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Elective Home Education

Welcoming pupils safely back to school

The School Information (England) Regulations 2020

Halton’s Youth Provision

Send us a welcome back to school video

COVID-19 Funds

 


Elective Home Education

 

Applies to- All Schools

Dear Colleague

The numbers of Electively Home Educated (EHE) children has risen significantly in Halton with over 15 queries from Parents who have already decided to or are considering Home Schooling their children in the last few days. Can you please ensure that a conversation is held with parents prior to removing a child from roll at your school, in the hope that any anxieties around the current COVID-19 situation can be alleviated and the opportunity to discuss alternative options are fully explored. A number of the referrals are because a parent is worried about Covid and they have not discussed their concerns with anyone at school.

Please can I also ask you to have all relevant information once a parent notifies you and complete the pupil tracking form attached, before you forward the details to the designated inbox (cme@halton.gov.uk). A number of the referrals from schools to date have only included an email from parent and the tracking form has not been completed.Pupil Tracking Notification Form

Thank you for your help in this important matter.

Regards

Ann McIntyre

 


 

Welcoming pupils safely back to school

 

Applies to-All Schools

 

As the new school term begins, you can refer to www.halton.gov.uk/backtoschool to find information to support children, young people, parents and carers who may have concerns about returning to school.

 

Do you want to record a welcome back to school video that we can use on council social media pages? A great opportunity to showcase your school, promote a safe return and all the hard work behind the safety changes.

Please contact anne.taylor@halton.gov.uk for more information or to send your recordings.


 

 

The School Information (England) Regulations 2020

 

Applies to- All Schools

In 2019 the Department for Education ran a consultation entitled Financial transparency of local authority maintained schools and academy trustsand has begun implementing the proposals as per the government response.

The School Information (England) Regulations 2020 take effect from 1 January 2021 and require maintained schools to publish on their website the number of school employees (if any) whose gross annual salary is £100,000 or more in £10,000 bands. Schools may display this information however they wish, although we recommend doing so via a table.

Schools must also publish a link to the specific page on the Schools Financial Benchmarking dedicated to their school using the unique reference number allocated to the school by the Department for Education. For example: https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=234567

After “urn=” you will need to insert your school’s URN. If you do not know your URN you can find it on Get information about schools (GIAS).

Further guidance relating to the information that schools must publish online is available on GOV.UK.

 

 


 

 

 

Halton’s Youth Provision

 

Applies to- All Schools

John Bucknall who is a Commissioning Manager in the Integrated Commissioning team is undertaking some research into what the future of the youth provision in Halton should look like.  We have created a short survey for parents/carers of any of Halton’s young people and are hoping it can be published widely throughout Halton. please click on the link

 

 


 

 

Send us a welcome back to school video

 

Applies to- All Schools

 

As part of our back to school campaign, we thought it would be great if head teachers, teachers and/ or staff recorded and sent us a short informal welcome back video (on a smart phone or other device).

The video would be used on the council website and on social media channels to promote a safe return and a warm welcome back to school. It’s also a great opportunity to showcase the school and the hard work behind new safety measures and changes.

If you are interested in recording your own a welcome back video for your school, please let me know this week.

Anne Taylor

Marketing Assistant | Communications and Marketing | Halton Borough Council

0151 511 6696 | anne.taylor@halton.gov.uk

Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube

 

 


 

 

COVID-19 Funds

 

Applies to- All Schools

 

Please find attached the latest Coronavirus Funds list.  If you need help applying please give us a call on 0151 511 7214 or email funding@halton.gov.uk