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Speech: The power of teachers to change lives - Nicky Morgan
January 22 2015
Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Nicky Morgan, addresses The Education World Forum.
Extract:
'The power of education to change lives is something that unites us all.
And we need to do all we can to harness this power; not just to improve standards in education, but to unlock the potential of all young people - girls and boys. And by doing that, to narrow inequalities, reduce poverty and achieve our wider development goals.'
New headteacher standards and review of ITT published
January 18 2015
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has unveiled new professional standards for headteachers in England. The revised standards (available here), created by the profession, for the profession, are designed to empower and inspire heads, drive aspiration, promote excellence and reflect the greater decision-making powers heads now enjoy.
BPN Early Years Quality Assurance Agency Report
January 13 2015
During the early autumn we were subject to a detailed Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) audit of our Early Years Teacher Status programme. The audit team concluded that we had made commendable progress on our action plan and that we had maintained all strengths identified in previous audits. Commendable progress is the highest grading QAA awards.
The following areas of our outstanding practice were noted:
Hellos and Goodbyes
December 12 2014
We have had a number of changes happen within BPN this month. We have said goodbye to one of the BPN lifers: Julie Dollin who left BPN last week (5th December) to start a new job with Bristol City Council. Katie Trace from our Events and Resources team has also waved a temporary farewell as she is off on a year’s maternity leave, but she will be popping in throughout the year.
Maths and science must be the top priority in our schools, says Prime Minister
December 12 2014
The government is launching a major push on maths, science and technology to equip more pupils with the skills needed to work and succeed in high-tech and science-based industries, Prime Minister David Cameron will announce. 17,500 maths and science teachers will be trained, a new computer science GCSE will focus on coding, and world-first code college will be launched.
Inset Day Workshops
December 01 2014
Our support staff INSET training workshop is ideal for TAs and HLTAs who play a vital role in supporting teaching and learning in schools, where high quality intervention can have a great impact upon the achievements and well-being of pupils. Our half day or whole day INSET engages support staff to reflect on and learn about themes that include:
Leadership Curriculum goes paperless from January
December 01 2014
Leadership Curriculum (LC) has been working towards being completely paperless by January 2015. At a time when more and more importance is being placed on the need to reduce our carbon footprint thus minimising our use of paper and avoid incurring huge cost through printing and couriers. LC currently spends around £15,000 per intake across all three courses (NPQH, NPQSL and NPQML): which for two intakes is a massive £30,000 a year. Taking steps to become paperless will only bring about a positive change
Distance learning BA (hons) Early Childhood Studies top up
November 24 2014
Janine Ryan, one of our tutors and partners with the Doncaster ITT Partnership, talks to us about University Centre Doncaster’s distance learning BA (hons) Early Childhood Studies top up.
Health and early Years practitioners will work side by side to improve outcomes for young children
November 24 2014
Health and Early Years reviews are now going to be integrated so that parents get a more comprehensive picture of their children and will receive the expertise of both the health inspectors and the early years practitioners combined. Visit gov.uk to find out more.
Meet the Team - Nicky Oram
November 24 2014
I began my career as a class teacher in an Infant school in the London Borough of Hounslow. Since that time I have taught across the primary and early years age range, moving from London to the Sussex coast and then to Wiltshire. I’ve worked in schools and a variety of early years settings.