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Do you know what DFC is?

What can you spend it on? What can’t you spend it on? How or when you use revenue funding to pay for a capital project? How do you account for it in Civica?

All these questions and more will be answered in this session. We will be joined by Caroline Walsh from the Corporate Capital team so if there is anything you ever wanted to know about Capital income and spending, please come along.

There will be plenty of opportunities to ask your own questions during the session.

Open to all school staff with financial responsibilities.

These sessions for headteachers and senior leaders will cover an overview of the expectations and information outlined in the Ofsted handbook and the context this provides for school improvement and leadership. Sessions will cover:

• Overview of the key judgements and statutory expectations
• Focus on quality of education
• Evaluating your curriculum

If you are a school supported by a South Gloucestershire Challenge and Support Partner you may wish to attend Ensuring Effectiveness in the School Improvement Cycle in the context of the Ofsted Framewo ...

‘Anyone who says writing is easy isn’t doing it right!’ (Amy Joy, author)

This is a sentiment seemingly shared by many - a brief search of the internet for quotes about the writing process results in a multitude of quips about the difficulties of writing fiction. It is no wonder that children find narrative writing tricky: even keen and competent readers can struggle when it comes to wrestling with the complexities of storytelling.

Narrative is complex because it demands not only creativity but also the manipulation of plot, charac ...

This session is for Early Career Teachers and is suitable for both primary and secondary teachers working in mainstream schools.

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice states that not only is the class/ subject teacher responsible and accountable for all the pupils in their class, including those with SEN, but also high quality teaching is the first step in responding to pupils who have, or may have, SEN.

In this session we will explore what we mean by High Quality Teaching and the benefits of ensuring this is the first response to SEN.
The sessi ...

Are you teaching or leading RE in your school? Need some ideas, inspiration, support and advice?

Join our free termly hub group, for anyone involved with the teaching of RE. Share inspiration and subject knowledge from visiting speakers, exchange curriculum ideas and resources with other local teachers and subject leaders and keep informed of all local and national developments in the subject.

This Spring term, join us online for a session from Matt Evans, local speaker with Humanists UK who will offer us some ideas for explaining and exploring Humanist ...

This course is for administrators that process changes to the school roll and export or import common transfer files (CTFs) and update the student data within SIMS.

This event is free to attend, for the first candidate attending from settings that subscribe to the IMS team's support service. There is a charge of £45 for any additional candidates attending the same event and for non-subscribing schools. If you have any queries about this event, or to arrange on-site training, please contact the IMS Support Team on 01454 86 5300.

Delegates will be contacted three days be ...

Please note that this is a repeat of the course that was run on 5 November ( ASSM/22/249). So, if you attended that session you will not need not attend this one.

This briefing will support all Year 6 teachers in fully understanding the end of KS2 statutory assessment procedures. The briefing will give feedback on the Y6 writing moderation visits from 2022 as well as update teachers on the administration the SATS for reading, maths, and GPS.

The final teacher assessment at the end of KS2 for 2023 also means the continuation of external moderation visits. Thi ...

This is your opportunity to bring any School Fund type questions to us or get advice on any aspect of School Funds.

We will tell you what your School Fund should and should not be used for and what records you should be keeping.

We will have an example of a good transactions spreadsheet that takes minimal input to reconcile to your bank statement.

Open to any school staff who are involved in their School Fund.

The cost of this course is £20 to South Gloucestershire Maintained Schools only (not open to other schools)

Delegates will be contacted t ...

This course, aimed primarily at new Attendance Officers in primary schools, will cover statutory session Attendance requirements. New secondary school Attendance officers using Lesson Monitor would also benefit from the course as the underlying principles and use of both products are similar.

This event is free to attend, for the first candidate attending from settings that subscribe to the IMS team's support service. There is a charge of £45 for any additional candidates attending the same event and for non-subscribing schools. If you have any queries about this event, or to ...