Noticeboard - 26 June 2025
Welcome to this week's noticeboard containing Sue Harrison's weekly message; updates on the Oracle Transition and Equal Pay Programmes; Schools Finance information; Bring it on Brum! summer programme details; training opportunities and more.
This week's noticeboard includes:
- Message from Dr Sue Harrison, Executive Director of Children and Families
- Oracle Transition for Schools Update
- Early Education Entitlement
- Public Health Survey Opportunity: Handwashing behaviours in pupils
- Contribute to the DfE Online Debate on School Complaints
- Young Women into Leadership (You WIL) Summit 2025 (Online)
- Don't Miss Out: Replace Your Airly Monitor Before 30 June!
- Healthy Schools Lunch & Learn: Guidance and Support to Deliver Period Education in Schools
- Health Related Absence Referrals for School Nursing Service
- Bursaries Available to Train Peer Mediators in Primary Schools
- Climate Action Planning in Education Settings – free webinars
- Early Words Together
- Green Schools Project + Solar for Schools: Supporting your journey to zero carbon
Message from Dr Sue Harrison, Executive Director of Children and Families
Dear colleagues
As the Oracle Transition Project approaches its final stages, I want to take a moment to sincerely thank schools for the dedication and resilience you’ve shown throughout this journey, particularly while continuing to deliver the highest standards of education for Birmingham’s children.
We recognise that this has been a challenging period, and as with any large-scale programme, there are always lessons to learn. That’s why we’re inviting Headteachers and School Business Managers to share their reflections by completing the . We understand this is an extremely busy time in schools, but your insights will be invaluable in helping us review the project’s impact and shape future improvements.
To ensure feedback is both timely and relevant, the survey will run in two phases:
- Phase 1 is now live for schools that transitioned from BCC HR/Payroll on or before 1 April 2025. It will remain open from 26 June to 18 July 2025.
- Phase 2, for schools that transitioned after 1 April, will follow in mid-September.
The survey link has been shared via email, BASBM, and is also available here: .
We’ve designed the survey in Microsoft Forms to auto-save your responses, so you can complete it in stages if needed. Something we hope will be helpful given the demands of school leadership. Your feedback really matters, and I would encourage you to please find the time to complete the form. It will help us better understand how the transition has worked in practice, whether the intended benefits have been realised, and how the changes are landing in schools day to day. We’re also keen to hear your views on the support provided throughout the process; what worked well and where we can do better.
The Tes Schools Awards are a highlight in the school calendar, offering a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the outstanding achievements of schools and individuals across the country. They provide national recognition and a chance to come together with colleagues and the wider education community in celebration.
I was therefore delighted to hear that several Birmingham schools were recognised at this year’s awards. A proud moment for our city and a reflection of the incredible work happening in our schools every day.
Huge congratulations and well done to our awards winners:
- Ninestiles Academy – Inclusive School of the Year
- Selly Park Girls School – Staff Wellbeing School of the Year
- Arden Primary School – Primary Curriculum Leader of the Year: Arts Lead, Mia Bano
I’m so proud to hear about all the fantastic achievements of our Birmingham schools. Each success is a testament to the passion, creativity and commitment of our school communities.
Please do continue to share all the brilliant things happening in your schools. Colleagues across Children and Families really enjoy reading about your work in my weekly staff newsletter. So, please send your good news, big or small. Let’s keep celebrating the amazing work you’re doing!
With my very best wishes
Sue
Oracle Transition for Schools Update
The latest updates can be found at the following links:
- Oracle Transition for Schools Finance Update
- Oracle Transition for Schools HR Payroll and Pensions Update
- Archived Oracle Transition Q&A
For any queries or further information please contact the team at oracleschoolsrelationship@birmingham.gov.uk and they will be pleased to assist.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Equal Pay Programme Update
Job Evaluation for Schools where BCC is the Employer
School Job Information Gathering Meetings
Massive thank you to those schools that joined our first Job Information Gathering Meetings this week. Your feedback has been invaluable and we are heartened by your responses to the information we are gathering from you.
The Job Information Gathering meetings are essential for all schools where BCC is the employer.
We have moved to on-line meetings to make access easier for school colleagues and this has been well-received in meetings that have taken place.
We understand how busy you are, but it’s essential that we hear from every school to arrange a time to guide you through the next steps.
Please respond via the online form that has been emailed to you and we will come back to you with an alternative if you are unavailable at any of the meeting times offered.
Pay and Grading
Implementation Timeline: Collective Agreement
Work continues to reach collective agreement. A revised timeline will be issued once confirmed.
In the interim, we are responding to individual Governing Body concerns and will continue to support those discussions and decisions to conclude before the end of this term.
Pay and Grading Grant Funding Update
Discussions with school leaders and Governing Boards raised a number of questions with regard to the grant funding to support implementation of the proposed reshaped pay and grading structure for schools where BCC is the employer. Those schools will receive an update today via email responding to queries raised and clarifying the grant funding commitment from BCC.
Please continue to raise any queries related to the Equal Pay Programme through eppschools@birmingham.gov.uk
Thank you for your continued support.
Schools Finance
Cheque Book VAT Reimbursement Process
July deadline for submission is 10 July 2025.
Schools Finance have implemented a new process for monthly VAT Returns, below is a list of documents both required for completion and supply.
The download includes the Annex A and the VAT Return form which must be completed, signed and returned in Excel format.
- Download link: /downloads/file/30288/schools_vat_reimbursement
- YouTube Training Link:
Submission timetable and instructions for completion are included within the download.
Required supporting documents:
- Bank statement
- Unreconciled items
- Full VAT Report
- VAT Summary
- Balances and reserves
Please note that any missing documentation will result in the claim not been processed until it has been provided and any late submissions will be delayed until the following month.
Please submit VAT reimbursement claims to SchoolsFinance@birmingham.gov.uk along with any queries
Schools Q1 Mandatory Budget Monitoring
Deadline for submission is 15th July 2025, please submit returns to sfreturns@birmingham.gov.uk
Link to the documents: Schools budget monitoring | Birmingham City Council
The second run through call will be on 3rd July. Please use the following link to join the session:
3rd July 2025 11:00-12:30
Meeting ID: 319 349 747 641 9
Passcode: cL2Vm3iT
Thank you for your continued engagement and support.
Industrial Action Near School Premises – Bin Strikes
We are aware that some schools have reported industrial action taking place in close proximity to their premises, specifically relating to the ongoing bin strikes led by Unite the Union. While this action is not connected to school operations, we recognise that its presence near school sites may cause disruption or raise concerns for pupils, staff, and the wider school community.
Schools are advised to remain vigilant to any potential safeguarding implications. These may include restricted access to the site, increased activity or noise in the surrounding area, or the presence of unfamiliar individuals near school grounds. It is important to ensure that safeguarding arrangements remain robust and that any concerns are addressed promptly.
If your school is affected by this or any similar activity, please contact us at EducationSafeguarding@birmingham.gov.uk. We are here to provide advice, reassurance, and support as needed.
Bring it on Brum! is back for summer 2025
Exciting programme of FREE holiday clubs for children and young people aged 4-16 eligible for benefits-related free school meals
These clubs are available throughout the summer holidays, from Monday 21 July to Friday 29 August 2025 (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays), and are open to those eligible for benefits-related free school meals. Bookings will open on Monday 30 June 2025 via the Bring it on Brum! website at .
Schools have been provided full details, via a separate email, including documentation on:
- Bring It on Brum Code by School
- Bring it on Brum! Information 2025-26
- Mail merge guidance June 2025
For any questions about the distribution of information to parents and carers, please contact SchoolCensus@birmingham.gov.uk.
For general enquiries about the Holiday Activities Programme, please email Birminghamholidayactivities@streetgames.org.
Let’s help make this summer a fun, active, and enriching time for Birmingham’s children!
Schools Observing SEND Panel
We’re delighted that so many schools have taken up the opportunity to observe the SEND panel, which began on 24 June. Between now and the October half-term, around 50 schools will be joining the panel on Tuesday mornings to gain insight into how decisions are made around education, health, and care needs assessments and plans.
After the October half-term, SENAR will be engaging with participating schools to gather feedback on their experience and to shape how schools can become active contributors to the SEND panel in the new year.
If your school would like to be added to the waiting list to observe a future panel, please contact our Quality and Improvement Team at: candfsendqualityandimprovement@birmingham.gov.uk
Updated Guidance from SENDIST – Witness Statements
Following the latest guidance issued by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST), please ensure you are familiar with the updated expectations regarding the preparation and submission of witness statements for tribunal bundles.
Key Points from the Updated Guidance:
- Grouping: All witness statements must be grouped together within the bundle.
- Length: Each witness statement (excluding exhibits) must not exceed 10 pages of A4. If a statement exceeds this limit, a brief explanatory note must accompany it, justifying the additional length.
- Format:
- Statements must be typed or printed in a legible font no smaller than 12-point.
- Content should be clearly structured using numbered paragraphs.
- Authentication: Only signed and dated copies of original witness statements should be included in the bundle.
These requirements are intended to ensure consistency, clarity, and fairness in tribunal proceedings. Please take a moment to review your documentation processes to ensure compliance.
For any queries or further clarification, please contact the SENAR Tribunals Team at: senar.tribunals@birmingham.gov.uk
Reminder to Publish your Admission Arrangements
In accordance with the School Admissions Code, own admission authority schools (i.e. schools that have Academy, Free School, Foundation or Voluntary Aided status) are required to publish copy of their determined admissions arrangements, which includes their published admissions number (PAN) for the 2026/2027 Academic Year, on their school’s website by 15 March 2025.
Following a review of own admission authority schools’ websites to gather information on PANs for the September 2026 admissions to Reception, Year 2-3, Secondary and 14-19, we are aware that not all own admission authority schools have done this.
At this stage of the process each own admission authority school should have a copy of their determined admissions arrangements published on their school’s website for the three relevant academic years (current 2024/2025, upcoming 2025/26 and determined 2026/27).
We ask own admissions authority schools to make arrangements to publish their determined admissions arrangements on their school’s website asap, please.
We will be writing out separately to gather information on PAN proposals for own admission authority schools going forward, and ask that any school considering a change to PAN contacts the Pupil Place Planning team at EdiPlaceplanning@birmingham.gov.uk to discuss.
Thank you for your support.
Early Education Entitlement
Working Entitlement
2 year olds eligible for both disadvantaged and working entitlement:
- From September working entitlement will be increased to 30 hours for 2 year olds.
- If you have any 2 year olds who are eligible for both the disadvantaged and working entitlement, you must claim 15 hours disadvantaged funding and 15 hours via the working entitlement.
Disadvantaged Entitlement:
- Family are in receipt of government support–the criteria that applies can be found here:
Working Entitlement:
- They meet the criteria for working parents
Both entitlements require an eligible code:
- Parents will need to apply for and receive their working eligibility code on or before 31st August 2025 to be able to access the working hours entitlement from 1st September 2025. Encourage parents to apply early in case they need to provide any additional information to HMRC to support their application!
- Providers will be required to check working codes are eligible for the term being applied for, using ECS
- Providers will need to check the eligibility of disadvantaged codes - if codes are not eligible and parent meet the eligibility criteria, please submit the Override Request Form - available on the BCC Document Website
- Please do not allow children to access their entitlement until you have confirmed that they are eligible to do so.
- Providers will be required to submit the codes on their census claims.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the EEE team: earlyeducation@birmingham.gov.uk
Working Hours Places
From Autumn 2025, working entitlement for 9months - 3 years will increase to 30 hours a week. 3-4 year olds will continue to access universal hours (15) and working hours (15).
For children to access a working hour funded place in Autumn 2025, parents must have received an eligible code on or before 31st August 2025.
The local authority cannot fund codes that have a validity start date of on or after the 1st September 2025.
It is the childcare providers responsibility to check the date on the code before offering a working hours place. You must do this by entering the code on ECS and then check the validity start date of it to make sure it is eligible for the current term:
You must check the date before allowing the child to access any working hours for the term.
Further information about working hours and validating codes can be found on EYMIS:
- Username: PVI2 (please note this is a capital i not the number one)
- Password: PVI2year (please note this is a capital i not the number one)
If you have any queries regarding working hours entitlement please email earlyeducation@birmingham.gov.uk
Working Entitlement for Foster Children
Foster parents can apply for working entitlement for their 9-23month old, or their 2, 3 and 4 year old foster children, if they are in paid employment outside of their foster care role.
These applications cannot be made via the usual route of the Childcare Choices website and have to come directly to the local authority. The foster carer or social worker should email earlyeducation@birmingham.gov.uk for an application form. The Social Worker and Birmingham Virtual School Advisor have to be in agreement that the application is in the best interests of the child.
The same deadlines apply - they must have a code by 31st August 2025 in order to access working hours from September 2025 for Autumn term. If you are aware of any looked after children that might be eligible for working hours extended entitlement please signpost them to earlyeducation@birmingham.gov.uk.
3 and 4 year olds would qualify for 30 hours (universal and working element) as long as their code is eligible.
As with all working hours codes you will still need to validate the code on ECS before agreeing the start date. You must do this by entering the code on ECS and then check the validity start date of it to make sure it is eligible for the current term:
Further information about working entitlement and validating codes can be found on EYMIS:
- Username: PVI2 (please note this is a capital i not the number one)
- Password: PVI2year (please note this is a capital i not the number one)
If you have any queries please email earlyeducation@birmingham.gov.uk
Public Health Survey Opportunity: Handwashing behaviours in pupils
We know that schools face huge challenges with illness-related absence, especially during the winter months. Good handwashing practices can help prevent illness spreading, and therefore support with reducing illness-related absence.
Birmingham City Council Public Health are surveying teachers to understand current handwashing practices in your pupils.
The results of the survey will ensure an upcoming schools-based handwashing project will meet the needs of teachers, parents and pupils, and hopefully support with reducing the spread of illness in schools.
We are requesting for this survey to be shared with all teaching staff at your school. Please share your experience and opinion by filling out the short survey via the link below.
Click here for the . Please note the survey will close at midnight on 4 July 2025. Please only complete the survey for 1 year group, not on behalf of a key stage or whole school.
By completing this survey, you can also express your interest in taking part in the upcoming handwashing project which will be delivered in the Autumn/Winter term.
If you have any questions, please contact the BCC Health Protection team on HPTeam@birmingham.gov.uk
Contribute to the DfE Online Debate on School Complaints
The DfE Policy Lab is currently recruiting for an online debate on school complaints which they hope school staff, parents, governors and trustees will participate in, “whether they have initiated a complaint or been involved in resolving one”.
The aim of the project is to explore why complaints about schools are going up and how the relationship between parents/carers and schools could be improved. This research will help the DfE design ideas for improving the complaints process for parents/carers, as well as for schools and government departments.
Participation involves contributing to an online collective intelligence debate, using a tool called Pol.is. The debate will take place over the course of a week between 30th June and 7th July, during which time you can participate as much or as little as you'd like, at times that suit you. The DfE anticipate a total commitment of about an hour across the debate – for instance, you might join the debate five to six times during the week for 10 minutes each time.
Interested participants can register their interest and provide their consent by completing the form available at: .
Young Women into Leadership (You WIL) Summit 2025 (Online)
The Global Girls Online Summit 2025 will take place from 21 to 28 July 2025 and is open to girls aged 14–16 who are currently attending schools in Birmingham. Participants must be within this age range during the summit.
This exciting, week-long virtual event is designed to inspire and empower young women by connecting them with influential female leaders from a wide range of fields, including Politics and Public Service, Business, Sport and Wellbeing, STEM, Creative Industries, Culture, and Media. Throughout the summit, students will have the opportunity to hear from these trailblazing women, ask questions, and explore how they can pursue careers in these dynamic sectors.
In addition to the speaker sessions, participants will collaborate in multicultural teams with girls from schools around the world. Together, they will work on a group project and present their work on the final day of the summit. Upon successful completion, each student will receive a certificate of achievement.
This year’s summit features an inspiring lineup of speakers, including:
- Professor Helen Pankhurst (CARE International and granddaughter of suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst)
- Hannah England (World Championship medallist, sports broadcaster, and co-founder of Birmingham Athletics Academy)
- Kay Wright (Head of BBC Midlands)
- Sharon Osbourne (media personality and advocate)
The application deadline is 4 July 2025. For more information or to apply, please contact Tasniya Syed at Tasniya.Syed@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 303 0981.
Don’t Miss Out: Replace Your Airly Monitor Before 30 June!
FAO: Primary & Secondary School Staff
The contract for the Phase 1 “Airly” air quality monitors ends on 30 June 2025. To maintain uninterrupted access to air quality data, we invite all schools to opt into Phase 2 of the Schools’ Air Quality Monitoring Programme.
Phase 2 includes a free replacement monitor provided by EarthSense, along with access to training webinars, classroom-ready educational materials, and tools to compare air quality across Birmingham schools. These resources support curriculum delivery and wider sustainability initiatives such as active travel, anti-idling, Modeshift STARS, and climate change education.
Poor air quality remains the UK’s leading environmental health risk, especially for children. By joining Phase 2, your school can continue to monitor real-time air quality and empower students to take action.
EarthSense will be in touch with further details. If you haven’t heard from them or have any questions, please contact SchoolsAQMonitors@birmingham.gov.uk.
To learn more about the programme, visit: . For further queries, contact Sally James, Air Quality Policy Manager, at SchoolsAQMonitors@birmingham.gov.uk.
Find out how your school can get involved in campaigns and initiatives too!
Healthy Schools Lunch & Learn: 3 July 2025
Guidance and Support to Deliver Period Education in Schools
The Birmingham Healthy Schools Lunch & Learn series offers online 20-minute information/training webinars for school staff.
The next webinar is about Guidance and support to deliver Period Education in schools on Thursday, 3 July at 12:30 pm. This session is available to all school-based staff, not just those delivering menstrual education, to support whole-school initiatives and may be of interest to school nurses.
Periods create barriers to school attendance, attainment, concentration and PE participation, affecting multiple factors across the school environment. This typically stems from inadequate education on managing menstrual symptoms and bleeding, alongside discomfort around conversations due to societal stigma and taboo.
In this session, Dr Natalie Brown from Period Education UK will discuss creating a period-positive school environment to prevent the menstrual cycle from negatively affecting young people's education. Participants can also share experiences and insights to inform best practices for menstrual education.
This session includes:
- School considerations for creating a positive period environment – access to free guidance resources
- Key factors for delivering Period Education
- Free resources and support for Period Education sessions
- Opportunity for questions and feedback
To register for the session, follow the link:
Health Related Absence Referrals for School Nursing Service
FAO: SENCO’s , Teachers and Attendance Managers
Health related Absence referrals cut-off and restart dates
As per last academic year, please note that the Birmingham School Health Support Service will not accept referrals for health-related absences for this academic year (2024-25) after 17:00 Friday, 4 July 2025.
This is because they will be unable to process the referrals before the end of the summer term. Time needs to be given to book health assessments with children and parents and an outcome to be shared with schools by the end of the academic year.
Referral for health-related absence will resume as normal from 1 September 2025.
If schools have children who have health related absences, below 85% and were planning to refer to the school health service, please complete the referral form, to meet the deadline.
Please note referrals that meet other criteria (excluding health related absences) will still be triaged and assessed as normal. Children and families for these referrals can be contacted and assessed by nurses during the summer break and an email feedback/outcome sent to the referrer.
For any queries please contact BCHNT.southcentralsnteam@nhs.net or BCHNT.northeastsnteam@nhs.net
Bursaries Available to Train Peer Mediators in Primary Schools
Peacemakers, a West Midlands-based educational charity with nearly 40 years of experience, supports schools and communities in building peace through practical skills and strategies.
Significant bursaries are now available for primary schools to set up a Peer Mediation Plus scheme in Autumn 2025 or Spring 2026. Peer mediation empowers children to resolve playground disputes themselves, reducing staff intervention and fostering a calmer school environment.
The programme includes:
- A workshop for the year group(s) from which mediators will be chosen, introducing the concept of mediation
- Three full days of training for up to 24 selected pupils to become peer mediators
- Training for lunchtime and classroom staff to support the scheme’s success
Peer mediators gain lifelong conflict resolution skills that positively influence the whole school community.
For more information, visit or contact Libbs Packer at Libbs@peacemakers.org.uk.
Climate Action Planning in Education Settings – free webinars
The education system and the nurseries, schools and colleges within it play a critical role in driving action to address climate change and nature decline. As part of the Department for Education's , all education settings are expected to have a in place by the end of 2025.
A number of organisations are working together to offer a wide range of free support to nursery, school and college leaders to enable them to act on climate and nature.
The , funded by the Department for Education, matches Climate Ambassadors with education settings (nurseries, schools and colleges) based on skills and expertise, to support them with the development and delivery of an effective climate action plan.
If you are working within any role in an Education Setting, please join to know more about the free support offered from the Climate Ambassadors programme in the West Midlands.
For more information or to get involved, please feel free to contact us at: climate-ambassadors.wm@keele.ac.uk
Free Early Talk Boost Training and Resources
FAO: Primary school nursery classes and Nursery Schools
Early Talk Boost is a targeted intervention aimed at 3-4 year old children who need help with talking and understanding words, helping to boost their language skills to narrow the gap between them and their peers. The programme aims to accelerate children’s progress in language and communication by an average of 6 months, after a nine-week intervention. Children selected to take part in the intervention will attend three sessions per week during circle/story time, each lasting 15-20 minutes delivered by an early year’s practitioner. The sessions include activities that cover the foundation skills in speech, language, and communication that children need for learning and understanding new words, as well as having conversations. The training is delivered face to face and each setting will receive 2 boxes of Early talk Boost resources.
Please use this link to book onto one of the dates below
- Tuesday 1st July 9.30am – 3pm, Anthony Road Children's Centre, 80 Anthony Road, Alum Rock, B8 3AA
- Tuesday 8th July 2025 9.30am – 3pm, Hodge Hill Family Hub (Dyson Garden's Children's Centre), Highfield Road, Saltley, B8 3QF
- Wednesday 13th August 2025 9.30am – 3pm, Edgbaston Family Hub (Doddington Children's Centre), 28 Doddington Grove, B32 4EL
- Monday 18th August 2025 9.30am – 3pm, Erdington Family Hub (Lakeside Children's Centre), 22 Lakes Road, B23 7UH
Early Words Together
Early Words Together by National Literacy Trust is a DfE approved programme that aims to support the communication, language, and early literacy of young children aged 3-4 through evidence-based activities which lead to improvements in their home learning environments. The programme is delivered to small groups of families over 6 weeks, led by practitioners and volunteers. It empowers parents to develop and enrich the home learning environment and support their child's early language and literacy.
Programme Aims
- Support communication, language, and early literacy of children aged 3–4 through evidence-based activities.
- Improve confidence and understanding of children’s language development.
- Support sustained positive changes to the home learning environment (HLE).
- Foster partnerships between practitioners and families, and across local systems.
- Close the language gap among children of different socio-economic classes.
Programme Objectives
- Close the language gap among children of different socio-economic statuses.
- Improve HLE as parents feel empowered as their child’s first educator.
- Foster educator-parent partnerships.
- Build practitioner networks using evidence-based strategies.
- Raise community expectations for children’s communication, language, and literacy (CLL) development.
Programme Content
- One-day practitioner training by the National Literacy Trust.
- Toolkits with six detailed session plans.
- Project management support including training, implementation, QA, and network facilitation.
- Volunteer training for peer support.
- Pre- and post-surveys for evaluation (provided by the Trust).
Benefits
- Parental Engagement: Improved communication and mutual understanding between parents and practitioners.
- Parental Awareness: Parents learn the importance of play and conversation.
- Home Learning: Parents gain ideas and confidence to support learning at home.
- Child Development: Improved school readiness and classroom outcomes.
This training is FREE and suitable for all Birmingham Early Years Providers, EEE Funding Registered Day Nurseries, Nursery Schools and School Nursery Classes, Childminders, Family Hubs and Children’s Centre settings.
Please complete the expression of interest form below to apply for a place on the Early Words Together programme by National Literacy Trust. Please note that spaces are limited, with capacity for only 30 settings to participate in Birmingham. The programme is funded by the DfE's Family Hubs initiative and all resources for families will be provided at no extra cost. To take part, your setting must have adequate space for families and children to work together. The programme is expected to begin in Autumn term 2 and continue through Spring term 2026. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please register your place here:
Green Schools Project + Solar for Schools: Supporting your journey to zero carbon
Join our webinar on Tuesday, 1 July to learn how Green Schools Project (GSP) and Solar for Schools (SfS) are working in partnership to help schools and pupils across the UK take climate action and reduce carbon emissions.
This session will highlight how we can support your school/s to:
- Kickstart your decarbonisation journey with a free solar feasibility study
- Enhance climate education through GSP’s award-winning Zero Carbon Schools programme
- Use solar as a springboard for school-wide learning and action
Date: Tuesday 1st July
Time: 11:00 – 11:45 am
Location:
Register now to take your next step towards a more sustainable school future.
Let’s work together to decarbonise schools and empower young climate leaders.
For any queries or further information, please contact Danielle Parker at daniellep@solarforschools.co.uk.
Free Online Training for Schools – Supporting Siblings of Disabled Children and Adults
Sibs – For brothers and sisters of disabled children and adults () – is the only UK charity dedicated to representing the needs of siblings.
Sibs is offering free online introductory sessions for school and education staff. These sessions will explore the key challenges faced by young siblings, highlight recent research, and introduce practical resources that schools can use to support siblings more effectively.
Upcoming sessions:
- Monday, 29th September – 10:00am to 10:30am
- Monday, 24th November – 10:00am to 10:30am
Booking is essential as places are limited.
Register here: