Free webinar: Support families on the wrong side of the digital divide What can schools do to support families and pupils who find themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide? ?This is the subject for a free Headteacher Update webinar, which is due to take place at 4pm on Thursday, April 28.
Pupil Premium Best Practice: A week to go Headteacher Update's National Pupil Premium best practice conference – offering 18 sessions all of which will give practical strategies that can be adapted and adopted for your school’s circumstances – takes place in a week's time.
Book-drop programme to deliver 30,000 books to disadvantaged pupils Schools are invited to apply for free books for their disadvantaged pupils via the UK Reads book-drop. 1 comment
New school uniform rules – getting it right Poverty campaigners have published a set of resources to help schools implement the new statutory guidance on affordable school uniforms.
Period poverty scheme extended until next summer A scheme to provide primary and secondary schools with fully funded period products has been extended until the end of the academic year.
Cost of the School Day Calendar A Cost of the School Day calendar has been published to help schools identify and remove potential barriers to education for children and families living in poverty.
Teachers offered £25,000 to develop innovative ideas Grants of £25,000 are on offer for teachers with innovative ideas to help disadvantaged children succeed in English, maths or science.
Let Teachers SHINE: 10 initiatives awarded share of £140,000 Ten teachers have been awarded a share of £140,000 to help fund a range of educational initiatives aimed at helping disadvantaged children.
Funding will see 1.3m healthy breakfasts delivered to children at risk of hunger A further 1.3 million healthy breakfasts will be given to school children by charity Magic Breakfast after it was awarded £450,000 from the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Online event: 13th National Pupil Premium Best Practice Conference After nine years of the Pupil Premium, the 13th National Pupil Premium Conference will be considering what we have learnt about best practice when it takes place online in January.
SHINE funding for projects supporting disadvantaged pupils Teachers and schools in the North of England are being offered the chance to access funding for projects supporting children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
PE and Sport Premium underspends can be rolled over to September Any PE and Sport Premium funding that went unspent by schools because of the coronavirus lockdown can be rolled over to the next academic year, it has been confirmed, but must be spent by March.
Short, structured language skill sessions prove effective Undertaking short sessions to discuss everyday topics with young children has been found to boost their language skills and is being recommended as “a promising way” to help children catch-up when they come back to school after lockdown.
13th National Pupil Premium Conference After almost nine years of the Pupil Premium, this Headteacher Update event – taking place in September – will be looking back at the wealth of evidence that has now been published about how schools can best support their most disadvantaged pupils.
Pupil Premium best practice on offer at Headteacher Update event The 12th National Pupil Premium Conference will offer a range of advice and best practice for schools when it takes place on Friday, September 20.
Primary school resources: March 2018 A round up of some of the resources and resource news from Headteacher Update's March 2018 edition...
At a glance: Latest primary resources Pupil Premium best practice, a toolkit to help migrant families understand UK education, film resources and asthma training are among the latest free primary school resources to be released
