Wednesday 28th November 2012
The four termly headteacher meetings took place in November across the county -thank you to those headteachers who attended.
The minutes of the four meetings: South, North East, West and Central (Mid) have been cleared and are now on the EPHA website, plus the composite minutes of the four area meetings with Local Authority officers.
A lot of documents and information were referred to at the meetings including:
The Autumn term EPHA newsletter, which includes the dates for headteacher meetings for the remainder of the school year.
The School Information Regulations 2012 - which includes a list of what must be on the school website
Ofsted information
- Subsidiary guidance
- The inspection handbook - list of what must be provided at the beginning of inspection is on page 7 paragraph 16
- Monitoring visits and support for schools that require improvement to get to good or outstanding
- Getting to Good
A link to the RAISEonline library: https://www.raiseonline.org/documentlibrary/ViewDocumentLibrary.aspx
On the EPHA website there is some really useful information about SMSC, which was delivered in a presentation at the South meeting - go to http://www.essexprimaryheads.co.uk/info-and-documents/termly-meetings and look for SMSC docs
HR information - all the following guidance is on the Local Authority page of the EPHA website http://www.essexprimaryheads.co.uk/info-and-documents/local-authority
- Advice on teachers' industrial action
- Provision of information about staff capability HR advice October 2012
- Unqualified Teachers - New Regulations for Maintained schools and Academies HR advice October 2012
- Directed time calculator (primary) Sept 2012
Also attached - the Local Authority briefing paper circulated at the meeting, plus the academies briefing paper. Other documents, including the Social Care presentation - Developing Effective Support in Essex - are on the website: http://www.essexprimaryheads.co.uk/meetings/termly-area
Please don't hesitate to contact Pam Langmead, EPHA Manager, at langmead@tesco.net if you need any more information following the meetings.
We hope you have a very good remainder of the term - enjoy the nativities and festivities and have a very happy Christmas.
Pam Langmead