Thursday 8th March 2012
The four termly headteacher meetings are now complete and it was really good to see a total of around 270 heads at the meetings across the county.
As always, masses of information, presentations and documents were shared or referred to at the meetings, including:
EPHA Spring term newsletter - including information about what you get for your annual subscription to EPHA
EPHA Liaison Officer termly report
Presentations:
Social care, including the quadrant structure: South, North East, Mid and West
Equality Act - briefing for governors (by Peta Ullman)
Briefing Papers:
Key messages in reading and phonics (update)
Reforming the Early Years Foundation Stage (the EYFS) briefing paper spring 2012
Ofsted information and good practice resources:
Three of 24 ways for children to succeed in the EYFS
Engaging Reception children in phonics
Good practice in Primary Mathematics
Governance - Learning from the Best
Report Writing Guidance for Inspections
Safeguarding briefing paper for Ofsted inspectors
Safeguarding:
Child Protection Best Practice Checklist (developed by NE Heads and Stay Safe group)
Safeguarding briefing paper for Ofsted inspectors
Equalities information:
ECA briefing paper on the Equality Act 2011 and Public Sector Duty Act 2011
Equality Act 2010 DfE guidance for schools
Equality Act -Information showing the school has due regard for equalities
Equality Act- Setting Objectives
Equality Act specific duties - quick start guide for public sector organisations
Equality Duty 2011 Northamptonshire Workbook
Equality Act Suffolk workbook (referred to in paper distributed at the meeting)
Equality Scheme - ECC Human Resources
Human Resources information:
The Education (School Teachers Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2012
Teacher Appraisal and Capability DfE model 2012
Just to remind you, the minutes of the four Area meetings and the composite minutes of the meetings with LA officers will be posted on the EPHA website as soon as they have been written! Go to
http://new.essexprimaryheads.co.uk/meetings/termly-area
for the minutes and agendas of all the termly area meetings.
Pam Langmead