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SUMMIT BUMPER EDITION
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SCHOOLS-LED COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH PLANS ANNOUNCED AT SUMMIT 2015
The initiative, to be launched next term, will bring together school leaders and experts in a range of statutory and support bodies to provide solutions to the growing problem of mental health issues affecting schoolchildren across the North East.
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| Sir Michael Wilshaw praises North East for "uniquely strong collective identity" |
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Sir Michael spoke to over 400 Head Teachers and schools leaders from across the region, commencing by “paying heartfelt tribute to you as leaders of our education system.” He continued by saying “it is people like you who are improving the life chances of young people up and down the country.”
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| The Power of Collective Ambition |
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What will it take? was the Summit question this year and our speakers, including a number of North East head teachers, discussed how to establish strong relationships between schools and employers, develop a positive approach to mental health, get parental engagement right, develop great ...
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| Vision for 2020 |
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Ian Bauckham, Past President of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) was the final keynote speaker at the conference. In his session, Mr Bauckham presented a 'Blueprint for a self-improving system: Challenges and opportunities' looking at teacher professionalism...
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HMCI Sir Michael Wilshaw backs regional Schools Challenge
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Ofsted's Chief Inspector mentioned the North East Schools Challenge at this year's Summit, saying he welcomes efforts to get it off the ground
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Summit 2015: Quick Round-up
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This year's Summit took place at St James' Park in Newcastle and was the biggest one yet, attracting over 450 delegates from all four corners of the...
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Prize Pot Winners
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Find out who won the Summit 2015 Bingo Draw
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Poverty Proofing the School Day
Date: Thursday 12 November 2015
Venue: Inspire2Learn, Redcar & Cleveland
No school can be rated outstanding if it is not supporting its most disadvantaged children. Looking beyond Pupil Premium, this event will explore the practical steps that schools can take on a day to day basis to tackle poverty and prevent inequality.
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SCHOOLS NorthEast Summit: Worrying surge in youngsters self-harming, conference hears
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The Journal reported on this year's Summit with an article on the announcement of plans for a North East Commission into pupils' mental health. SCHOOLS NorthEast is on the front page of The Journal, pick your copy up today.
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12
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Ofsted Training Day
The course will consider the implications of the Ofsted framework for your own schools and help you to ask questions and focus on issues that will help your self-evaluation process. For more info click here.
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15
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Promoting British Values in schools
Guidance on how schools can meet new requirements of actively promoting the fundamental British values, as well as the new statutory requirements around radicalisation. More info.
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26
NOV
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Creative Environments
Demand for new solutions is paramount and we are facing challenging problems whilst struggling to find answers, says Hedleys TS. Their course will explore different answers. More info here
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Most Talking Heads in the North East were busy attending the Summit yesterday, so this week's newsletter has already featured plenty of them and their speeches in our main articles. We'll be back next week with a fresh article.
Until then you can have a look at previous Talking Heads piece you might have missed here. If you are interested in writing for our weekly column please email c.fitoiu@schoolsnortheast.com.
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Every single one of our guest speakers at the Summit brought a fantastic contribution to the agenda for the day. Whether they covered how to develop a positive approach to mental health, establish strong relationships between schools and employers, getting parental engagement right or how to develop great teaching, their slides will be available on the SCHOOLS NorthEast website next week. Keep an eye out on our Resources page.
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During the official announcement of a future North East Commission into pupils' mental health issues at the Summit, Director Mike Parker quoted the following worrying statistics: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust CYPS (Children & Young People’s Services) community services has seen a significant rise (up to 3 times as many as in 2011 in some areas) in the numbers of referrals in the past 3 years, with the self-harm group in some areas in Northumberland almost doubling.
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