School Spring Census 2022
This is a reminder to all schools; census day is on Thursday 20th January.
Changes to SIMS Annual Entitlement and Support from April 2022
From 01 April 2022, ESS (formerly Capita) will contract for SIMS Annual Entitlement directly
with all schools who are currently using SIMS under the Manchester City Council ‘umbrella’
licence. The agreement will have a 3-year term and will enable Local Authority maintained
schools to access the new, cloud-based core SIMS features, at no additional cost.
Giving reading the attention it deserves, every day!
On Sunday 23rd January, we’re all encouraged to celebrate reading on National Reading Day.
DfE Focuses on Improving School Attendance
The Education Secretary has asked his department to do a ‘deep dive into what is happening with PA and look at absences pre pandemic and they identified a decline in overall school attendance.
Arthur
The death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has been across media outlets over the last few weeks, a stark reminder of the harsh reality of what some children and young people are facing and continue to face despite professionals’ best efforts to protect and safeguard children.
What is Early Help?
All practitioners have a responsibility to ensure they are aware of their local Authorities Early Help offer. But what is Early Help?
Your Environment: The third EYFS practitioner
How do we ensure that we are regularly evaluating and auditing our environment to check that it meets the developing needs of our children, is an engaging space, and allows for effective and holistic learning to take place?
The Reading Framework: Implications for Leadership and Practice
Read ahead to discover our top ten takeaways from the new Reading Framework released by the Department for Education.
School Workforce Census 2021
We are approaching yet another census, this time it is the School Workforce Census. This will take place on Thursday 4th November 2021.
Goodbye Capita, Hello ESS
We are slowly coming to the end of the road with Capita, although ESS is continuing to detach itself from Capita, by rebranding itself and to remove all references to the former owner, for the SIMS users it is business as usual.