Kennington CE Academy entered a competition for Ashford Borough Council and their picture has been put up in Ashford Railway Station. Congratulations to all involved.

Charing Primary School hosted St Peter and St Paul’s Good Friday ‘Messy Church’ this afternoon with the Archbishop of Canterbury joining the children and their parents. Everybody had a great time. Thanks to all those who organised and supported this event.

150 years’ Celebration of Charing Primary School Charing Primary School is 150 years old on Friday 13th January 2023. To celebrate this amazing event, we would like to invite former and present pupils, staff, parents, governors and residents of the village to visit us for a tour of the school. Visitors will be able to observe how it has changed over the years; whilst hopefully bringing back some happy memories and perhaps even rekindling old friendships. There will be an exhibition in the School Hall at the end of the tour to illustrate the changes to the school across the years. The tour will take place on Saturday 14th January 2023. If you would like to take part, please complete the form provided and select one of the available time slots. Please note if there is a high demand, we will add extra time slots. The form can be accessed by clicking the link below https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=G-qhY5Bt70u_SHYtsvnOEvuYMDD1PL5FhQ3_qbeIyqpUQkY1RVVXNE1VUVpWQzAxSzNOTklEQ09YQi4u We are also asking former pupils, staff, governors or parents to email or send to the school office any old school photos, accounts or items of interest from their school days for the exhibition. Thank you in anticipation. The school office email is office@charing.kent.sch.uk. If you would like to help us collect and organise the exhibition materials, please contact the office. To enable this event to be a success, we need this message to be spread loudly and far and wide! This is why we are contacting you so far in advance. Please help spread the word by sharing this message to anyone you know who has previously been connected with the school either by word of mouth or on social media platforms. The history of our school is fascinating and a microcosm of national progress across the years. It deserves to be celebrated so together let’s make this event one that will be remembered for ever. Thank you in advance for your support. Kind regards, Mr Bird Head of School  

We would like to congratulate Archbishop Courtenay on coming 4th in the Invicta Maths Challenge.  

Congratulations St Georges CEP School on winning a Green School Award 2021! Good Afternoon, I am writing to inform you that your school has been selected to receive a prestigious Green School Award for your nomination "Beach Clean" in the Nature Conservation Category.    We would like to invite you to the Green School Awards event on Thursday 25th November 2021 at Ashford International Hotel, Simone Weil Ave, Ashford, TN24 8UX. Check-in will commence from 10.00am, with the awards starting at 10.30am and concluding by 12.30pm.  We would love to include a mini video clip at the event showing your amazing project. If you would like to send something through (for ease it could just be taken on a mobile device), please email it to me by 17th October 2021. Please make sure it’s less than 1 minute long and filmed in landscape format. We have 4 tickets for your school and would ask that at least 2 of these are given to children involved in the project. Please can you let me know you have received this email straight away, then confirm your attendance and everybody’s names by 17th October 2021.  We will send confirmation and final details before the event. Please let us know if you have any special requirements. Please check both child protection and parental permission forms for children attending, as their names may be used in conjunction with both filming and photography.  The event coverage may be published in printed newspapers, media websites, social media and our own charity's publications.    We really hope you will be able to join us.  If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.   With kind regards Karen Brinkman General Manager KM Charity Team / Inspire Schools KM Charity Team, 10 Estuary View Business Park, Whitstable, CT5 3SE www.kmcharityteam.co.uk  

National Professional Qualifications Announcement  NPQ-Eligibility-leaflet.pdf Today (Tuesday 12 October 2021) the Department for Education has announced updated funding eligibility criteria for the reformed suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) and published new frameworks for upcoming qualifications in Leading Literacy (NPQLL) and Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL). From autumn 2021 the Department of Education will be introducing a new and updated suite of NPQs to offer the best possible support to teachers and leaders to help them become more effective teachers and leaders inside and outside the classroom.  The three existing NPQs in Senior Leadership, Headship and Executive Leadership have been refreshed, ensuring that they are underpinned by the latest evidence of what works. The existing Middle Leadership NPQ has also been replaced with three new specialist NPQs to best address the broad range of responsibilities of current and aspiring middle leaders. These specialist areas cover:  National Professional Qualification for Leading Teacher Development:  Supporting the training and development of others, including early career teachers.  National Professional Qualification for Leading Teaching:  Developing teachers who are subject leads or responsible for improving teaching practice in a subject or phase.  National Professional Qualification for Leading Behaviour and Culture  Developing teachers who have responsibilities for leading behaviour and culture.  The frameworks have been developed in consultation with an expert advisory group with specialists from across the education system and clearly sets out the content that participants should know and be able to do after completing an NPQ. Provider’s of NPQs will use these frameworks to design their courses.  Funding  As part of the government’s long-term education recovery plan, £184 million of new funding for NPQs was announced on 2 June 2021 to be spent over the course of this parliament.  Teachers and leaders employed in state funded schools, and state funded organisations that offer 16-19 places, in England will be able to access a fully funded NPQ from Autumn 2021, to support teachers and pupils following the disruption to learning faced as a result of COVID-19.  Access to funding remains conditional on successful validation of participants’ registration information against Teaching Regulation Agency records, so you must ensure that the information supplied to your NPQ provider matches your teacher record. You can check and update your record via the Teaching Regulation Agency’ Teacher Self-Service Portal.  If you are not eligible for scholarship funding, you can still undertake an NPQ and should contact your local teaching school hub, lead provider or other delivery partners directly.  Expansion of the reformed suite: NPQs available from autumn 2022. To ensure national professional qualifications continue to offer the best possible support to teachers and leaders wanting to expand their knowledge and skills, we are introducing two additional NPQs which will be available from autumn 2022.  The 2022 NPQs comprise the:  National Professional Qualification for Leading Literacy (NPQLL) – for teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading literacy across a school, year group, key stage or phase.  National Professional Qualification for Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL) – for leaders qualified to at least Level 3 with a full and relevant qualification who are, or are aspiring to be, managers of Private, Voluntary and Independent nurseries, headteachers of school-based or maintained nurseries, or childminders with leadership responsibilities.  As for the 2021 suite of NPQs, each of these NPQs is underpinned by a new content framework, setting out what participants should know and be able to do after completing an NPQ.  You can access the content frameworks for the 2022 NPQs at National professional qualification frameworks: from autumn 2021.  Further details in relation to the procurement and funding for these qualifications will be announced in due course. 

National Professional Qualifications Announcement  NPQ-Eligibility-leaflet.pdf Today (Tuesday 12 October 2021) the Department for Education has announced updated funding eligibility criteria for the reformed suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) and published new frameworks for upcoming qualifications in Leading Literacy (NPQLL) and Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL)  From autumn 2021 the Department of Education will be introducing a new and updated suite of NPQs to offer the best possible support to teachers and leaders to help them become more effective teachers and leaders inside and outside the classroom.  The three existing NPQs in Senior Leadership, Headship and Executive Leadership have been refreshed, ensuring that they are underpinned by the latest evidence of what works. The existing Middle Leadership NPQ has also been replaced with three new specialist NPQs to best address the broad range of responsibilities of current and aspiring middle leaders. These specialist areas cover:    National Professional Qualification for Leading Teacher Development:  Supporting the training and development of others, including early career teachers.  National Professional Qualification for Leading Teaching:  Developing teachers who are subject leads or responsible for improving teaching practice in a subject or phase.  National Professional Qualification for Leading Behaviour and Culture Developing teachers who have responsibilities for leading behaviour and culture.  The frameworks have been developed in consultation with an expert advisory group with specialists from across the education system and clearly sets out the content that participants should know and be able to do after completing an NPQ.  Providers of NPQs will use these frameworks to design their courses.  Funding  As part of the government’s long-term education recovery plan, £184 million of new funding for NPQs was announced on 2 June 2021 to be spent over the course of this parliament.  Teachers and leaders employed in state funded schools, and state funded organisations that offer 16-19 places, in England will be able to access a fully funded NPQ from Autumn 2021, to support teachers and pupils following the disruption to learning faced as a result of COVID-19.  Access to funding remains conditional on successful validation of participants’ registration information against Teaching Regulation Agency records, so you must ensure that the information supplied to your NPQ provider matches your teacher record. You can check and update your record via the Teaching Regulation Agency’ Teacher Self-Service Portal.  If you are not eligible for scholarship funding, you can still undertake an NPQ and should contact your local teaching school hub, lead provider or other delivery partners directly.  Expansion of the reformed suite: NPQs available from autumn 2022  To ensure national professional qualifications continue to offer the best possible support to teachers and leaders wanting to expand their knowledge and skills, we are introducing two additional NPQs which will be available from autumn 2022.  The 2022 NPQs comprise the:  National Professional Qualification for Leading Literacy (NPQLL) – for teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading literacy across a school, year group, key stage or phase.  National Professional Qualification for Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL) – for leaders qualified to at least Level 3 with a full and relevant qualification who are, or are aspiring to be, managers of Private, Voluntary and Independent nurseries, headteachers of school-based or maintained nurseries, or childminders with leadership responsibilities.  As for the 2021 suite of NPQs, each of these NPQs is underpinned by a new content framework, setting out what participants should know and be able to do after completing an NPQ.  You can access the content frameworks for the 2022 NPQs at National professional qualification frameworks: from autumn 2021.  Further details in relation to the procurement and funding for these qualifications will be announced in due course. 

On Wednesday, we had two very special visitors to our school! Bishop Rose and Reverend Melissa joined us during the morning. They visited every class and the children were able to ask Bishop Rose questions. Bishop Rose also taught KS1 a lovely song. It was a wonderful visit which we all enjoyed!