Enterprise Company’s (CEC) EOI here.

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The CEC will inform you when you’ve been allocated a place and ask you to confirm your provider.

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When you have confirmed Ambition School Leadership as your provider, we will be notified and our Applicants and Alumni team will be in touch with next steps.

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Please note, your CL or HT and above can complete the EOI form on behalf of the CL. One EOI per school and CL.

OCR - Request for Information Headteacher and CPD leads will shortly receive a request for information as follows: 

Which OCR qualifications your centres will be delivering where the teaching started in September 2018 and approximate learner numbers.

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Which OCR qualifications your centres will be delivering where the teaching started in September 2017 and approximate learner numbers.

This information is required as a matter of urgency as this will lead to additional funding and further opportunities for professional development from OCR.

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Behaviour Conference We have negotiated significantly reduced rates to a Behaviour Conference on 7th February at Liverpool Football Club, Anfield stadium. This event should cost £140 per delegate, but Trust schools can access this for just £70pp.

The conference key note speaker is an amazing behaviour specialist called Paul Dix, you may have read his book “When the Adults change, everything changes”. There is also a final session with Dame Kathryn August who was the principal who took a failing and significantly challenging academy in Moss Side to outstanding in 4 years, she is now a member of the Ofsted Board.

To book your place please contact Klare Rufo at k.rufo@rcaol.co.uk (Please note there are now just 29 places available)

Humanutopia (Information from Anne Pontifex) Humanutopia is a company that run a range of packages which can be delivered in schools. The aim being to develop confidence, relationships, hope, happiness and employability . The company is well known by Liverpool schools. The Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 package provided can be both hard hitting and inspirational. The company have agreed this week to a Trust rate of £2000 per day, which is a reduction of £500 on regular rates for our Trust for this academic year. If you plan to work with Humanutopia please ensure that you get this discounted rate. Further information can be found via this link https://www.humanutopia.com/

Support for Pupil Premium Opportunities (Information from Anne Pontifex) Applications for 2019 Social Mobility Foundation Programmes now open The Social Mobility Foundation (SMF) supports ambitious young people from low income backgrounds to access top universities and careers. They run free programmes which feature mentoring, internships with top companies, university application support, and professional development and skills workshops for high achieving young people across the UK. The charity provides support in 11 professional sectors, including law, medicine and accountancy. Students apply to join the programmes in Year 12 (England and Wales), Year 13 (Northern Ireland) and S5 (Scotland). Support continues from Year 12 throughout university to help young people obtain graduate jobs.

The SMF is also running free residential internship programmes for students interested in accountancy, banking and finance, digital, engineering and physics, law and medicine (please note that the medicine residential is open to applications from English students only). Students undertake a one or two week internship with the host organisation and take part in fun evening and weekend activities. They also receive advice sessions, opportunities to build professional skills and a dedicated mentor before and after the internship.

Applications are now open. More information and the closing dates can be found on the website here.

National School Breakfast Programme Schools in disadvantaged areas of England are being encouraged to sign up to receive free, healthy breakfast food and expert support, as part of a big recruitment drive for the DfE’s National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP).

Schools which either have no existing breakfast provision, or breakfast provision where there is scope for improvement, are being urged to find out if they are eligible for support. Funding is available for over 1,770 schools – primary, secondary, special schools and pupil referral units.

Most schools that are eligible will receive free healthy breakfast food delivered direct to school for four terms. There will also be support from a dedicated member of NSBP staff, resources, best practice events, and a £500 start-up grant to buy necessary equipment such as toasters and a freezer.

Find out more by completing an expression of interest form and emailing it to nsbp@family-action.org.uk

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