hackneyservicesforschools.co.uk
services for schools 2014/2015 SERVICE GUIDE
Contents 03 Welcome 04 School Improvement 40 Pupil Support 50 Business Services 72 Professional Training 74 Publications 80 Our promise to you 82 How to order 83 Order form 85 Index of services
WELCOME We are Hackney Learning Trust. We have a passion for challenging and supporting schools and academies: to enable them to achieve outstanding performance. We have a track record of translating this passion into the delivery of successful results; not just in Hackney but nationally.
All our services can be found on our traded services website: www.hackneyservicesfor schools.co.uk
The success the Trust has had in transforming schools was epitomised by the words of former Education Secretary of State, Estelle Morris when in 2012 she described our work in Hackney as a ‘revolution in a decade’. Today the accolades from the leaders of education continue as does the Trust’s successful programme of school improvement. In the latest report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw has once again singled Hackney out for a spectacular rise in performance.
If you have a smart phone, with a QR app, you can get a fast mobile link to the website by scanning the Quick Response code below.
Our services are not constrained to the borough of Hackney but extend to other London boroughs and schools and academies across England. An ever rising amount of our work comes from these sources.
Services for Schools Hackney Learning Trust 1 Reading Lane London E8 1GQ
Our focus on great outcomes rather than big profits differentiates us from other organisations who offer similar services to ours. We have always operated on a not-for-profit basis, investing any surpluses we make into maintaining and improving the quality of our services.
CONTACT US
T. 020 8820 7378 E. s4s@learningtrust.co.uk hackneyservicesforschools.co.uk
Our biggest strength, however, is our affinity with you. We build partnerships rather than customer relationships because our teams have experience in schools. Led by former headteachers, we have the expertise, knowledge and empathy to support you and improve your school’s performance. The range of what we have to offer you is extensive. So whether you are looking to develop leadership in your teachers or want better payroll and finance management, we hope you will find the services that meet your needs. Please take the time to look through this guide and let us know what interests you. If you cannot find the service you need, please contact us and we will do our utmost to find a solution to your challenge. If we are not one already, we would like to be one of your partners.
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school improvement SUPPORTING YOUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT JOURNEY
06 Governor Services 08 Music Service
Leadership & MANAGEMENT 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17
Developing Leadership and Management Young People’s Education and Skills Ofsted Readiness Check Assessment Data in the Classroom One Day Review Headteacher Performance Management Developing Middle Leadership Personalised Leadership Coaching Parental Involvement and Engagement
EARLY YEARS 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Early Years Review and Planning Leading the EYFS True Partnership Working with Parents Assessment in Early Years Using Data in Early Years Developing the Literacy Diet Better Environments, Better Outcomes in Early Years Improving Outcomes During Transitions
TEACHING & LEARNING 26 Primary Teaching and Learning Support 27 Secondary Teaching and Learning Support 28 The LIT Programme 29 Assessment for Learning 30 The Hackney Reading Standard (Year 7) 31 Learning with iPads 32 ICT/Computing curriculum support programme 33 Effective learning by assessing pupil progress in foundation subjects 34 Every Child a Reader 35 Year 1 Daily Supported Reading Programme 36 Writing Support 37 Humanities and RE 37 Arts Class 38 New to Science Teaching Support Programme 39 Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) and Behaviour
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GOVERNOR SERVICES
COnTACT DETAILS
Professional clerking and independent strategic advice, training and support for school governors.
The Governor Services team assists the governing body in meeting its statutory duties and in its role to monitor the achievement of pupils, teaching quality, leadership effectiveness and the behaviour and safety of pupils, through the provision of strategic advice, guidance and support for school governors and by managing the administration of governing body meetings. The service provides specialist training for governors on all aspects of their role and holds an annual Governors’ Conference where current educational issues are presented and discussed. Our skilled and experienced staff ensures that the following meetings, hearings and panels are administered professionally in accordance with proper practice and are documented through an effective clerking service: • governing body and committee meetings • exclusion and parental complaint hearings • independent review panels The team also maintains databases of governing body essential records.
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Benefits of the Service The service enables governing bodies and individual governors to undertake their role in the most effective manner through strategic advice and focused training and through experienced support when difficult issues arise. Through the professional clerking services, efficient record keeping is maintained and governing bodies are assured that they are acting in accordance with statutory requirements and within their remit. As a result governors are able to focus on their key concern – the achievement and well-being of the school’s pupils. Services Provided At No Charge (for Hackney maintained schools) • Emergency advice on governance issues • Making LA governor appointments • Clerking and advice on independent review panels (chargeable for nonmaintained schools)
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7369 or email governorservices@learningtrust.co.uk
“We buy into the Clerking and Governor Training, all of which are very well organised, well run and well delivered. When I have queries somebody is always there with good advice.” Headteacher, Primary School
“Training is excellent. Guidance in Governor Body meetings is always of a high standard” Governor, Primary School
“We are extremely satisfied with the clerking service that we receive and have recently extended this service to include our Finance Committee meetings. We receive valuable and very useful advice from our clerk.” “I feel they are very good value for money.“ Chairs of Governors in recent survey
• Governors Newsletter
SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
GOVERNOR SERVICES Chargeable Services Full Service Package Schools can purchase this service which includes the following: • Basic Support Service • Clerking Services (three or six meetings) • Central Training Programme Basic Support Service • Membership of ‘Chairs of Governors’ group email and updates • Termly letter to chairs with pro forma agenda and briefing papers • Comprehensive advice and guidance on all matters of governance • Database with governing body constitution, appointments and terms of office • Membership of National Governors Association
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Governors Package 1a for schools with 1–15 govs (three clerking body meetings)
04/GOV/018
£2,350
Governors Package 1b for schools with 16+ govs (three clerking body meetings)
04/GOV/019
£2,720
Governors Package 2a for schools with 1–15 govs (six clerking body meetings)
04/GOV/020
£3,205
Governors Package 2b for schools with 16+ govs (six clerking body meetings)
04/GOV/021
£3,580
Basic Support Service – 1–15 governors
04/GOV/001
£975
Basic Support Service – 16+ governors
04/GOV/002
£1,175
Clerking Service – three governor body meetings per annum
04/GOV/003
£1,200
Clerking Service – six governor body meetings per annum
04/GOV/004
£2,120
• Optional chargeable clerking services are provided for clerking, advice and guidance for panels, such as exclusion and parental complaint hearings.
Clerking Service – additional governor body meeting whether ordinary or special – per meeting
04/GOV/005
£400
Clerking Service – committee meetings – per meeting
04/GOV/006
£300
• Clerking and advice on independent review panels is also available at a charge for Hackney non-maintained schools.
Clerking Service – panel hearings (e.g. complaints, exclusions) - per hearing
04/GOV/009
£450
Governor Training – central programme – 1–15 governors or per federation
04/GOV/011
£350
Governor Training – central programme – 16+ governors or per federation
04/GOV/012
£550
Governor Training – bespoke in-school
04/GOV/013
POA
• Modern Governor on-line training.
Modern Governor on-line training – primary schools – per school
04/GOV/014
£89
• Bespoke, school-based, whole governing body training sessions.
Modern Governor on-line training – secondary schools – per school
04/GOV/015
£99
Individual Governor Training Sessions
04/GOV/017
£90
Governing Body meeting papers for service package 1a
04/GOV/022
£250
Governing Body meeting papers for service package 1b
04/GOV/023
£280
Governing Body meeting papers for service package 2a
04/GOV/024
£400
Governing Body meeting papers for service package 2b
04/GOV/025
£460
Clerking Services These services are available for purchase only for those schools buying into the Basic Support Service: • Clerking of governing body and committee meetings. • Advice and support for chairs of governing bodies and committees. • The clerking service offer includes access to a database containing: -- attendance records -- committee membership -- terms of reference and delegation -- the register of pecuniary interests -- procedures and policies.
Training Services • Central training programme and induction is based at the Tomlinson Centre. This includes Induction packs for new governors.
N.B The clerking service will use electronic distribution of governing body meeting papers (but paper copies will be provided for up to 5 governors that do not have electronic access). For governing bodies requiring paper copies of meeting papers a charge will be applied.
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MUSIC SERVICE
COnTACT DETAILS
Engaging schools and pupils in high quality, motivational musical experiences.
Our Music Service is one of the best you will find, but you don’t have to just take our word for it: in two external reviews, the Federation of Music Services rated our service as ‘outstanding’. We were also a finalist in the 2013 Rhinegold National Music Education Awards for Music Education Hub Innovation.
SERVICES PROVIDED Instrumental and Vocal Tuition • Regular tuition from experienced/ qualified instrumental and vocal tutors using a complete range of instruments for a minimum of two hours a week during term time.
The secret to our success? A responsive and flexible service with talented teachers, exciting partnerships with world-class ensembles, organisations and high quality local groups, as well as an array of large-scale performance opportunities. These, coupled with our pathways for the most gifted, mean that our students are now studying at some of the best conservatoires in the country. Unlock the potential of your young musicians by working with us.
• A basic stock of loan instruments is provided to Hackney schools as part of the package (guitar, violin, viola, cello, trumpet, trombone, flute, clarinet and saxophone).
• Our team of experienced and qualified music professionals support students of all standards, helping them to start and develop their musical skills. The service also identifies and develops talented students. • Our services culminate in major performances by pupils in public venues. BENEFITS OF THE SERVICE The Music Service supports pupils of all standards to sustain and enrich their musical experiences and develop their personal self confidence in performing by: • providing access to instrumental and vocal opportunities • providing expert tuition and access to instruments and resources
For more information on this service please call 020 7241 7408 or email musicservice@learningtrust.co.uk
“The service provided by the Music Service is exemplary. Its provision is comprehensive and support is always available and appropriate” Music teacher at Stormont School
The service is renewed automatically each year unless schools give half a term’s notice in writing. First Access Introductory Music Programmes (primary schools). • Whole Class Tuition – for new instruments. -- The programme can be delivered using either existing instruments or by introducing new instruments to the school. -- This year-long programme provides one term of whole-class instrumental tuition (e.g. 45 minutes per class) followed by two terms of charged small group tuition. -- In terms 2 & 3, a tutor will continue for at least two hours each week to teach those pupils who wish to continue to develop their skills with the instrument. -- In most cases, instruments are provided and included in the cost of the programme.
• Whole Class instrument taster scheme for tuition already in place. -- This is designed to act as a ‘feeder’ for existing instrumental tuition in the school. It covers a whole class during a morning or afternoon. -- Different instruments can be offered in five week cycles to meet the needs of each school. -- Children can try out instruments for a minimum period of 10 weeks to help them decide which instrument to play. -- Classes are three hours a week, including assessment. The whole class is taught in small groups of up to six for five half-hour sessions, mornings or afternoons. The First Access programmes meet a key requirement of the DfE National Plan for Music Education, which is to provide every child with the opportunity to learn a musical instrument.
• creating performance opportunities for young people • developing musical pathways and progression routes for talented young people • working in partnership with professional partners to broaden students’ musical experiences • offering advice and guidance on the music curriculum • supporting and monitoring progress in music for all, using national curriculum levels and graded music examination levels as appropriate.
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
MUSIC SERVICE Specialist Music Support • In-school vocal and classroom instrumental support (primary schools) -- A vocal specialist provides two hours’ weekly or fortnightly support for a 10 week term. -- Get the whole school singing and help improve the singing standards of students. An accompanist and a vocal coach can work with the whole school or key stages through assemblies. -- Vocal coaches support class teachers, providing all necessary resources and materials. -- Developing and supporting school choirs. An advisory teacher will help you set up a choir and advise on suitable repertoire. -- Any other bespoke vocal programmes are available on request. Residencies and Projects • Performers in Schools (primary and secondary schools) -- Professional musicians will visit your school to inspire students through performance and interactive workshops. • African Drumming and Dance Residency -- Whole-class African drumming and dance workshops, playing djembes, singing and dancing. -- Three hours a week for a 10 week term. Extra weeks can be purchased. -- Wednesday morning sessions cater for three classes, Wednesday afternoon sessions can cater for two classes with an after-school club. -- The material taught is performed at the end of the residency. • Carnival Samba -- Whole class Samba workshops. -- One hour per class for a 10 week term, leading to a performance at the end of the residency. -- Instruments are provided as part of the programme.
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SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Instrumental/Vocal Tutors
18/MUS/028
POA
Whole Class Instrumental Tuition (new instruments) per year
18/MUS/016
POA
Whole Class Instrument Taster Scheme existing tuition (term)
18/MUS/017
POA
In-School Vocal & Classroom Instrumental Support
18/MUS/022
POA
Performers in Schools: Additional Assembly Performances
18/MUS/027
POA
African Drumming & Dance Residency
18/MUS/024
POA
Carnival Samba Project (per class)
18/MUS/026
POA
Infant Singing Festival (per school)
18/MUS/018
POA
Junior Singing Festival (per school)
18/MUS/019
POA
KS3 Singing Festival (per school)
18/MUS/023
POA
Instrumental Festival (per school)
18/MUS/020
POA
Dance Festival (per school)
18/MUS/021
POA
Instrument Carriage (HMS collection & delivery of instruments between schools and venue for events)
18/MUS/038
POA
Music Projects
18/MUS/036
POA
Graded Examinations (Eg: ABRSM, Trinity Guildhall)
18/MUS/037
POA
Music Curriculum Support
18/MUS/029
POA
Music Consultancy
18/MUS/030
POA
Music Training for staff
18/MUS/031
POA
Instrument Hire
18/MUS/032
POA
Music Event Management
18/MUS/025
POA
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MUSIC SERVICE Music Festivals and Events A range of inspirational events for participating schools. These allow pupils to showcase their skills in public performances and gain personal confidence in performing with their peers. The annual Schools Music Festival is a culmination of schools’ work and a showcase for musical excellence. • Infant Singing Festival • Junior Singing Festival • KS3 Singing Festival • Instrumental Festival (primary and secondary) • Dance Festival (primary and secondary) • Autumn Gala Evening (by invitation) • Partnership Projects with over 30 Network Partners Transportation of musical instruments for events (e.g. festivals and galas) can be arranged at a cost upon request. Music Projects Music based projects of all kinds, tailored to specific requirements identified by the school. These might involve partnerships with other music organisations, music technology and songwriting projects, using iPads in music lessons, composition projects, technical assistance with school performances and recordings, or many other possibilities.
INSET and Training • Music training for staff -- Comprehensive range of musicrelated INSET and training, tailored to the specific needs of your school staff. -- Subjects range from INSET for class teachers, schemes of work and exam board options to music technology and systems for managing visiting instrumental tutors. Bulk Instrument Hire (Hackney primary and secondary schools) • Instrument loan scheme to schools -- Those available are: viola, cello, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, electric guitar outfit, bass guitar outfit. -- A minimum of four instruments can be hired each year.
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 7241 7408 or email musicservice@learningtrust.co.uk
“We absolutely love the effort and time the Music Service put into the Hackney Music Festival each year – a very enjoyable experience” Head of St John of Jerusalem Primary School
Music Event Management We are able to offer bespoke event management services including PA Hire and engineers, logistical and technical support, for indoor and outdoor events of any type.
Graded Examinations (e.g. ABRSM, Trinity Guildhall) Candidates can be entered for graded performance exams twice yearly. Consultancy • Music Curriculum Support -- A music specialist will visit you to provide advice and support on the delivery of your music curriculum. -- Support for teachers in developing their own schemes of work. • Music Consultancy -- Support with monitoring and evaluation of teachers and/or tutors employed directly by schools. -- Assistance with lesson observations of primary non-specialist teachers delivering curriculum music. -- Help to devise musical projects and develop resources to meet the needs of individual schools. -- Bespoke training for music teachers and non-specialists, including team-teaching and coaching.
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Developing Leadership and Management
COnTACT DETAILS
Increasing capacity throughout the education cycle.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
All our advisers are either former Headteachers or have held senior leadership roles in schools or post-16 settings. They have a proven track record of developing leadership and management capacity and have immense expertise in areas such as whole-school improvement, succession planning, developing middle and aspiring leaders and training governors. Benefits of the service • You will benefit from the support of a skilled, experienced team with wide ranging experience of school leadership and management. • We can help you with any of the following: -- School Improvement Priorities and the support required for the year ahead. -- Access to a Leadership and Management Adviser who will provide initial support with the school’s self evaluation cycle. -- Statutory support for EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4. -- Commissioning 16–18 education. -- Providing advice and support to schools to ensure smooth transition/ smooth progression at KS3/KS4 for LDD/SEN pupils. -- INSET/ongoing consultancy and intervention from a Leadership and Management Adviser for schools that have been designated within a category or identified as requiring additional support through the Good to Great schools policy. Leadership & Management packages • Our early years, primary, secondary and 14–19 specialists provide a range of leadership and management training advice and consultancy in many areas. Many of these are highlighted in the pages that follow. Bespoke Leadership & Management packages • We also provide bespoke support to individual LAs or schools to develop leadership capability.
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SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Leadership & Management package Level 1 – 3 days in schools
10/LAM/001
£2,500
Leadership & Management package Level 2 – 5 days in schools
10/LAM/002
£3,500
Leadership & Management package Level 3 – 7 days in schools
10/LAM/003
£4,500
Additional days to support Leadership & Management package
10/LAM/004
£550
Ad – hoc days for schools not purchasing Leadership & Management package
10/LAM/005
£650
Bespoke Leadership and Management Support (Typical date rate is £650.)
10/LAM/017
POA
Core package for non-maintained Hackney schools and elsewhere (Typical date rate is £650.)
10/LAM/018
POA
SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Young People’s Education and Skills
COnTACT DETAILS
We offer support for the whole range of issues and challenges facing those working with young people aged 11 to 24.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
From curriculum development and starting up or expanding sixth forms to Apprenticeships, we can provide expert advice and support to improve results. The service supports institutions and other Local Authorities responsible for the education of 11–24 year olds to help them improve outcomes for those young people. Benefits of the service • The service fosters and builds on long term relationships, identifying key priority areas to allow accurate targeting of commissioned services. • The service participates in key panLondon strategic bodies such as London Councils, and working crossborough ensures that existing good practice and innovative approaches to areas requiring improvement are applied. Services Provided • Bespoke packages can be developed for individual clients covering areas such as: -- curriculum development for post-16, Level 1 progression, vocational and specialist learning (including teaching and learning development, subject specific consultancy support, moderation, assessment and quality assurance, moving learners from passive to active participants, work based learning, CEIAG and enterprise education) -- post 16 leadership and management for schools and colleges -- performance measures (including understanding performance tables, progression measures and value added systems such as Alps) -- preparation for Ofsted including lesson observations with tailored follow up coaching -- Apprenticeships (including strategic support for LAs, employers or providers) -- Raising the Participation Age (including CEIAG and statutory requirements)
-- SEN (including YPLA returns, moderation of annual reviews and S139a process, funding methodology and introduction of person centred planning) -- Data (including interpretation and returns) -- funding applications for government grants and funds for provision for 11–24 year olds -- sixth form start-up/expansion (including submissions to EFA, strategic and curriculum planning) -- development of strategies and action plans • Training, conferences or events can be provided for an individual client or group of clients as required. They can be held at the school or college or at our conference centre in East London, The Tomlinson Centre.
Sixth form capacity in Hackney increased by 500 places after successful bids, totalling over £3m, were coordinated by the service. Specialist qualifications have seen improvements from entry level to level 3 (in some instances achieving 100% pass rates). All Hackney institutions now offer Level 1 progression programmes to students in KS4, and many students are progressing to level 2 courses post 16. Support for SEN Post 16 transition has improved destinations for young people. London Borough of Tower Hamlets has commissioned the service to oversee Apprenticeship developments in the borough.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Young People’s Education and Skills Support (Typical date rate is £650.)
10/LAM/006
POA
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Sixth forms have improved in both academic and vocational results; Hackney is now one of the most improved boroughs in London for Level 3 A Level and BTEC provision.
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Ofsted Readiness Check
COnTACT DETAILS
Our school improvement team will enable you to meet the challenges of an Ofsted inspection before it happens.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
We are able to provide schools with a bespoke Ofsted readiness check. Our experienced leadership and management advisers will tailor a package to support you and your staff in preparation for your next inspection. Depending on your needs, our Ofsted readiness check can include any of the following: • Evaluation of the SEF, RAISEonline and School Improvement Plan • Analysis of in-school tracking data • Work scrutiny • Observations of teaching and learning with senior leaders from the school. This will give you external validation of the quality of teaching and learning over time • Discussions with school leaders, governors and pupils • Review of key documentation.
Our work culminates with leaders/ governors receiving verbal feedback identifying the main strengths and areas for development. This will be followed by a written report. Benefits of the service As a result of this support school leaders will: • understand the requirements of the latest Ofsted inspection handbook so that they can focus and prioritise their preparation • be able to present a convincing and compelling evaluation of the school’s achievements and context • identify where systems, evidence and impact analysis need further development and how this might be achieved • know the key actions to be taken to prepare for an inspection.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Ofsted Readiness Check
10/LAM/010
£1300
“The Ofsted leaflet proved most helpful, as did the work you did with preparing governors and middle leaders for the Ofsted experience…we felt well prepared and reassured following your input.”
Services Provided The service and support may cover: • inspection and self-inspection evidence, impact statements and the language of self- evaluation • understanding grade descriptions and the subsidiary guidance • coaching for leaders at all levels including the governing body • how to produce and write a good quality self- evaluation report.
Assessment Data in the Classroom
COnTACT DETAILS
How confident are your teachers at using data to provide differentiated learning experiences?
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
We deliver in-school training which helps teachers develop their skills in using assessment data to evaluate learning and plan lessons that provide differentiated learning experiences for individual pupils and groups.
• improved knowledge and understanding of the critical steps and actions learners should take to raise their standards.
Participants will acquire a greater understanding of using assessment to support planning, shape teaching and measure its impact on learning.
• analysing and interpreting pupil level assessment data
Benefits of the Service Participants in this training will be able to demonstrate: • use of assessment data to plan lessons that meet the needs of your pupils • confidence in using level descriptions and assessment criteria to set precise learning outcomes
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Services Provided Training will cover:
• using assessment tools to look at attainment levels, measure progress and identify next steps for pupils • taking samples of work, national curriculum levels and average point scores to plan lessons and shape learning activities that will help pupils improve their standard. SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Assessment Data in the Classroom training (Typical date rate is £650.)
10/LAM/015
POA
SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
One Day Review
COnTACT DETAILS
A short focused review of school leadership, management and teaching.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
We can offer a condensed, bespoke one-day review of a key aspect of the school’s work – highlighting both effective practice and next steps. The review can focus on an issue raised in an Ofsted inspection or on aspects identified through your own self-evaluation. Recent reviews have focused on quality first teaching, the use of data to support precision teaching, assessment for learning, marking and feedback and the identification of any underperforming groups. One Day Reviews are carried out in partnership with the school. Verbal feedback is given at the end of the day. A written report, linked to the grade descriptors of the Ofsted framework, will follow. This will highlight strengths and priorities for improvement. Benefits of the Service • A review can be part of the school’s cycle of self-evaluation and/or linked to the Ofsted framework.
• It strengthens the school’s selfevaluation of teaching and learning. • It focuses attention on the evidence of best practice and strategies for improvement. One Day Reviews have been particularly welcomed as a whole school review by newly appointed headteachers and by established headteachers who welcome an external validation of the school’s work. Services Provided The one day review is bespoke to individual schools. Typical areas covered include: • observing teaching, evaluating data, scrutinising planning and books and matching the judgments for the key elements of the teaching profile with the school’s self-evaluation
“The feedback from the governors was really positive and they were very complimentary on the report, for its clarity and clear outcomes. You were both so professional and passionate about what ‘good teaching’ should look like.”
• table discussions with middle/ subject leaders about the impact of their work to raise standards in their subjects • discussion with leaders about what leaders are doing to improve teaching and learning and the impact of this work
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
One Day Review
10/LAM/011
£1300
HeadTeacher Performance Management
COnTACT DETAILS
Guiding governors in performance management of their Headteacher.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Our experienced leadership and management advisers will guide governors through the performance management process, providing appropriate challenge and support so that they are confident in holding the headteacher to account for improving the quality of teaching, pupils’ achievement, behaviour and safety.
• The Headteacher’s objectives are agreed and negotiated to ensure they are relevant to, and focused on, the school’s improvement priorities.
Benefits of this Service • Fulfils the statutory requirement (maintained schools) of governors using an external advisor for the headteacher’s performance management
• analysing and interpreting pupil level assessment data
• Objectives are focused on pupil outcomes through the use of data sources (RAISEonline, school data and schools’ self-evaluation).
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• The Headteacher is held to account for school performance. Services provided The services provided include:
• using assessment tools – to check attainment levels, measure progress and identify next steps
“Enabled and facilitated the governing body to ensure a robust and rigorous process was completed for our Headteacher.”
• guiding and advising the governors through the process in line with current regulations • producing a summary of performance against current objectives, drafting negotiated agreed objectives with measurable success criteria for the next performance management cycle.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Headteacher Performance Management
10/LAM/009
£350
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Developing Middle Leadership
COnTACT DETAILS
Increase the effectiveness of your middle leaders with this in-school training programme.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Designed to promote and develop leadership skills and more effective teams, the service identifies the differences between leading, managing and influencing change. It is targeted at subject leaders, phase leaders and department leaders who seek to influence change and pedagogical impact in their area. Benefits of the Service • Understand more about the key aspects of leadership and how to relate them to your current context. • Increase the effectiveness of your middle/senior leaders. • Increase the effectiveness of wholeschool systems and practice. • Encourage and identify potential leaders in your organisation. • Develop an awareness of the key skills needed to be an effective leader (individually and as a team). • Distribute leadership across the school.
Services Provided Bespoke programmes will be planned with the senior leaders to meet the school’s individual needs and best support their staff. Modules that may be covered include: • leading vs. managing
“Quality materials which were well developed and moved middle leadership in my school through refection, discussion and a focus on leading and learning.”
• how to use a range of leadership styles • using the change toolbox • effective teams • assessment • using data • the role of the subject leader • good teaching • crucial conversations.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Developing Middle Leadership (Typical date rate is £650.)
10/LAM/007
POA
Personalised Leadership Coaching
COnTACT DETAILS
Developing leaders through an individual coaching programme.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Take your subject or department leaders to the next level with our individualised coaching programme. This programme enables designated subject leaders/department leaders to fulfil their role effectively by influencing teaching and learning through a range of activities. Benefits of this Service • Increasing the effectiveness of middle/ senior leaders through a coaching programme. • Aligning the school’s priorities with that of the subject leader, helping to create a systematic plan of action. • Communicating and articulating effectively in an arena of accountability – developmental feedback is provided after the activity.
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Services Provided The coaching covers areas such as: • clarifying and ordering the subject leader’s immediate priorities through a mapping exercise of key priorities and tasks related to the leadership role • a range of activities to promote leadership which could include a learning walk, interviewing pupils and collecting and interpreting data • a table discussion with subject leaders and the senior management team to review progress and impact.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Personalised Leadership Coaching (Typical date rate is £650.)
10/LAM/008
POA
SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Parental Involvement and Engagement The proven link between engaged parents and motivated pupils provides a powerful incentive for schools to develop meaningful partnerships with parents. Our advisers encourage a positive ethos to parental engagement across the whole school, improving communication and involvement. Parents, teachers and pupils will be equipped with the necessary resources to meet each others’ expectations and benefit education overall.
Developing the role of Parental Involvement Lead (4 x 1⁄2 days) • What is the vision for parental involvement and engagement in your school?
Benefits of the Service Schools and settings will be enabled to develop creative and innovative ways to:
• How does the role of the parental involvement lead contribute to a whole school approach to working in partnership with your parents?
• How does the parental involvement lead’s role reflect the vision?
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
“It is widely recognised that if pupils are to maximise their potential from schooling they will need the full support of their parents.” Professor Charles Desforges with Alberto Abouchaar
• Develop partnership working between parents and schools • Evidence the impact of working with parents • Include parents in decision making • Innovative ways to communicate with parents about their children’s schooling Services Provided The following packages are aimed at schools who wish to strengthen and improve their approach to parental involvement and engagement, as part of their school improvement plan. Involving Parents in Decision Making (6 x 1⁄2 days) • How do you capture the voice and views of all parents? Evidencing work with Parents (4 x 1⁄2 days) • What is the impact of your work with parents? • How do you know the impact of your work? • How do you evidence your work with parents? Behaviour for Parents and Parenting (4 x 1⁄2 days) • Does your whole school approach to implementing your behaviour policy include parents? • How can you ensure the whole school approach to implementing your behaviour policy includes parents? • How to include parents in the whole school approach to implementing our behaviour policy?
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Involving Parents in Decision Making (typical day rate £300)
10/LAM/012
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Evidencing work with Parents (typical day rate £300)
10/LAM/013
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Behaviour for Parents and Parenting (typical day rate £300)
10/LAM/014
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Developing the role of Parental Involvement Lead (typical day rate £300)
10/LAM/024
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
EARLY YEARS Review and Planning
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7005 or email earlyyears@learningtrust.co.uk
Make a lasting impression on your Early Years achievement and outcomes.
Our Early Years professionals will review your strengths and identify areas for improvement. From assessing interactions between adults and children to reviewing the quality of teaching, we will give you the strategic and practical support you need to further improve outcomes. This bespoke in-school service, aimed at Early Years leaders and managers, can be implemented in one day or over a number of days with additional staff meetings/ INSET to support development planning. It will: • provide a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of Early Years provision and practice on outcomes for children; • form the basis for strategic and effective development planning to drive quality improvement. Benefits of the Service • Provides a clear understanding of the strengths within current EYFS provision and identifies priorities for improvement. • Increases the effectiveness of middle/ senior leaders. • Increases the effectiveness of Early Years practice. Services Provided All schools have individual needs and therefore bespoke programmes will be planned with the senior leaders to best support their staff. Some of the modules covered include: • children’s progress and attainment and the accuracy of practitioners’ assessments • the quality of teaching • the quality of interactions between adults and children and how these are used to extend children’s language and learning • how the assessment, planning and evaluation cycle supports learning for individuals and groups of children
• how well the environment supports learning, and the extent of the opportunities for children to continue developing new skills, knowledge and understanding • the provision across the EYFS curriculum, including the outdoor environment • the strength of the partnerships with parents • strengths and areas for development within the EYFS leadership and management
“The Review was thorough and comprehensive and quickly identified gaps in current practice. The Consultant gave us strategic and practical support to plan for and implement changes which had immediate impact upon outcomes for children.” Headteacher
• compliance with EYFS welfare standards.
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Early Years Review and Planning (typical day rate £525)
27/EYS/001
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
EARLY YEARS
Leading the EYFS
COnTACT DETAILS
Developing leaders to drive quality improvement and improve outcomes.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7005 or email earlyyears@learningtrust.co.uk
Increase the effectiveness of your Early Years leaders with this in-school support. We understand the complex roles undertaken by EYFS leaders and the broad scope of their role. Our consultants will help them become excellent managers, develop their data analysis skills and evaluate progress effectively and put in place improvements. This in-school support/training, lasting up to three days, will develop key leadership skills for EYFS co-ordinators and managers, enabling them to: • fully understand how the development of the EYFS is integral to the overall improvement of the school • provide support and challenges to enable team members to develop high quality provision • set a clear direction for developments that focuses on achievement and outcomes for all children, regardless of starting points. Benefits of the Service • Increases understanding of the key aspects of leadership and how to relate them to the EYFS context. • Increases the effectiveness of EYFS leaders. • Contributes to increasing the effectiveness of whole-school systems and practice. Services Provided All schools have individual needs and therefore bespoke programmes will be planned with the senior leaders to best support their staff. Some of the modules covered include: • developing an understanding of the quality of provision at foundation stage how to use principles of good practice to support supervision and performance management of staff • gathering, understanding, analysing and using data and confidence when ‘telling the data story’ • implementing effective EYFS monitoring and evaluation processes
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• developing effective self evaluation processes, feeding in to whole-school evaluation • developing successful action plans and leading change with the practice of others.
“I felt that Consultants had a real understanding of the complexity of my role as EYFS Co-ordinator.” EYFS Co-ordinator
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Leading The EYFS (typical day rate £525)
27/EYS/002
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
True Partnership Working with ParentS
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7005 or email earlyyears@learningtrust.co.uk
Facilitating partnerships for learning and development and supporting home learning.
According to Ofsted, effective engagement with parents and carers is a hallmark of an outstanding school. As Early Years professionals, you set the tone for the parent’s journey through the school system, so it’s vital you get it right. Our in-school service will help you to develop the strategies to engage parents in children’s learning right from the start. From looking at attachment theory to developing materials such as parents’ handbooks, we’ll help your school develop a principled approach to engaging parents. This bespoke in-school service is aimed at Early Years leaders, teaching and support staff and is offered over one or two days. It is tailored to the needs of the school and provides: • strategies to engage parents in their children’s learning right from the start and to encourage them to be part of the school community • a theoretical and practical approach to ensuring that EYFS practice enables two-way information between school and parents about how children learn and the learning of their own children • opportunities to create partnerships which optimise children’s personal, social and emotional development, supporting learning and improved outcomes across the EYFS. Benefits of the Service This service enables teachers and support staff to: • develop a principled approach to fostering partnerships with parents • feel confident to develop strategies to engage parents effectively, supporting children’s continued learning at home • be clear as to how to share information and develop materials for parents • understand the principles of attachment theory and be clear about the day-to-day practical aspects of the key person role and how this benefits children and parents.
Services Provided • Developing tailored activities and materials, such as parent handbook/ policy/home visit materials/home learning packs. • The development of home visits and settling in processes. • Exploring theories of attachment, overcoming separation anxiety and the development of secure relationships.
EYFS Co-ordinator
• Opportunities to practise scenarios from the perspective of parent, practitioner and observer to support a practical application. • Opportunities to learn from models of successful practice.
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True Partnership working with Parents (typical day rate £525)
27/EYS/003
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“We struggled with parental engagement, particularly in Reception, but this training helped us to put it in the context of the relevant theory and make practical changes to make it work.”
SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
EARLY YEARS
Assessment in Early Years
COnTACT DETAILS
Using effective assessments to improve outcomes in the EYFS.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7005 or email earlyyears@learningtrust.co.uk
Schools are required to show that pupils are making rapid and sustained progress from Foundation Stage onwards – so robust assessment systems are essential. Our bespoke service will ensure your leaders and practitioners have the systems and the ability to assess pupils and use the information to monitor their progress. This two-day in-school training aimed at Early Years leaders and practitioners will help schools establish an accurate system for on-entry assessment so that children’s attainment is effectively tracked throughout the foundation years. Benefits of the Service • Increased skill in using observation and assessment to improve outcomes for individual children. • Participants will be confident in using observations to track children through the Early Years Foundation Stage and in identifying next steps for children’s learning. • Teachers will understand the principles and purpose of observation as the key process for gathering Early Years assessments in an environment that facilitates independent learning. • Through an effective assessment process, teachers will be able to demonstrate starting points, attainment and progress through the Early Years. Services Provided This service will: • consider the role of observation and assessment for learning • consider how to make assessments manageable and how to involve parents and children • support teachers to use observations to gain knowledge of children’s learning and development and to use this as a basis for planning further provision.
“My team has always struggled with making the link between assessments and planning for individual children – we now know each child’s starting point and can plan for their next steps.” EYFS Co-ordinator
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Assessment in Early Years (typical day rate £525)
27/EYS/004
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Using Data in Early Years
COnTACT DETAILS
Using data effectively to support high quality provision and improve outcomes in the EYFS.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7005 or email earlyyears@learningtrust.co.uk
Schools must show that pupils are making rapid and sustained progress from Foundation Stage onwards. They need to show that, where standards of attainment for any group are below those of pupils nationally, they are closing the gap. This bespoke in-school two-day training provides Early Years Foundation Stage leaders and practitioners with the skills to analyse, use and present EYFS data. Benefits of the Service • Teachers will have an understanding of how to gather, analyse and use data in order to show trends in attainment and progress through the Early Years. This will include the establishment of effective on-entry assessment. • Teachers will have a clear understanding of how data can be used to support the strategic direction of the Early Years, particularly in ensuring that practitioners target support at children at risk of underachievement. • Teachers will also be clear on how to use Early Years data to inform colleagues prior to transition from nursery to reception and into Year 1. Services Provided • Developing a comprehensive and strategic approach to collecting, summarising and analysing EYFS data and how to use it to plan effectively for groups of children. • Supporting schools to analyse data to identify areas of strength and priorities for development. • Demonstrating how data can be used to improve the quality of provision to match the needs of children.
“It was really important for us to establish sound and secure baselines so that we could make sure all children made progress and that we could demonstrate this.” EYFS Co-ordinator
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Using Data in Early Years (typical day rate £525)
27/EYS/005
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
EARLY YEARS
Developing the Literacy Diet
COnTACT DETAILS
Deliver fun, meaningful activities to help create lifelong readers.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7005 or email earlyyears@learningtrust.co.uk
A good start to reading is dependent on the right ‘literacy diet’. Our experts can help your Early Years professionals deliver fun, meaningful activities to help create lifelong readers.
Services Provided The programme delivers training and/or support in the learning environment over one or more days. Some of the modules covered include:
This bespoke, in-school service runs for one or more days depending on the scope and number of practitioners involved. It:
• the importance of reading
• provides the fundamentals for planning / teaching young children to foster a love for reading and to develop the key skills and knowledge needed to become successful readers and writers
• phonics subject knowledge – understanding the teaching of phonological awareness and phonics
Headteacher
• shared reading – engaging children in books in a fun and meaningful way • shared writing – providing real reasons to write
• builds confidence, knowledge and skills of teaching and support staff.
• guided reading and writing with a clear purpose
It is targeted at Early Years leaders, teachers and support staff and cross phase staff who are involved in the teaching of early reading skills (including phonics).
• the reading environment and why print rich environments matter
Benefits of the Service • Enables teachers and support staff to gain understanding of the importance of the holistic view of literacy and improved phonic subject knowledge.
“Expert knowledge of phonics teaching was shared in a highly accessible way for all staff. We developed a whole school approach to teaching reading, as required by the new Ofsted framework.”
• reading aloud – a story every day • practical ways to plan for reading and writing • working with parents to promote reading at home.
• Develops understanding of how to plan for literacy teaching over a period of time as part of a consistent whole school approach. • Supports the planning and delivery of fun, meaningful whole-class and small group activities to further develop children’s reading and writing. • Improves ability to plan for a print rich environment. • Provides ideas for effective ways to involve parents in reading.
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Developing the Literacy Diet (typical day rate £525)
27/EYS/006
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Better Environments, Better Outcomes in Early Years Providing high quality environments for play, learning and development.
We can help you develop a learning environment that gives children the confidence to explore and learn in safe, secure yet challenging indoor and outdoor spaces. We’ll evaluate your environment and practices and help you make improvements. This bespoke in-school service aimed at Early Years leaders and practitioners is offered over two or four days, depending on the required scope of the audit and subsequent work. It will: • provide a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of Early Year’s environment and practice on outcomes for children • form the basis for strategic and effective development planning to drive quality improvement. Benefits of the Service • Develop a rich and varied environment which promotes independent learning and good outcomes for all children.
Services Provided • Audit of current provision to identify gaps and priorities using the internationally recognised Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS).
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7005 or email earlyyears@learningtrust.co.uk
“We have transformed our learning environment - it is now an organised, but exciting place for children to learn.” Headteacher
• Action plans based on outcomes from the ECERS audit. • Hands on support to change the learning environment to promote independent high quality play and to improve outcomes. • Audit of current equipment, and help selecting and ordering new resources. • Input and training to create an environment that supports Sustained Shared Thinking and quality interactions.
• Develop a learning environment that gives children the confidence to explore and learn in safe, secure yet challenging indoor and outdoor spaces. • Increase ability to identify and promote quality interactions which extend learning. • Improve practitioner skills in evaluating the environment, teaching and learning on an ongoing basis.
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Better Environments, Better Outcomes in Early Years (typical day rate £525)
27/EYS/007
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
EARLY YEARS
Improving outcomes during Transitions
COnTACT DETAILS
Smooth and seamless transitions for parent and child.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7005 or email earlyyears@learningtrust.co.uk
Transitions can be an anxious time at any age but particularly in the Early Years. We can help schools meet their statutory duty to ensure continuity for children during periods of transition. This in-school, two-day service – with an optional additional offer of Early Years consultant support to host meetings with other providers/parents – will enable participants to: • improve outcomes for children, building on prior learning by ensuring that important information is shared with the relevant people • develop transitions throughout the EYFS that are well planned, thus reducing the anxiety of children and families
Services Provided This service will cover the following modules: • improving understanding - based on expert knowledge of the theories and principles involved – of the importance of effective transition across the wider staff team
“Working with the Early Years Consultants has helped us to establish effective networks to support transitions – children settle quickly and are ready to get on with learning.” EYFS Co-ordinator
• developing support materials: transition policy/home visit pack • identifying key partners in ensuring smooth transitions: parents, local settings, children’s centres and childminders • developing school information for parents, plus consultant support during parent information sessions if required.
• plan for adapted provision at key times to ensure seamless transitions • devise and implement policy and strategies to support transitions. It is aimed at Early Years leaders and practitioners and cross phase, and those involved at key transition stages. Benefits of the Service • Improves outcomes across the EYFS by securing the right conditions for personal, social and emotional development. • Enhances partnerships with parents and continued learning at home. • Increases the effectiveness of assessment of children’s starting and moving on points of learning and development. • Provides the tools for the school to take a lead role in supporting transitions among local providers.
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Improving Outcomes during Transitions (typical day rate £525)
27/EYS/008
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Primary Teaching and Learning Support
COnTACT DETAILS
Working towards outstanding teaching and learning.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
From time to time, we all need outside support. At Hackney Learning Trust, we have an outstanding record of developing teaching capabilities in partnership with schools in Hackney and beyond. By working with our Primary Teaching and Learning consultants, we can help you deliver outstanding teaching and learning, pupil progress, attainment and achievement. We adopt a flexible approach to meet your needs, whether it’s one-to-one work with leaders, in class support or whole school training. Benefits of the programme • Our Associate Deputies are experienced teachers and leaders with a wide range of skills in facilitation, leading learning and teaching and curriculum design across a range of primary schools • We personalise our work to support the needs of your school • Areas of expertise include improving standards in reading, writing and mathematics • We can work alongside your teachers and leaders to implement AFL, marking and feedback • Advice and support to develop behaviours for learning • Providing advice and guidance on elements of teacher assessment and moderation • We also provide bespoke support to individual LAs or schools to develop all aspects of teaching and learning The programme Bespoke packages are developed for each school focussing on areas as required. Some of our recent work includes: • Making marking meaningful • Planning for the new national curriculum • Support for underachieving pupils • Data analysis linked to planning • Planning for all pupils within the class • Developing writing across the curriculum • Leading whole school INSET
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Primary Teaching and Learning Support (typical day rate of £375)
11/TAL/018
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
TEACHING & LEARNING
Secondary Teaching and Learning Support
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Helping schools on their journey towards outstanding.
“Your visit last week completely changed my planning, and greatly improved my style of teaching. Thank you for the incredible advice you gave me.”
Our advisers will adopt a flexible approach to meet your needs, whether that’s one-to-one work with leaders, direct work with students or wholedepartment support. Our experienced team offers a wide range of services to schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom.
English teacher, Skinners’ Academy
We can focus on all aspects of teaching and learning, helping schools be better prepared for Ofsted inspections. Our areas of expertise include: • English KS3–5 • Maths KS3–5 • Science KS3–5 • Computing/IT KS3–5 • History and Geography KS3–5 • Music and the Arts KS3–5 • Literacy across the whole school and in all subjects • SMSC provision • Differentiation support for all abilities of students • Assessment for Learning, for wholeschool systems and within subjects • Behaviour for learning.
“‘We have been able to move so much further forward thanks to your clarity of vision and invigorating enthusiasm.” Stoke Newington School
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Secondary Teaching and Learning Support (Typical day rate is £475.)
11/TAL/019
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THE LIT PROGRAMME
COnTACT DETAILS
Boosting Reading Attainment at Key Stage 3.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
The LIT Programme delivers a small group intervention that improves the reading and writing skills of struggling Year 7 pupils by equipping them with strategies for learning and understanding, as opposed to just decoding, a piece of text.
The Programme The LIT programme is a complete literacy package, including: • methods for pupil identification on entry to Year 7
“The LIT Programme is one of the most effective interventions I have ever seen in practice. The resources provided are focussed and engaging. It’s simply outstanding.”
The programme targets pupils who begin Year 7 on a National Curriculum (NC) level 2 or 3 for English and aims to accelerate their progress so that they can achieve NC level 4 by the end of Year 7.
• assessment of pupils’ literacy skills
Ofsted inspector
• planning and pupil resources
“I could see a clear improvement in reading comprehension as a result of Reciprocal Teaching.”
It draws on a variety of evidence-based approaches and has been piloted successfully in Hackney. It is currently being used in approximately 120 secondary schools in the UK and has won funding for a 40 school trial funded by the Education Endowment Foundation. Benefits of the Programme • Pupils develop speaking and listening, reading and writing skills that can be developed throughout their secondary career. • Pupils’ confidence is strengthened so that they can work with greater independence. • Pilot schools achieved excellent results from the programme. 50% of pupils achieved three or more sub-levels of progress in just two terms, with 78% progressing two or more sub-levels.
• staff training
• tasks and resources for Assessing Pupil Progress (APP). It includes a full year’s worth of planning and pupil resources covering a range of fiction and non-fiction texts as well as written tasks. All planning is fully aligned with the Year 7 English Framework and the Assessment Focuses for APP, in addition to level 1 Functional Skills. The LIT Programme uses a mix of approaches, including meta-cognitive methods and effective feedback, but at its core is a method called Reciprocal Teaching. In this approach, the teacher and children take turns to lead discussions of a text and concepts, with the teacher showing children how to engage with reading and writing in increasingly sophisticated ways. Specifically, the teacher shows the children how to apply four comprehension strategies: summarising, clarifying, questioning and predicting. These strategies enable children to check they understand the content of the text, to identify exactly what the problem is, and to make inferences based on what they have read. In this way, the LIT Programme shows children how to ‘read between the lines’ in order to fully understand a text. Written tasks are purposeful and are based on classroom reading or current project work. They are tailored to the specific level of the pupils within each group.
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“The LIT Programme is very practical, creative and fun. I know exactly how to implement it in my school and get the best results.” Teacher, Secondary school
The programme includes: • a ring-binder containing plans for all five units, their accompanying pupil booklets and assessment materials • a practical training day for LIT tutors on all aspects of the programme, with pre- and post-training telephone/email support • copies of pupil booklets. Refresher Training Refresher training is also available for new teachers in schools that have previously purchased the LIT programme. This ensures that students receive high quality provision and support during the programme.
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The LIT programme
11/TAL/015
£3,000
The LIT Programme Refresher Training
11/TAL/063
£365
SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
TEACHING & LEARNING
Assessment for Learning
COnTACT DETAILS
Challenge pitch and explanation in the classroom.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
We can help you introduce effective assessment systems for all subjects in the planning of learning – both in lessons and longer term – which directly match your pupils’ needs. Our bespoke programmes can: • support teachers to develop and use Assessment for Learning tools in lessons • help primary and secondary schools to implement accurate assessment procedures to track pupil progress in the foundation subjects • help with planning assessment types, methods of delivery and marking, as well as the effective sharing and implementation of feedback and the use of data to inform next stages in learning. As a result, you will view assessment as part of the learning in a cyclical nature: an important focus in the Ofsted evaluations of teaching and learning. Benefits of the Service • All teachers develop their assessment planning as a part of learning, not just as a measurement of learning. • Pupils are able to describe how well they have achieved and specify exactly what they need to do to improve. • Teachers can plan and deliver the required stages and strategies in the assessment for learning cycle in a planned progression of learning that enables students to demonstrate the required skills, thus providing regular evidence of progress. • Schools are able to build more effective assessment systems for all subjects, including the foundation subjects, which support pupil progression without stifling creativity. • Resources are provided that enable teachers and students to specify intended and achieved progress in an accurate and accessible way that everyone, including parents and carers, can understand.
Services Provided All schools are individual, so bespoke programmes will be planned with the senior leaders to best support their staff. Some of the strategies considered include: • a learning walk with a senior leader to ensure that key priorities are correctly identified • support school leaders to draw up an implementation plan • bespoke training sessions for staff • working with groups of teachers to plan a lesson and create the resources so that they can try out a new pedagogical approach • phase group/Key Stage training.
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Assessment for Learning
11/TAL/020
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The Hackney Reading Standard (Primary – Year 7) Extending the skills of reading partners and support staff.
We have developed a ten point plan – the Hackney Reading Standard – to extend the range of professional skills used by reading partners and support staff in their work with individual children. • We deliver a development programme for teaching assistants, community reading volunteers, parents, governors, learning mentors and home school workers who provide extra individual support for children. Benefits of the Programme • Provides reading partners with the skills to implement a reading programme that boosts individual progress. This expertise can be used to raise reading standards across the school (including small group work). • We will train all adult reading partners in your school to meet the Hackney Reading Standard will raise the quality of support for all children who need extra help.
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
The programme includes topics such as: • observation of live or filmed lessons • a focus on how children learn to read • exploration of key aspects of quality reading support • selecting appropriate texts • implementing a simple and effective lesson structure • talk • fostering motivation and enjoyment and personal responsiveness • assessing children’s progress and supporting their ongoing development • moving children on • informing class teachers.
• The programme provides motivational professional development and aims to sustain adult expertise and enthusiasm in school. At the end of a successful term, each participant is awarded the ‘Hackney Reading Coach’ qualification. The Programme • Selected children should be reading below national expectations, but not those children who have long standing literacy difficulties. • Participants need to attend three half days training over one half term. • School based tasks are set between sessions. • Participants complete a term of individual support for up to three children.
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The Hackney Reading Standard (typical day rate is £375.)
11/TAL/029
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
TEACHING & LEARNING
Learning with iPads
COnTACT DETAILS
Realising the potential of using iPads in the classroom.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
We have been at the forefront of working with iPads in the classroom, having seen how they can enthuse and engage pupils and staff and help raise standards in teaching, learning and behaviour. We’ve found that introducing iPads into the classroom can raise standards in literacy and engagement in all subjects, and helps develop technological literacy and confidence.
Services Provided With extensive experience in delivering iPad projects in schools, we know the best apps to use to make learning more engaging, how to source them, how to synchronise them on a large number of devices and the best way to manage app purchases. We can tailor the package to your needs including whole-school use, targeted groups or curriculum areas.
This package includes curriculum and guidance on the use of equipment support, so staff can focus on preparation and teaching rather than worrying about technical issues.
IT Services provides procurement and project management. Please refer to page 52 or contact IT Services.
• A comprehensive programme of teaching and user support that enables schools to maximise their investment in this exciting technology. • Our status as an Apple Regional Training Centre ensures that this cutting edge technology has a real and sustained educational impact in your classroom. Benefits of the Service • Proven to raise teaching and learning standards, the iPad offers a multitude of learning opportunities for safe, mobile and contextualised learning. • Helps raise standards in behaviour, motivation and engagement in class. • Schools benefit from curriculum support and guidance so staff can focus their efforts on preparation and teaching, rather than functionality and technical issues. • Children and staff are enthused by technology which offers instant access to a world of learning opportunities in one handheld device, such as instant video, photos, internet browsing and text or audio recording.
Transforming Teaching using iPads in the classroom (primary schools) This is a bespoke service that develops teachers’ ability to move to the next stage of iPad integration in the classroom; developing the use of ICT for research, content creation and collaboration. Using the iPad to transform teaching, we empower the teachers and pupils, creating a learning experience which is dynamic, collaborative and engaging. We highlight the flexibility, ease of use and pleasure of using the iPad, ensuring that teachers are able to implement their ideas with confidence and create development plans schoolwide that will drive your vision for iPads in the classroom. Training sessions at the Regional Training Centre, The Tomlinson Centre These training sessions are an essential component of using iPads effectively in class for various purposes. The half day sessions are designed for practitioners at both KS1 and KS2, and can be tailored for specific audiences on request. The training will be delivered by Apple Distinguished Educators and Hackney Learning Trust consultants and will cover topics such as:
• Helps raise standards in literacy and numeracy and engagement in all subjects.
• Hands-on exploration of digital workflow, sharing content, distributing and submitting class work
• The use of ICT across the curriculum creates a child-led, inclusive environment in which to develop technological literacy.
• Garageband on the iPad
• A powerful tool for monitoring and recording assessment, and for providing feedback to pupils
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• Poetry and Creative Writing • Easy Access, explore Apple’s built-in accessibility features The above topics can be purchased as a package of 6 training sessions or as individual sessions. Tailored iPad support packages for secondary schools We can offer an exciting range of curriculum guidance services for secondary schools, building on the experience gained by our secondary educational consultants and with input from Apple Distinguished Educators.
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Transforming Teaching using iPads in the classroom – Primary only
11/TAL/041
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Package of 6 training sessions – Primary only
11/TAL/053
£390
Individual iPad training sessions
11/TAL/058
£70
Tailored iPad programme for Secondary Schools
11/TAL/059
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ICT/Computing curriculum support programme
COnTACT DETAILS
Curriculum support for introduction of the Computing elements of the new National Curriculum, from KS1 – KS4.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Our unique package of training sessions, expert instruction and support, and opportunities for self and peer-review will help ICT Coordinators, Heads of Department and ICT teachers understand the requirements of the new curriculum, and prepare schools for these critical changes. • Three network meetings, led by experienced ICT Consultants, covering planning, resources, assessment and skills. • Three cluster meetings – an opportunity to work alongside colleagues to review, examine and discuss key aspects of the new curriculum. Facilitated by experienced ICT Consultants. • Half day bespoke school visit to review your scheme of work and identify any necessary changes in preparation for the introduction of the new curriculum.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Computing curriculum support KS1 – KS4
11/TAL/068
£315
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
TEACHING & LEARNING
Effective Learning by Assessing Pupil Progress in Foundation Subjects
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Ensure skills progression in foundation subjects.
How well does your school monitor and report pupils’ progress in the foundation subjects? Are you covering all the skills and areas set out in the National Curriculum? Does your school need support to develop a comprehensive curriculum for foundation subjects, to plan schemes of work and lessons that are skills based, to accurately monitor pupils’ progress or to improve teaching and learning in these subject areas? With a range of assessment tools based on Assessing Pupil Progress (APP) materials, we can help schools to enhance teaching and learning, to improve planning and to evaluate pupils’ progress in these areas so that teachers are better able to fulfil the standard set out by Ofsted. These materials describe in detail, for each foundation subject, the skills that pupils should be able to demonstrate at each level.
Services provided Each school has individual needs, and we tailor our services accordingly, but they all focus on effective use of the assessment tools we have developed. Our support can vary from one to several days. We will work with heads, subject leaders and individual teachers where appropriate, leading and mentoring them to: • create a comprehensive foundation subject curriculum • develop effective mid-term planning • plan and deliver effective lessons in foundation subjects
“Having gone through this planning process I can now see what my pupils will experience in the classroom. It has brought me closer to their learning.“ “The better planned the midterm plans, the better received they are by my pupils. I feel much more confident in planning their learning journey, thinking about the skills and why I am teaching these topics, rather than just sharing ‘all I know about‘ with them.”
• design and deliver effective assessment tasks • accurately assess skills progression against levels • review and evaluate sessions.
We work with school leaders, subject leaders and individual teachers to make the best use of these effective tools in planning the curriculum, preparing lessons, effective marking and in monitoring progress across the school. Benefits of the Service • The skills and content required in the National Curriculum are incorporated into the school’s curriculum. • Pupil progression in all foundation subjects can be monitored across the school. • Mid and short term planning is skills focused. • Effective teaching and learning activities are delivered in which pupils’ work can be assessed accurately against required levels. • Teaching and learning is no longer didactic, but enhances Assessment for Learning in lessons. • Pupils monitor and take ownership of their learning, knowing what is needed to improve their own work and progress.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Effective Learning by Assessing Pupil Progress (typical day rate is £375)
11/TAL/062
POA
HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Every Child a Reader
COnTACT DETAILS
Key Stage 1 school literacy support for lowest attaining children.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
This remarkable reading programme has been described as one of the best in the country, transforming even the lowest achieving children into able readers. Schools that have used our model have sustained outcomes year on year that are above the national expectations and are regularly among the highest achieving schools at Key Stage 1 in Hackney and beyond.
Services provided All services are chargeable and included within the cost of the one-year schoolbased apprenticeship training.
• Every Child a Reader is a national programme, based on a model of layered literacy provision originally established in Hackney schools. Its aim is to ensure that all children are reading at age appropriate levels by the end of Year 2.
• Introduction to systems to establish effective assessment monitoring and evaluation.
• The training programme is for experienced KS1 and Early Years practitioners who will oversee the implementation of a responsive literacy curriculum in partnership with their school leadership team. • Central to this process is the nomination of a key practitioner who will work with the lowest achieving Years 1 and 2 children every day, while completing one year training as a Reading Recovery teacher. This practitioner will provide expert guidance in school on all aspects of early literacy delivery and management beyond their training year (An Early Reading Manager).
• Expert practical and theoretical training, in-school support and access to proven strategies that enable teachers to achieve remarkable results with the lowest achieving children.
• Coaching visits to school and access to a purpose-built literacy centre to observe and learn from live lessons. • Individual school impact reports and evaluation of key issues to ensure continued success.
“This school has invested in Reading Recovery (and subsequently in Every Child a Reader) long enough for us to know that the programme represents outstanding value for money, and outcomes for our lowest children in year 2 and year 6 are remarkable.” Headteacher
“The Hackney Reading Recovery training and model for Every Child a Reader is the best of its kind nationally.” Teacher in training
• Training in layering provision to raise standards for different cohorts of children according to need. • Schools who train with the Hackney programme will be entitled to order Year 1 Daily Supported Reading (Quality First Teaching materials) and to receive free guidance with implementation. This programme provides a coherent approach to raising reading standards in KS1.
Benefits of the Service • The successful national ECAR Initiative is modelled on proven local systems previously established in Hackney schools. • The Hackney programme has an outstanding track record in achieving successful outcomes for the most needy children in urban settings. It is led by a nationally acclaimed teacher leader who has supported development work internationally and in six LAs. • Schools implementing the Hackney ECAR model have sustained outcomes above national expectations year on year and are regularly amongst the highest achieving at KS1 and KS2 in Hackney and nationally.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Every Child a Reader for one teacher
11/TAL/013
£780
Every Child a Reader for two teachers
11/TAL/014
£900
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
TEACHING & LEARNING
Year 1 Daily Supported Reading Programme
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Proven to raise reading standards at Key Stage 1.
This programme supports all adults – volunteers and school based staff – to better support children with their reading. This is a scripted programme that raises the quantity of successful independent reading accomplished by each child in Key Stage 1. It also supports a coherent approach to the reading curriculum.
• Leadership support to enable your project co-ordinator to run staff feedback and development sessions and organise class timetables and planning.
The programme achieves twin aims:
• DVD and book lists provide examples.
• It develops the skills of adults to meet the needs of children learning how to read.
• Clear systems and record sheets for tracking progress.
• It ensures a varied, responsive and consistent approach to independent text reading by children in EYFS/KS1. Benefits of the Service. • This programme has a record of proven success in raising school reading standards in KS1.
• Scripted lessons organised in increasing levels of text difficulty, and a lesson file.
• One half-day monitoring visit to fine tune implementation once it is well underway with written feedback.
“Daily Supported Reading is a systematic and responsive programme that allows all children to succeed, and not only builds on their reading strategies, but also promotes independence and fosters an enjoyment of reading. The CPD built in has meant that all adults involved have a shared understanding of how children read and why. ” Headteacher, Queensbridge Primary School
• Links with a named partner school and experienced co-ordinator if required.
• It builds the capacity of school staff and reading volunteers to meet the needs of children who are at variable points in their reading development. • Adults act as reading mentors and work from a shared pedagogy. They develop their own teaching skills by using the programme materials to structure independent sessions with their reading group in school each day. • Children engage in coherent, enjoyable, small group reading with a trained adult every day. • Reading group leaders learn to respond according to the reading level and strengths of the children they are supporting. Services Provided • One half-day training is delivered to all staff who will be working with the children. • One half-day’s support for the project co-ordinator is provided (usually prior to the training) to get implementation under way. • Guidance/Development advice on setting up the implementation successfully in your school.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Year 1 Daily Supported Reading Programme
11/TAL/030
£2,000
HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Writing Support
COnTACT DETAILS
Tailored writing programmes for all primary year groups.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Bespoke training courses and support to improve quality of teaching and learning and improve pupil motivation in writing, leading to better outcomes across the school. Benefits of the Programme • Improved quality of teaching and learning. • Increased teacher confidence and subject knowledge. • Improved outcomes in writing across the school. • An increase in motivation in pupils in writing. • Oracy central to the teaching of writing. The Programme • Raising standards in writing – a training course supporting schools wishing to develop subject knowledge to plan for progression in writing. • Early writing – a training course to support teachers in developing positive attitudes to writing in KS1. • Talk for Writing – a training course to help schools build oracy into the writing process. • Leading the writing curriculum – a training course to support schools in the leadership and management of writing across the school. We also offer bespoke consultancy support, advice and guidance which is tailored to the requirements of each individual school. This includes: • leadership and management support • policy development • moderation of writing • NQT support: training, in-class support, partnership teaching and coaching.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Writing Support Bespoke package (typical day rate is £375.)
11/TAL/038
POA
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
TEACHING & LEARNING
Humanities and RE
COnTACT DETAILS
Supporting your students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) learning across the school.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
We can help your school create effective Humanities and RE lessons, which will demonstrate pupil progress in line with the National Curriculum and Ofsted expectations. We also provide support for demonstrating effective provision for SMSC learning across the school according to Ofsted requirements. Benefits of the Service All teachers can plan and deliver learning, which can be more accurately and effectively assessed. • Pupils and teachers are able to identify and recognise the required skills of these subjects and measure progress as well as specifying exactly what is needed in order to improve. • Teachers are able to plan opportunities for Humanities and RE learning, following a clear progression so that students can demonstrate the required skills.
• Schools are able to plan effective cross curricular activities that build on specified skills and areas. Services Provided All schools are individual, and therefore bespoke programmes will be planned with the senior leaders to best support their staff. Strategies considered include: • a learning walk or audit to ensure we correctly identify the key priorities • bespoke training sessions for staff • working with teachers in threes to plan a lesson and create the resources so that they can try out new pedagogical approaches which reflect the Ofsted 2012 subject report findings
• staff training • working with teachers to create learning plans, which include all the necessary stages and opportunities of the learning cycle • resources to encourage the effective planning and measuring of a wide range of teaching and learning activities and strategies. • planning of systems and strategies to ensure whole school demonstration, monitoring and support of SMSC development.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Bespoke Humanities and RE (typical day rate is £375.)
11/TAL/028
POA
Arts Class
COnTACT DETAILS
Exciting arts package incorporating film, dance, drama, music and poetry.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Arts Class is a collection of exciting projects and activities for schools and colleges from the Hackney Learning Trust, designed to provide high quality, inspirational opportunities and experiences in the arts for young people, and brings together some of the most vibrant arts organisations and practitioners in our region.
Services Provided For 2014, the Arts Class programme includes:
Benefits of the Service • Sharing work across Hackney and learning from each other.
Music Twilight ‘A’ level music seminars with the London Symphony Orchestra, held at Bridge Academy
• Opportunities for professional staff development.
Dance Network meetings Drama Network meetings
New community orchestra, from March
• Keeping in touch with the latest ideas with teaching and learning in arts subjects.
Film Factory Films made in media classes showcased in July
• Access to large-scale initiatives involving high profile arts organisations.
Visual Art Hackney Schools’ art exhibition in July
HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Arts Class
11/TAL/056
POA
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
New to Science Teaching Support Programme The aim of this programme is to support new or inexperienced teachers of science to develop greater levels of confidence and expertise in teaching science in the classroom.
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
These could include NQTs, Teach First or School Direct teachers, or practitioners who feel would benefit from looking at ‘the basics’ of science teaching again. The programme provides a supportive environment in which NQTs have time to reflect on how they plan and deliver science lessons. It will boost their early professional experience and inspire to look to science teaching with confidence, having developed networks for on-going peer support. There will be opportunities to learn from highly experienced outstanding practitioners. Schools participating in the programme will benefit from having more experienced and confident staff which will impact directly on both science results and retention of staff. All participants will: • Have a clear understanding of how to plan science lessons for successful learning • Be able to use effective assessment, feedback and questioning with their classes • Develop successful approaches to implement practical work in their teaching • Expand their teaching repertoire: successful group work, activities to develop higher thinking skills in science, student led learning and many more. Programme Outline The programme will consist of a number of twilight sessions to take place at either at The Tomlinson Centre, our conference centre in East London or at school venues to enable NQTs to see a variety of settings. Twilight 1 Planning ‘outstanding’ science lessons Because every lesson counts, the main focus of this session would be to plan science lessons with high levels of engagement using the lesson time effectively and challenging students’ thinking. We will also look at planning lessons for linear assessment.
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Twilight 2 Implementing effective feedback During this session, we will look at ‘tried and tested’ examples of how to provide effective feedback to students in science, making marking of students work manageable. Twilight 3 Teaching science: expanding your repertoire The aim of this session will be to explore different teaching tools that make the learning happen: group work in science, higher thinking skills activities, impact demonstrations and many more. CPD (1⁄2 day) The content of this day will be decided based on requests from participants in the programme. The themes could include: A level science teaching, triple science teaching, behaviour in science, practical work in science, student led investigations or differentiation.
One to one support (5 sessions per academic year) Programme leaders will work on a one to one basis with each participant which will be observed teaching in their school. The focus of the observation will be discussed with the teacher and/or Head of Science to be in line with the Department’s Development Plan priorities. A coaching session will encourage teachers to reflect on their teaching and think of aspects that could be adapted to respond to the strengths and needs of students. Agreed targets will be set and will be reviewed in the next visit. A written record of the visit will be sent to the school. Ongoing support Participants will have the opportunity to be in touch via email with the programme tutors throughout the academic year.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
New to Science Teaching Support Programme (per participant)
11/TAL/021
£750
SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
TEACHING & LEARNING
Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) and Behaviour
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7453 or email school.improvement@learningtrust. co.uk
Improving the quality of teaching and learning in your school.
Our programmes, which promote social and emotional skills and positive behaviours for learning, have been proven to have a positive impact on all areas of teaching and learning and school improvement. A reduction in behaviour related incidents, strengthened relationships with parents and improved teaching have all been reported back by schools who have used this service. • We deliver tailored SEAL and behaviour programmes which have been devised, tried and tested by The Learning Trust to support schools in raising the profile of teaching and learning and to embed outstanding teaching. • In addition we offer bespoke consultancy support, advice and training which is tailored to the requirements of each individual school. Benefits of the Service • Many benefits arise for both pupils and schools including: -- Improved quality of teaching and learning. -- Increased knowledge, skills and understanding of best practice in Quality First Teaching, SEAL, positive behaviour management and restorative approaches. -- An embedded positive ethos that develops social and emotional skills and positive behaviours for learning. -- Reduction in the number of behaviour related incidents. -- Pupils show improved readiness for learning. -- Positive relationships are enhanced between school, parents/ carers and their children.
Services Provided All services are chargeable and comprise training courses with extensive supporting materials in the following areas. • Securing Good or Better: an effective whole school professional development programme for improving Quality First Teaching through SEAL. It explores how outstanding teaching is underpinned by the five domains of SEAL and how implementation of strategies based in SEAL principles can improve the quality of teaching and learning. This reflective and personalised programme has gained recognition from the DfE as well as other local authorities. • Stay on Green Positive Behaviour Policy: training and support for schools who wish to develop and implement a whole school positive behaviour policy and ethos in line with the principles of SEAL. • Peer Mediation Programme for Pupils: training and support for staff who want to implement a structured Peer Mediation programme for pupils. • Implementing SEAL Small Group Work: training and support in delivering SEAL Small Group Work sessions as part of the whole school SEAL ethos. • Setting up Family SEAL: training and support for staff who wish to set up and deliver Family SEAL workshops as part of the whole school SEAL ethos.
Headteacher
“Behaviour is exemplary around the school and good in all lessons. The pupils respond very positively to the adults’ high expectations of behaviour and are supported to make the right choices.” Ofsted report on a Hackney school
-- Implementing the SEAL curriculum and ethos: policy development, training and in-class support -- Whole school behaviour policy and practice review: development and training. -- Observation, feedback and development of in-class strategies. -- NQT support: training, in-class support, partnership teaching and coaching. Various publications supporting these programmes are also available for purchase.
• Bespoke consultancy support: -- Leadership and management support: bespoke school improvement, Ofsted support and Solution Focused Coaching for leaders.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Securing Good or Better
11/TAL/011
POA
Stay on Green Positive Behaviour Policy
11/TAL/023
£700
Peer Mediation Programme for Pupils
11/TAL/024
£700
Implementing SEAL Small Group Work
11/TAL/025
£750
Setting Up Family SEAL
11/TAL/026
£750
Bespoke Consultancy Support
11/TAL/027
POA
HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST
“The Securing Good or Better programme has been really successful in our school. It has raised the quality of teaching. I would highly recommend it to other schools.”
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pupil support PROVIDING ALL PUPILS WITH THE SUPPORT THEY NEED
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Admissions Service Pupil Benefits Attendance Service Educational Psychology Service Inclusion Team Transport Solutions
NON HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST SERVICES 48 Young Hackney Primary Support Unit 49 Children’s Integrated Speech and Language Therapy 49 Kench Hill Centre
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PUPIL SUPPORT
ADMISSIONS SERVICE
COnTACT DETAILS
Putting fairness at the heart of admissions.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7402 or email admissions@learningtrust.co.uk
School place allocation can be one of the most contentious issues you will have to deal with. Understandably, parents want to send their child to their first choice school. Dealing with disappointed parents can be less challenging if clear and transparent admissions arrangements and evidence are in place to show how decisions were taken. This is where we can help. We have purpose built IT solutions that provide accurate home to school distances. We can also help you draw up proposed admissions arrangements for consultation that are clear, consistent and easy to communicate. Benefit of the service • It provides unbiased evidence for eligibility, based on distance, using a purpose built IT system to measure and record home to school routes and distances. Services Provided • Measuring the distance from home to school for each applicant. • Consultation on proposed admissions arrangements on behalf of the governing body in line with statutory guidance, including an advert in a local newspaper. • Advice on all matters relating to the DfE School Admissions and Appeals Code.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Admissions consultation and advice for Academies
12/ADM/001
£1,050
Measuring distances for Academies
12/ADM/002
£260
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
PUPIL SUPPORT
PUPIL BENEFITS
COnTACT DETAILS
Ensuring the most needy pupils receive their entitled benefits.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7402 or email admissions@learningtrust.co.uk
Around 37% of Hackney’s young people are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), but not everyone takes it up. Similarly, take-up varies for our clothing grants for Year 6 pupils and our home to school travel grant. The benefits are obvious – parents save up to £390 a year with FSM and the school gets extra funds through the new Pupil Premium. But navigating the system to find out if a child is eligible and then persuading parent to take it up can be time-consuming and sometimes fruitless. That’s where we come in. Our dedicated team of pupil benefit advisers can assess pupil’s eligibility for FSM, and then contact the parents for you. We can do this on a rolling basis in case the parents’ circumstances change. • The service promotes the benefits available, assesses eligibility in line with Hackney FSM policies and clothing grants. • The service provides advice, guidance and support regarding pupil benefit legislation and policies. Benefits of the service • Schools are provided with the data needed to inform parents of the eligibility criteria for FSM. • The service has access to a national electronic checking system of DWP and HMRC data, which only local authorities are authorised to access, enabling accurate pupil eligibility analysis. This is vital for some schools as FSM eligibility is used as an indicator of deprivation and need in schools to target grants and funding. • The service also has access to a comprehensive IT system which allows the tracking of pupil movements and claims. This provides accurate numbers of pupils who are entitled to FSMs for census data submission. • The service reduces the cost, both in time and resources, for schools, particularly at the end of academic year and the start of the autumn term which are peak times for claiming pupil benefits.
HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST
Services Provided Assessment of Free School Meal Eligibility (FSM) • Assessment of application, seeking proof of receipt of DWP benefits, and then following up with parent/carer and schools on any queries. • Letter to parent/carer confirming whether or not their child is eligible for FSMs. • Written confirmation to schools of students eligible for FSM. • Termly check to review eligibility, confirm any changes to DWP entitlement and follow up with parents to check on any changes of circumstance. Confirmation to school of any changes in FSM eligibility. • Face to face and telephone support for parents and schools regarding current assessments.
Clothing Vouchers (Academies can purchase this offer with FSM at a discounted price). • Year 6 parents contacted to explain TLT clothing voucher policy and eligibility criteria. • Assessment of application forms. Follow up with parents where queries identified. Confirmation with parents of assessment decision. • Issue of clothing vouchers to eligible parents from May onwards (these are charged separately from the chargeable services, and cost £100 for each eligible pupil). • Provide a list of all students receiving clothing vouchers for the school to invoice. • Access to face to face and telephone support regarding assessments.
• Reports on request. • Weekly updates of FSM entitlement. • Monthly reports of all pupils on FSM.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Administration of Clothing Vouchers (per year)
13/PBN/001
£2,100 + £100/voucher
Free School Meals Assessment (per year)
13/PBN/002
£4,200
Combined Package of Assement and Clothing Vouchers
13/PBN/003
£5,250 + £100/voucher
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PUPIL SUPPORT
ATTENDANCE SERVICE
COnTACT DETAILS
Improve your attendance levels with our trusted and proven service.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7325 or email attendance@learningtrust.co.uk
Absence from school can become a major problem, but increasing awareness of the issue and co-ordinated efforts can resolve it. At the heart of regular school absence, there is usually a deeper problem that needs to be addressed. Our experienced team can help you identify this issue and support the child back into school. • Through pastoral support, casework, strategic advice and planning and other initiatives, the service strengthens the individual school’s capacity to tackle attendance problems. • The service works directly with individual pupils and their parents to encourage regular school attendance, and undertakes statutory intervention to ensure attendance when necessary. • The service issues work permits and entertainment licences for children and also works with families who choose home education. BENEFITS • Our comprehensive range of services provided by experienced attendance professionals, enable schools to improve their attendance levels year on year. • The service ensures that pupils with poor school attendance profiles, and their families, receive support and intervention in order to improve.
SERVICES PROVIDED Improving attendance • Support and consultation with pastoral staff and attendance leads in school. • Casework and outreach work with pupils and families. • Attendance at core groups, child protection case conferences and network meetings where the child or young person is known to and/or has been referred to the Education Attendance Service. Attendance Service • Attendance surgeries and attendance panels. Strategy • Strategic support, advice and guidance on whole-school systems, reduction of absence and data analysis. Production of an Attendance Strategy and associated guidance documents. Policies • Guidance regarding DfE initiatives, legislation, categorisation of absence and so on. School Attendance Orders • For children and young people who have no designated school, or where parents are not engaged with their child’s school. Fixed Penalty Notices • Issued to parents who fail to ensure that their child attend school regularly. Education Supervision Orders • For young people who are beyond parental control regarding regular school attendance. Prosecution • Of parents/carers who fail to ensure regular attendance for their children.
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“Attendance is at the forefront of student care and we have been supported extensively since we opened on 2004 by our Attendance Officer who is regarded as an Academy member of staff. The input, advice and support have been invaluable in ensuring we have exceeded national, local and Academy targets every year since we opened. Support is always provided in a proficient, professional and swift manner and our Attendance Officer never fails to go the ‘extra mile’ to support students in our care” Vice Principal Pastoral, Mossbourne Community Academy
NOTES • Hackney academies needing support from the attendance service need to purchase the above services through required days. • Hackney maintained schools can purchase additional days as below. • From September 2014, the Attendance service will be operating on an academic year. All schools placing orders will need order for the summer term as well as services for the 2014/15 academic year. Please contact the Attendance Service to discuss prices for the summer term.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
½ day per week – term time only
14/ATT/002
£6,500
1 day per week – term time only
14/ATT/003
£12,915
2 days per week – term time only
14/ATT/004
£25,725
2 days per term for 3 terms
14/ATT/007
£2,045
3 days per term for 3 terms
14/ATT/008
£3,025
Bespoke days (price per day)
14/ATT/006
£345
Attendance Service for Summer Term 2014
14/ATT/009
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
PUPIL SUPPORT
Educational Psychology SERVICE Specialist support promoting the well-being and educational success of children and young people.
Educational psychologists (EPs) are trained in applied scientific methods and diagnostic and assessment skills, and have a thorough understanding of child development. They are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). We apply our knowledge, skills and understanding to promote the well-being and educational success of children and young people. We do this by empowering parents and carers and other professionals, and through direct and indirect interventions. We adopt a collective, joint problem solving approach that leads to shared understanding and ownership of problem situations and improved outcomes. EPs work with children and young people from birth to 25. We help ensure that: • children with special educational needs who are having difficulties at school receive the right kind of intervention
• Working with settings to consider how they will organise provision for children and young people with additional needs so that they can demonstrate how resources have been deployed for this group. Bespoke service Our service can help build a tailored package of support for your school and pupils. As well as helping you develop effective systems for identifying and supporting children with SEN, we can help reduce concern and increase teachers’ confidence about meeting individual children’s needs, and support children’s progress, through work on individual cases. Our bespoke services include: • Core service package (for nonmaintained schools) • additional time for helping schools develop effective SEN systems
• very young children, who might have special educational needs and might need extra help, get the support they need, either before or when they start school.
• information gathering, case analysis, action planning, review and written summaries of individual casework
Services provided Core service package All maintained primary and secondary schools will receive an allocation of core time. This time is designed to support strategic planning, provision management and capacity building.
• training packages for staff, based on applied psychology, which meet the needs of the school. Statutory assessment work, which is commissioned by HLT and governed by strict time frames, will always take priority. In some instances this may mean re-scheduling traded activity.
Core support involves: • Attending and supporting settings in facilitating multi-agency planning meetings in order to promote integrated working. These strategic meetings (MAP meetings) focus on planning and monitoring progress and aim to help schools deal with their concerns more efficiently, using the Yearly Planner as a working document. This is also an opportunity to identify and reflect upon systems that are working well and organisational issues that need addressing.
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7653 or email epsadmin@learningtrust.co.uk
Customer feedback from our recent survey The support from the EPS is exceptional, staff feel very supported and listened to. We have excellent support throughout the year; whether initial consultations, observations or assessments or annual reviews, reports are clear and helpful and timely. The EP provides excellent feedback to staff and managers on classroom practice. She has a clear grasp of how the school needs to improve and is ’very on board’ in supporting our efforts to raise the practice in the school. She is a very effective member of our multi agency team.
• interventions with individual children, groups of children and/or parents
All schools are advised to purchase EP time at the beginning of the second half of the summer term so we can ensure continuity of EP or allocate time for the new academic year. The time will be delivered evenly over the academic year. Schools also have the option to purchase EP services over two years.
• An End of Year Review where the effectiveness of input from the Service is considered. • Supporting the ongoing development of systems for addressing the needs of children and young people with Statements and planning for the introduction of Education and Health Care Plans (EHCP), part of the new Children and Families Bill. HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Bespoke services – day rate up to 6 days
19/EPS/012
£575
Bespoke services – day rate for 7–14 days
19/EPS/013
£550
Bespoke services – day rate for 15+ days
19/EPS/014
£525
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PUPIL SUPPORT
INCLUSION TEAM
COnTACT DETAILS
Improving achievement for pupils with SEND: specialist support for inclusion.
Inclusion Team specialist teachers help schools develop their capacity to meet pupils’ specific needs through advice, support, training and programmes of learning. We can work with your school and your pupils on a wide range of specific needs. Our flexible packages allow you to create a bespoke support service that best fits your school’s needs and delivers value for money. • The service works to secure the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools. • We support schools to develop their capacity to meet pupils’ specific needs through advice, support, training and programmes of learning, enabling them to improve their achievement in the whole-school environment. • Schools are supported to fulfil their statutory obligations for pupils with SEND. BENEFITS OF THE SERVICE • Help your school to develop and implement best practice in teaching and managing support for pupils with SEND, and to meet statutory obligations. • Build your school’s capacity to address a wide range of children’s specific needs in areas such as: -- autism spectrum disorders -- moderate and severe learning difficulties -- behavioural, emotional and social difficulties including ADHD -- specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and specific language impairments -- access for children with physical, medical and sensory needs. SERVICES PROVIDED • Specialist teaching provision as specified on individual pupils’ SEN statements (one, three, six and thirteen hour models). • Specialist teaching provision as specified on individual pupils’ SEN statements (one, three, six or thirteen hours a term models) for one, three, five or seven pupils based on academic year. • Visual Impairment and Deaf and Partially Hearing advice for children and young people aged 0–19.* • Resources, technical support and specialist mobility services for Visually Impaired (VI) children and young people.* 46
Bespoke services and training • Support to write policies and to share information on new legislation. • Observation, assessment, consultation, advice and modelled curriculum approaches.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7613 or email inclusionadmin@learningtrust.co.uk
“It is very reassuring to know that within the local reach there are experts on call and available for support when needed.” Southwold Primary School
• Specialist teacher consultation. • Differentiation and classroom strategies to support inclusion. • Positive behaviour management. • Specific areas of need, for example: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down’s Syndrome, medical needs. • Mobility for Visually Impaired children and young people.
NOTES From September 2014, all specialist teaching time needs to be purchased. We therefore suggest schools place their orders at the beginning of the second half of the summer term so we can ensure continuity of support or allocate in time for the new academic year.
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PRICE
One hour per term provision model: for one pupil for academic year
20/INC/002
£525
Three hours per term provision model – for one pupil for academic year
20/INC/003
£1,050
Three hour provision model – up to three pupils for academic year
20/INC/012
£2,625
Three hour provision model – up to five pupils for academic year
20/INC/013
£4,200
Three hour provision model – up to seven pupils for academic year
20/INC/014
£5,775
Six hours per term provision model – for one pupil per academic year
20/INC/019
£2,100
Six hour provision model – up to three pupils for academic year
20/INC/020
£5,250
Six hour provision model – up to five pupils for academic year
20/INC/021
£8,400
Six hour provision model – up to seven pupils for academic year
20/INC/022
£11,550
Thirteen hours per term provision model – for one pupil for academic year
20/INC/023
£4,200
Termly one hour provision model for one pupil
20/INC/017
£210
Termly three hour provision model for one pupil
20/INC/018
£420
Termly six hour provision model for one pupil
20/INC/024
£840
Termly 13 hour provision model for one pupil
20/INC/025
£1680
VI, Deaf and Partially Hearing advice for pupils – per day. For schools and settings out of Hackney only.*
20/INC/010
£500
Resources, technical support and Specialist Mobility services for VI pupils: For schools and settings out of Hackney only.* (typical day rate £500)
20/INC/011
POA
Inclusion In School Training (1/2 day)
20/INC/006
£315
Inclusion In School Training (full day)
20/INC/007
£500
Inclusion In School Training (twilight session)
20/INC/008
£210
Bespoke Services and Training
20/INC/016
POA
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PUPIL SUPPORT
TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS
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A service for all school activities-related transport needs.
For more information on this service please call 020 8558 4283 or email transport@learningtrust.co.uk
Do you have a school trip to organise? Is one of your sports teams playing away? Ensure peace of mind by hiring a tried and tested pupil transport service, trusted by schools and parents. We have a solid reputation for being safe, reliable and competitively priced, stemming from many years’ experience of moving pupils around Hackney and neighbouring boroughs. With special expertise in looking after SEN children, we offer safe, securityvetted drivers and passenger assistants and a fleet of regularly serviced, fully accessible vehicles. • The service ensures that SEN pupils are transported to and from home and school, with passenger assistants where necessary.
Services Provided A range of transport services including: • transport for all types of journeys for curricular and extracurricular activities • transport for trips within and outside the Greater London area • passenger assistants to escort travelling parties to and from their destination • brokered services to arrange other forms of transportation, such as larger passenger carriers, taxis and weekend and evening transport. Quotes for trips are available on request, taking destination, times and other requirements into consideration.
“I just want to say thank you to you and your team (and what a great team they are) for the wonderful service you provide. Not only a service but a personal service, you always try your best to accommodate everyone’s needs and any problems are dealt with swiftly and thoughtfully. All the drivers and escorts have been and are lovely and patient. As a parent I couldn’t ask for more. I just want you to know I appreciate you so much.” Parent of home to school transport child
• The service provides transport for all types trips and journeys for curricular and extra-curricular activities. • The service uses fully insured vehicles that meet specific safety standards and are driven by CRB-checked, trained and qualified drivers. Benefits of the Service • This is a high quality professionally managed service delivered at competitive prices. • It comprises a modern in-house fleet of wheelchair accessible vehicles, regularly serviced and checked. • All drivers and passenger assistants are experienced in working with children and young people and have current enhanced CRB checks. • All drivers have appropriate insurance and driving qualifications.
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PRICE
Bespoke proposal for Transport Service
21/TRA/001
POA
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PUPIL SUPPORT
YOUNG HACKNEY PRIMARY SUPPORT UNIT
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Expertise helping primary schools provide early intervention and ‘extended schools’ provision that ensures opportunities for all young people and support for those who need it. Young Hackney is part of the council’s Children and Young People’s Service with a remit to offer ‘Opportunities for all young people and support for those who need it’. Hackney is committed to excellent universal provision. We believe that the most effective forms of early help are provided within, and as an extension of, these facilities. The Young Hackney Primary Support Units have been developed to complement the Core Service with specialist units that focused on, and were linked to, Primary Schools. Benefits of the Service: • Help to meet their statutory duties and provide information and advice to support the emotional health and wellbeing of pupils • Fast access to dedicated support to children who are experiencing a range of difficulties that might not ordinarily reach service level thresholds • Access to professionals with a range of complementary skills and experience in aligned fields i.e. social workers, youth workers, clinical family therapists • Support for families and young people to access a range of universal services and activities in the London borough of Hackney Evidence to date demonstrates that outcomes for these children and families are improved. Services Provided • Works with young people aged 5 to 11 years old. Young Hackney Primary Support Units • Works with young people and their families to resolve issues in their lives so that they are able continue to engage with education, enjoy their time at school and reach their full potential. • Do whatever it takes, reasonably and safely, to engage with a young person and their family.
• Work throughout the year. Outside of school term time we provide continued support in the family home, activities and support children and families to engage with the range of provision available in Hackney. • Drawing upon the varied expertise within Young Hackney each unit is able to tailor interventions and services to ensure we deliver the ‘best fit’ with each school and address individual family circumstances. Young Hackney has positive partnerships with outside agencies such as CAMHS, Hackney Ark, arts providers, adventure playgrounds, health providers, charities and sports clubs. The early findings of the work undertaken by the Primary Support Units indicate that the model is a promising early intervention model. This price funds and provides access to a fifth of a Primary Support Unit. Units will be linked to five schools however schools can choose to buy one or more “fifths” depending on their need. These units, comprising four operational staff and a part time clinician, are designed to provide an early intervention and ‘extended schools’, with Schools and the family home being the main delivery centres. They respond to the needs identified by the school. Due to capacity considerations the purchase of this product is subject to approval by Young Hackney so if you are interested in this service please contact the Young Hackney Team for a more detailed discussion.
“Some very vulnerable families have received some great support. The children who the unit have supported are beginning to engage much better in school life and are starting to show a much more positive attitude to learning. Families have felt really supported and have really valued the support they have received.” Hackney Primary School Headteacher
“Young Hackney have helped the school to understand the children in the wider family and home life contact. They have elicited and shared information that is useful for the school when supporting the child and the family. It has been very useful to see the needs of the child from the wider perspective.” Hackney Primary School Headteacher
NB: Federations discount does not apply to this product. NB: Once you complete your purchase you will need to sign a Service level agreement (SLA) with Young Hackney and you will be given the option to sign up to the service for 1 year or 2 years. The termination policy in the SLA will take precedent over the general Hackney Learning Trust terms and conditions clause 9 - termination/cancellation policy.
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ORDER CODE
PRICE
Primary support unit – 1 academic year per school
32/YHS/001
£20,000
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For more information on this service please call 020 8356 1050 or email yh.tradedservices.hackney.gov.uk
SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
NON HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST SERVICES
Children’s Integrated Speech and Language Therapy
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Promoting the speech, language and communication of all children and young people, including those with identified needs.
Speaking and listening skills are fundamental if children and young people are to have positive outcomes. Our qualified and registered Speech and Language Therapists have specialist skills in identifying and supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication needs. In addition we have developed a range of whole school and whole class approaches that support the development of all students’ skills. The Speech and Language Therapy Service has built a reputation for providing high quality, innovative and flexible services. Evidence of this was in November 2012 when the service was ‘highly commended’ at the national ‘Shine a Light Awards’ for excellence in supporting children and young people’s communication development.
For more information on this service EY P S A C please call 020 7683 4262 or email sltinfo@homerton.nhs.uk HACKNEY ELSEWHERE
By combining the resources of Hackney Learning Trust and Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust we are able to provide efficient services. For instance 99% of all referrals are seen within 5 weeks. Schools commission blocks of time, for instance 1 day per week. This time is combined with core time so it can be used flexibly to meet individual school’s needs. A menu of package options ranging from direct work with individual children, through to training and in school modelling. The aim is that all interventions are effective and sustainable. The service is willing to develop innovative service models as requested to meet individual school needs.
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PRICE
Speach and language therapy enquiries (Typical day rate is £650)
25/SLT/001
POA
Kench Hill Centre
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Residential manor house in rural Kent for educational trips and special events.
For more information on this service EY P S A C please call 01580 762 073 or email admin@kenchhill.co.uk HACKNEY www.kenchhill.co.uk
Kench Hill is Hackney’s residential environmental and outdoor education facility. It is housed in an elegant, but homely, Georgian mansion set in beautiful gardens in rural Kent. It is close to visitor attractions, such as Camber Sands and Bodiam Castle. It has been the base for Hackney’s school journeys for over 35 years, providing high quality, fun, curriculum-linked activities for primary and secondary groups. It also runs summer schools, Short Breaks for children with special needs and family learning weekends. The centre is available for families and groups looking for a special venue for events, workshops and so on.
Our expert staff can devise and help teach a programme tailored to your needs, from KS2–4, plus A level, or they can help you develop your own programme using our facilities, including our 17-seater minibus. We can accommodate up to 45 people on a fully catered or self-catering basis. Kench Hill holds the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge. Hackney schools and groups benefit from discounted rates, with pupils eligible to apply for a School Journey Grant of up to £90.
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ORDER CODE
PRICE
Kench Hill Centre enquiries
26/KEN/001
POA
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BUSINESS SERVICES
IT Services
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Providing technology-based solutions and support for your learning and business needs.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7777 or email ITServices@learningtrust.co.uk
Hackney Learning Trust has been providing IT services to over 95% of Hackney schools for over 10 years and we know that with the ever increasing sophistication of information technology and financial pressures, it is vital for education establishments to have an IT partner they can trust. We are uniquely placed to partner with you - being a not for profit organisation we focus all our services towards delivering quality, innovative, fit for purpose and value for money solutions that support your objectives without profit influencing our partnership. We provide all our Comprehensive customers with on-going strategic advice and guidance to ensure you are getting the most of your existing investments in IT and Management Information Systems and assist you in planning for any future investments. All our IT services are delivered by experienced teams of highly qualified IT professionals which provide you with a depth of service that stands us apart from other IT Service providers. Our teams are made up of professionals holding relevant industry qualifications such as: • Chartered IT Professionals • Microsoft Certified IT Professionals • Microsoft Certified System Engineers • Microsoft Certified System Administrators • Apple Trained Technicians • Cisco Certified Network Associates including Security • VMware Certified Professionals • ITIL Intermediate Professionals in Service Strategy, Design, Transition and Operations • PRINCE2 Practitioner level Project Managers • And Programme Managers qualified at MSP level (Managing Successful Programmes). We have a wide range of services that cover all your IT service requirements: • Comprehensive Technical Support. • Comprehensive MIS Support. • Project Management. • IT Purchasing. • Training.
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Comprehensive Technical Support Our Comprehensive Technical Support is exactly that; comprehensive. All our packages come with the following as standard: • Regular scheduled on-site technician visits One of our specialist IT Technicians will be allocated to your site and will provide you with dedicated on-site support covering a broad range of IT Assets, software and technologies, including but not limited to: -- Whiteboards and Projectors -- PC’s and Laptops -- iPads and other tablet devices including smartphones -- Mac’s -- Servers; both Windows and Mac’s -- Network Switches, both managed and unmanaged including Cisco and HP -- Wireless; including whole site installations to the latest industry standards -- MFD’s and Printers.
• Emergency on-site technician visits In the event of an emergency, we will dispatch one of our on-site technicians to your site over and above your regular technician service and you will not be charged anything extra! Examples of visits that fall into this category include: -- Interactive Whiteboard and Projector failures -- Network failures -- Server failures -- Critical software failures -- And any job that requires an on-site visit that can’t wait for your next scheduled visit and can’t be resolved remotely by our Service Desk team. • Ofsted on-site support In the event of you being notified of an Ofsted inspection, we will dispatch one of our on-site technicians to your site over and above your regular technician service and you will not be charged anything extra.
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IT SERVICES • Unlimited Service Desk Our Service Desk is open from 8am until 5.30pm Monday through to Friday. Our Service Desk team is staffed by qualified IT Professionals that have expert tools available to them to provide you with complete remote support and management of your systems. Our Service Desk team typically deal with but are not limited to the following: -- Incident & Service Request logging and troubleshooting -- Account creations, deletions and modifications for new starters and leavers. -- Proactive monitoring of key systems with fixes implemented before they become a problem -- And complete remote support, including Servers, PC’s, Laptops and Macs. Please note that we adhere to a strict policy that requires customers to authorise our remote control requests at the time of connection. Coming soon in 2014; Self-service; we will be able to provide our customers with direct access to our Service Desk system allowing you to view the status of all Incidents and Service Requests in real-time. • iPad Support We include complete technical support for your investment in iPads and associated technologies to support your use of iPads throughout your school. • Training Sessions for staff We include three, two hour training sessions per year with our IT Trainers (one per term). Our IT Trainers will work with you to understand your staff’s specific training needs. Typical training sessions are the following: -- Getting to know Microsoft Office 365; Email and Lync -- Getting to know your Interactive Whiteboard -- Getting to know your iPad -- Getting to know Microsoft Office; Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. • Asset Management We will deploy as part of this service specialist asset management software at no additional cost. We will maintain an asset database of your IT Assets. You will be licensed for this software while signed up to a Comprehensive Technical Support agreement with us. • Proactive monitoring of key infrastructure Our Service Desk team will use expert systems to proactively monitor your key systems and proactively respond to faults before they become problems.
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• Antivirus and Spyware Protection We will deploy market leading Antivirus and spyware protection software across all your Servers, PC’s, laptops and Mac’s to provide you with constant protection at no additional cost. You will be licensed for this software while signed up to a Comprehensive Technical Support agreement with us. • Out of term maintenance We will use half term and term breaks as an opportunity to perform the essential out-of-hours maintenance of your IT systems. This maintenance and any associated on-site visits are at no additional charge to you and are designed to support our overall Comprehensive support of your IT systems. • Broadband Management We will: -- Proactively monitor your internet connection -- Manage and configure your URL filtering policies -- Configure and support your Remote Access to your sites applications and data. • DBS checked on-site technicians All our on-site technicians are Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) checked. • Additional Discounts All our Comprehensive Technical Support customers qualify for exclusive discounts on further IT Services. Comprehensive Technical Support Packages – Price on Application (POA): Our popular packages range from 1⁄2 day per week to 2.5 days per week, although we can tailor these to suit individual customers’ requirements; whether you require more or fewer on-site technician visits. We also apply increasing discounts the more you purchase from us. We can also advise you on the recommended number of visits that would be suitable for your environment.
“I called the Helpdesk this morning to help recover some files from the school T Drive. My request was passed onto one of your Service Desk Specialists. I was extremely impressed with the speed of his response. He was extremely reassuring and made me feel that the problem would be easily resolved. He asked to call me back and did so within 10 minutes. He restored the file immediately. In my dealings with him, he has always responded efficiently and professionally. Thank you.” Deputy Headteacher – Curriculum Leader and NSCA, Thomas Fairchild Community School
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Comprehensive Technical Support Tailored to School Needs
01/ICT/049
POA
Comprehensive Technical Support with at least a technician visit 2.5 days per week
01/ICT/057
POA
Comprehensive Technical Support with at least a technician visit 2 days per week
01/ICT/058
POA
Comprehensive Technical Support with at least a technician visit 1.5 days per week
01/ICT/059
POA
Comprehensive Technical Support with at least a technician visit 1 day per week
01/ICT/060
POA
Comprehensive Technical Support with at least a technician visit 1/2 day per week
01/ICT/061
POA
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BUSINESS SERVICES Additional Services All Comprehensive Technical Support customers benefit from significant discounts on all additional services. • Online backups Our Service desk will fully manage off-site backups of your critical data including financial databases, pupil databases and important files stored on your servers. All the data is encrypted and held in UK Data Centres. If you are also subscribed to one of our Comprehensive Technical Support packages, we also restore all your lost data and if you are also subscribed to our Comprehensive MIS Support package we will reinstall and restore your MIS databases and applications. If you are not covered by our Comprehensive packages, we will pass your backed up data on to your support provider for restoration. • Microsoft Office 365 for Education for all staff & pupils – Annual Administration We will manage your complete Office 365 System on your behalf dealing with all new starters, leavers and any changes including supporting access to the system from a wide variety of devices including; iPads, iPhones, Android devices, Mac’s, PC’s and Laptops. • Google Mail for Education for all staff & pupils – Annual Administration We will manage your complete Google Mail System on your behalf dealing with all new starters, leavers and any changes including supporting access to the system from a wide variety of devices including; iPads, iPhones, Android devices, Mac’s, PC’s and Laptops. • Hackney Learning Trust Exchange Email System for Staff - Annual Hosting & Administration (excludes pupils) Hackney Learning Trust will host your staff emails on our Microsoft Exchange system, ensuring seamless access to an integrated Hackney Education Community Global Address List of contact information.
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PRICE
Online Back-Up Per Annum
01/ICT/016
POA
Office 365 for Education – All Staff & Pupils On-going Annual Administration
01/ICT/019
POA
Google Mail for Education – All staff & pupils-Annual Admin
01/ICT/062
POA
HLT Exchange Email System for Staff - Annual Hosting & Administration (excludes pupils)
01/ICT/017
POA
SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
IT SERVICES Comprehensive MIS Support Service Management Information Systems are now central to the effective management of all schools. They are designed specifically to help schools by supporting decision making, reducing workload, monitoring student performance and engaging parents. You need expert support to ensure the continuing use and development of MIS to meet your school’s needs. Our MIS Support Team is made up of specialist consultants who are here to support you in all aspects of your SIMS usage. Support is provided for regular annual tasks such as Admissions, School Census and School Workforce Census Returns, End of Key Stages Assessment Submissions, End of Year Procedures, as well as systems upgrades, patches and fixes. Our MIS Support packages come with the following as standard: • Supported SIMS Modules: -- SIMS.net core -- SIMS reporting -- Admissions -- Attendance -- Assessment -- Course Manager -- Behaviour Management -- SEN -- Personnel -- NEW - Staff Performance -- Exams Organizer -- Dinner Money • Proactive Strategic Advice and Guidance Our team of specialists will provide strategic advice and guidance on the best use of your MIS. We will interpret and disseminate the latest Government policies and guidance through written documentation, group training and on-site support. We will also guide your school through your statutory return processes which include: -- School Census Returns -- School Workforce Census Returns -- End of Key Stages Assessment Returns -- End of Year Procedure Returns.
• On-going training and refreshers throughout the year for existing staff members. Our SIMS consultants hold specialist workshops and one to one sessions covering key aspects of SIMS. Sessions can include: -- Statutory returns -- Key Stages Assessment -- Changes in requirements from the DfE -- New SIMS modules, features and enhancements. • Unlimited Service Desk Our Service Desk is open from 8am until 5.30pm Monday through to Friday. Our Service Desk team is staffed by qualified IT Professionals who have expert tools available to them to provide you with complete remote support and management of your MIS systems. Our Service Desk team typically deal with but are not limited to the following: -- SIMS Incident & Service Request logging and troubleshooting -- Account creations, deletions and modifications for new starters and leavers on SIMS -- Proactive monitoring of key systems with fixes implemented before they become a problem -- Complete remote support of SIMS Servers and client machines. Coming soon in 2014; Self Service. We are able to provide our customers with direct access to our Service Desk system allowing you to view the status of all Incidents and Service Requests in real-time. • Emergency on-site support visits In the event of an emergency, we will dispatch one of SIMS application specialists to your site at no additional charge to resolve an incident that can’t be resolved remotely by our Service Desk or SIMS teams. Examples of visits that fall into this category are: -- Critical SIMS Server Failures -- Critical and/or Multiple SIMS Client Failures -- FMS Server Failures -- Critical SIMS configuration and functionality failures -- Failures hindering any statutory return.
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7777 or email ITServices@learningtrust.co.uk
“I am just emailing to say thank you so much for supporting me to be able to get on with my work. Your IT Engineer has done a brilliant job of making sure I now have everything I need to get on with my job and ensured that everything is working in the most efficient way possible. I very much appreciate your support.” Art Therapist, Mandeville Primary School
• Ofsted on-site support In the event of you being notified of an Ofsted inspection, we will provide pre-Ofsted checks to ensure Assessment and other key data of interest to Ofsted is up to date and accurate. We will also provide you support and assistance producing any reports requested by Ofsted inspectors during your inspection, such as, evidence of progress in a specific subject area by a specific group of pupils, e.g. ‘Progress made in English by boys on Free School Meals’, or ‘Evidence of improvement in Attendance by a specified pupil over a given period of time’ and so forth. • Deployment of releases, upgrades and patches to both SIMS & FMS There are currently three major releases per year and our team will ensure these new releases are deployed in a controlled manner following formal change control procedures. This ensures your school remains supported, up-to-date and capable of completing all statutory returns. Our team will ensure you are briefed on all the changes each release brings and highlight how this will affect you and your operations. We will deploy upgrades and patches when individual circumstances require them at no additional cost. Comprehensive MIS Support Packages for Primary, Secondary and Special Schools – £POA
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ORDER CODE
PRICE
Comprehensive MIS Support Service: Primary & Special Schools
01/ICT/020
POA
Comprehensive MIS Support Service for Secondary Schools
01/ICT/022
POA
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BUSINESS SERVICES Additional MIS Services All MIS Support customers benefit from significant discounts on all additional services. • SIMS Training Training plays an essential part in the successful and efficient usage of your SIMS system, We provide a variety of standard and tailored training packages to suit your requirements, delivered either in your school or in our dedicated training facility. • One-to One Induction training for a new member of the schools Admin team, which includes seven two hour training sessions covering the modules listed: -- SIMS.net Core (Student Data), Admissions, SIMS Reporting, Attendance, Lesson Monitor, Personnel, Staff Performance, Dinner Money, Year End Procedures, Schools Census Returns, Common Transfer Files and Key Stages Assessment Returns. -- Tailored training in Discover and Assessment Manager -- Tailored Training in SEN, Behaviour Management (including bespoke system customisations) • Capita SIMS Core Module License Hackney Learning Trust fulfils schools’ contractual obligations with Capita. SIMS Licenses are paid to Capita by HLT and licenses are then allocated to schools. Price varies based on primary and secondary pupil numbers. • Lesson Monitor (Licence and Ongoing Specialist Support) for Secondary Schools Lesson Monitor provides schools with an integrated classroom tool to monitor students’ attendance and behaviour. With Lesson Monitor, your school can help reduce truancy while monitoring behaviour trends in the classroom, ensuring early intervention where necessary. • Assessment & Discover Consultancy Discover allows you to analyse your SIMS data and present it in a variety of ways. The powerful user interface enables the data to be presented in Venn diagrams, bar charts, pie charts and line graphs, with the ability to drill down into the data. With SIMS Discover, you and your staff can analyse student data in minutes, saving valuable time. Our Assessment & Discover specialists can provide consultancy on the ongoing development and use of Assessment Manager in your school, guiding you on best practise and implementing any bespoke customisations that are required.
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• Emerge (License, Implementation & Training) A powerful App for iPads, iPhones and Android devices which enables schools to have real-time access to their SIMS data securely. Key features include:
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7777 or email ITServices@learningtrust.co.uk
-- Taking registration where you are, for example; in Assemblies, on the bus on school trips or in the PE Hall. -- Access to parents emergency contact details and medical information anywhere, anytime. -- Ability to enter behaviour incidents and achievement which synchronises with SIMS. -- Access to timetables. -- Ability to upload photo and video evidence which is excellent for linking with behaviour incidents. Ongoing support included for all Comprehensive MIS Support customers at no additional charge. • Dinner Money (License, Implementation & Training) Dinner Money is a SIMS integrated system to manage and report on school meals, it records, monitors and shares pupil meal choices and tracks the financial aspects automatically. Dinner Money also integrates with Attendance so that the kitchen is informed of meal choices and quantities. Ongoing support included for all Comprehensive MIS Support customers at no additional charge. Capita Annual Entitlement applies.
“With regards to our Workforce Census, I just want to say a massive thanks for yesterday and all your fantastic support beyond the call of duty.” Headteacher, Grasmere Primary School
• Staff Performance in SIMS Personnel (License, Implementation & Training) This module is fully integrated with SIMS Personnel, which provides school leaders with the tools they need to simplify the management, monitoring and reporting of staff performance, putting an end to paper based appraisal systems that burden school leaders. Ongoing support included for all Comprehensive MIS Support customers at no additional charge. • SIMS & FMS Server Migrations Our MIS Specialists will perform a complete server migration of your SIMS and FMS systems including full change control.
• School to Home Messaging System (License, Implementation & Training) A system to send individual and bulk emails, texts to parents using data held within SIMS SERVICE
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PRICE
One to One Induction Training
01/ICT/071
POA
Tailored Training in Discover and Assessment Manager
01/ICT/063
POA
Tailored Training in SEN, Behaviour Management (including bespoke system customisations)
01/ICT/064
POA
Capita SIMS Core Module License
01/ICT/070
POA
Lesson Monitor for Secondary Schools
01/ICT/028
POA
Assessment & Discover Consultancy
01/ICT/024
POA
Emerge (License, Implementation & Training)
01/ICT/056
POA
Dinner Money (License, Implementation & Training)
01/ICT/026
POA
School to Home Messaging System (License, Implementation & Training)
01/ICT/065
POA
Staff Performance in SIMS Personnel (License, Implementation & Training)
01/ICT/054
POA
SIMS & FMS Server Migrations
01/ICT/066
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SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS
IT SERVICES Project Management Our Projects Team is trained to discuss your requirements and to provide IT solutions using our own internal resources and external suppliers to provide an effective solution, delivering on time, within agreed budgets to defined levels of quality. All of our Project Managers are PRINCE2 Practitioners, an industry standard, process-based methodology developed by the Office for Government Commerce to ensure projects are delivered in a controlled environment. We can manage small-scale simple deliveries and large, complex, crossdiscipline projects and we’ll tailor our approach and charges in-line with the cost and complexity. We’ll manage the risks and any issues and communicate with stakeholders to ensure your project is professionally completed. Our Portfolio of successful Projects delivered to Schools includes: – • IT Consultancy and Leadership, Delivering ICT to new-build Schools • Delivery of innovative IT solutions in support of Teaching and Learning in Schools • Installation of new IT Infrastructures to include the deployment of new Servers and Desktop solutions • Installation of Wireless Networking supporting mobile devices such as iPads, Laptops, and Smart Phones • Audio Visual solutions including Interactive Whiteboards and Digital Displays
Frameworks and Agreements which are pre-tendered, fully EU-compliant and have extensive education discounts. This service ensures that you get value for money and that all goods and services are fit for purpose and compatible with your existing technology. Special discounts are available to all our Comprehensive customers and free quotes are provided to all education settings.
• Upgrading or installing new structured data cabling
Training We provide a broad range of training courses in both IT technologies and MIS systems. We can provide one-to-one training and group training sessions either at your location or at The Tomlinson Centre (our specialist training facility).
• Design and implementation of telephony solutions
Special discounts are available to all our Comprehensive customers.
• Email migrations to Microsoft Office365 and Google Apps • Deployment of iPad and Apple solutions
We use a number of trusted partners and always obtain multiple quotes to ensure that we deliver the most cost-effective solutions. Purchasing Service Procuring ICT goods and services is always a risk for those who are not familiar with the technical complexities, and many schools have discovered that the cheapest price doesn’t mean value for money. It is better to rely on experts who understand your technical needs and know their way around the ICT procurement marketplace. We bring our expertise to purchase a full range of hardware, software and services using Government Procurement
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Pay As You Go Our services are available on a ‘pay as you go’ basis. All our Comprehensive Support Packages benefit from significant discounts compared to PAYG services. Services available via this method include: • On-site technician or MIS Specialist visits: -----
Per hour £POA /2 day £POA 1 day £POA Longer bookings are available £POA Tailored SIMS Training Services £POA
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PRICE
Project Management Service
01/ICT/029
POA
iPad Procurement and Progect Management
01/ICT/042
POA
IT Purchasing Service
01/ICT/032
POA
IT Pay As You Go Service
01/ICT/034
POA
Tailored SIMS Training Services
01/ICT/067
POA
Disaster Recovery Services
01/ICT/068
POA
Tucasi Dinner Money Installations and Upgrades
01/ICT/069
POA
Bespoke IT Training
01/ICT/037
POA
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MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Use our communications expertise to shout about your school’s successes.
We are passionate about helping schools to shout about successes and promote achievements, attract pupils and staff, protect their reputation and improve communications skills across the school. We offer a range marketing, design and digital services for schools. Benefits of the Service We use our extensive experience of working in education to help you find the most cost effective solutions to change perceptions and build awareness and credibility of your school in the community. Services Provided Crisis Communications support Hackney Council’s Communications and Consultation team is one of the best regarded in local government, having won a raft of prestigious national awards for media relations and reputation management. The team is highly experienced in handling high-profile media stories and has in-house specialists in every area of communications, including social media. As well as supporting Hackney schools, the team works with a number of external clients, including the NHS and other councils. • The team can help you to respond to potentially high profile media issues involving pupils or staff – including drafting press statements, press releases, handling media calls, communicating with parents and the wider community, as well as providing senior level PR and reputation management advice. • This service is free to all schools within Hackney. • For schools outside Hackney we offer two options: -- An annual retainer charged at £500. -- Or charged per enquiry at £80 per hour. Public Relations package (annual) • Crisis communications support • 1 x place on social or traditional media workshops, held at the Tomlinson Centre, by Hackney Council’s communications team (two hour workshops) • 5 press release templates covering the following issues: Ofsted results, exam results, VIP visits, fundraising events, school trips.
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• Regularly updated contacts list for key local journalists, newspapers and websites, as well as education trade press reporters (issued each term). • A follow up telephone service offering advice on how to sell your stories to the local media. Bespoke Public Relations Campaigns • We can offer bespoke workshops covering issues such as social media, traditional media or effective newsletters held at you school by specialists in Hackney Council’s communications team. • Bespoke press releases promoting your event/success, sold in to the media by Hackney Council’s communications team. • Available to all schools. • Both are price on application, charged at £400 per day. Weekly News Service • We will keep you updated on the latest education news stories and headlines, local and national, with our weekly ‘in the news’ briefing, sent directly to your email inbox. Graphic Design Services Our professional graphic design services can provide you with successful creative solutions at competitive prices to help your school achieve its communications objectives. Prospectus Design • We will design a bespoke prospectus incorporating high quality photography and print - to grab the attention of prospective parents and students – and deliver on time and within budget. • We can arrange professional photography, copy writing and copy editing as well as manage print requirements at competitive prices. • In addition, your prospectus can be created as a digital publication and embedded in your school website. Branding and Logo Design • We can offer you a full redesign or refresh of your school existing brand and/or logo. Publishing Design • We can offer you a range of solutions and creative options – from a simple
COnTACT DETAILS For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7474 or email marketing@learningtrust.co.uk
We are very happy with our new school prospectus and the children and governors are very pleased with it too. The website version is well formatted and we already have had a lot of hits.’ Headteacher, Jubilee Primary School.
two sided school newsletter to a full 100 page school magazine – to help you effectively engage with your local community. Photoboards and Displays • In using Photoboards, digitally printed wallpapers and display systems, you can transform your school space into a vibrant, inspirational environment. • Options can include: light, portable and easy-to-use banner ‘pop-up’ stands that give you a fast and highly cost-effective way to publicise your school – They are ideal for school open days, receptions or local and national fairs. • Or high impact full colour large-scale wall banners for indoor and outdoor displays. Advertising and Marketing Design • From a simple local press ad through to an online banner campaign, we can design all your school advertising and marketing materials. Staff Recruitment Campaigns • We currently offer a one-stop service for all your school TES recruitment campaigns, using the ‘Hackney Success in the Making’ brand and our social media tools. • This service is only available to Hackney’s schools and academies. Please note that TES advertising costs are not included and invoiced by TES separately. Digital Services Website design and development Your website is a virtual shop window for your school. It will be the first port of call for everyone wanting to find out about the school’s ethos and values, structure and policies, funding, curriculum and teaching methods, and its latest results.
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MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS In order to create the best impression possible, your school’s website needs to be well designed, easy to use and contain the latest and most relevant content. Hackney Learning Trust has long experience of building and supporting a large number of school websites and so can work with you to create a site that combines effective branding with strong visual impact, offering an overall online experience that is easy to use and understand. For those schools simply looking for a web presence that meets Ofsted requirements we can offer a standard template based package that both reflects your school’s brand guidelines and fulfils all of the essential School Information Requirements, such as term dates school timetables, newsletters and copies of letters to parents, information about the school curriculum, and information on the school’s policies (including the admissions policy). Full Wordpress content management training to nominated staff members is included so that ownership of your website can be passed directly to you. There is a one-off fixed cost of £4,000 for this service and ongoing website/content management support packages can be purchased at a cost of £400 per day dependent on your needs. For those schools with more ambitious plans for their website we are also able to provide a bespoke service aimed at
creating a website that matches your individual requirements and provides your school with a totally unique website design. To do this we adhere to a structured project management process to ensure that your website is delivered to agreed milestones: • A Hackney Learning Trust account manager will meet with you to discuss your needs and aspirations for your site, gathering information relating to target audience, branding, colourways, menu structure, imagery, and content. • The information gathered in the initial consultation will be used to prepare a detailed proposal and breakdown of costs on which to base your purchase decision. • Once the purchase has been confirmed we will provide your school website design previews in a digital format. We will then provide one round of revisions based on your feedback so that the design meets your requirements. • Once the design and layout is approved, your website will be built and integrated into the Wordpress content management system with full Wordpress content management training provided to nominated school staff. • The school’s new website is then made ‘live’ for everyone to see. Content management training is available separately at a cost of £200 per
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ORDER CODE
PRICE
Crisis Communications Support: non Hackney Schools (Retainer)
02/COM/017
£500
Crisis Communications Support: non Hackney Schools (per hour)
02/COM/018
£80
Bespoke Public Relations Campaign (typical day rate of £400)
02/COM/019
POA
Public Relations Package (per annum)
02/COM/003
£945
Weekly News Service (per annum)
02/COM/002
£150
Graphic Design Services (typical day rate of £400)
02/COM/006
POA
Staff Recruitment Campaigns
02/COM/013
£1050
Essential Ofsted Website
02/COM/014
£4000
Bespoke Website Development (typical day rate of £400)
02/COM/009
POA
Website/Content Management Support (typical day rate of £400)
02/COM/008
POA
Content Management Training (per session)
02/COM/010
£200
Digital Publications (typical day rate of £400)
02/COM/011
POA
Social Media Branding
02/COM/012
£800
Email Newsletter Template
02/COM/015
£200
Web, Digital and Social Media Package
02/COM/016
£4500
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“Thank you for all your work and help with our Headteacher recruitment. The Governors are very impressed with the Applicants Pack and really like the look of it all.” Parkwood Primary School
“Thank you for being such a star and getting all the publicity materials ready for the Schools Fair yesterday. It was much appreciated and everyone thought our display looked wonderful.” Communications Manager, Our Lady’s Convent High School.
session. Each training session will last from 3-4 hours and will take place at your location with training for up to four users per session. The training will focus on the basic use of the Wordpress Content Management System. Additional website support/content management support packages are available at a cost of £400 per day dependent on your needs. Development of digital publications Our digital publications combine a familiar magazine format with advanced online functionality. They can be embedded in your website, used as part of an email marketing campaign, or easily shared through social media. They are viewable on all devices including iPhone, iPad, Android devices, eReaders, and tablets and can contain live links, animation, video, audio or other rich media options. Social media site branding Your school’s social media branding is just as important as the rest of your branding strategy. We can create a cohesive social media branding package with profile pictures, cover images, and background images for Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube that all promote your school to its full potential for a one-off all-in price of £800. Email newsletter and marketing templates Fully branded, professionally designed email newsletter templates to match your school brand, you simply add your text and images online and manage your lists and subscribers. This service is available for £200 per template.
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Health & Safety
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Minimising risks to make school safe.
For more information on this service please call 020 8356 2278 or email david.pullen@hackney.gov.uk
Getting health and safety wrong can be painful and expensive, so it is important to ensure that health and safety is managed properly at all times. We will work in partnership with you to provide a safe environment where staff can work and pupils can learn and play. Benefits of the service • Drawing up polices and plans, undertakes risk assessments, audits and inspections, provides and advises on training for school staff. • Helping schools comply with their statutory duties for Health & Safety and Fire Risk Assessments. • Governors, school leadership teams and staff will gain understanding on how to provide a safe school environment and minimise risks to pupils and staff. Services Provided Fire Risk Assessment A fire risk assessment helps you identify all the fire hazards and risks in your school. An action plan is provided to help you improve or maintain adequate fire safety arrangements.
Health and Safety consultancy package for Hackney primary and secondary schools This consultancy package (five days in school) includes: • Devise and review Health & Safety policy. • Devise and review Fire Evacuation policy. • Develop and review asbestos management plan. • Carry out Fire Risk Assessment. • Review of and support for risk assessments (including CoSHH, manual handling and DSE) for staff, pupils and visitors. • Assist in developing educational visit risk assessments. • Advise on Health & Safety training for staff. • Carry out termly inspection of school premises. Health and Safety bespoke service For any school settings.
Health and Safety support package for non-maintained schools This support package includes: • Health and Safety Audit every two years. • Telephone advice line. • Advice on specific health and safety issues. • Recording and reporting accidents to the HSE if required under RIDDOR.
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PRICE
Fire Risk Assessment – Hackney Primary & Special schools
09/HAS/001
£535
Fire Risk Assessment – Hackney Secondary Schools
09/HAS/002
£660
Health and Safety Support Package for non-maintained schools, academies and schools outside Hackney
09/HAS/008
£630
Health and Safety Consultancy package – Hackney primary schools
09/HAS/009
£2,520
Health and Safety Consultancy package – Hackney Secondary schools
09/HAS/010
£2,770
Bespoke Service (for any school setting)
09/HAS/011
POA
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BUSINESS SERVICES
LEGAL SERVICES
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Providing high quality, timely, specialist advice on all legal issues faced by schools.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7552 or email legal@learningtrust.co.uk
Hackney Learning Trust Legal (HLT Legal) is a discrete legal team within the London Borough of Hackney, which builds on the Trust’s specialist knowledge of education law and the specific legal issues affecting schools. We have considerable experience with and understanding of the wide range of legal issues schools can face. A snapshot of the sorts of issues we have advised on recently include: • Legal advice and support regarding pupil admissions and exclusions (including independent review panels and appeals) and special educational needs pupils; • Advice on handling school complaints, and dealing with difficult parents (e.g. banning letters); • Employment law, for example: managing disciplinary, grievance and capability processes effectively, dealing with claims of workplace discrimination, drafting secondment agreements; • Immigration law, for example: advice about employing/sponsoring foreign workers; • Freedom of information and Data Protection, for example: responding to Freedom of Information and Data Protection Act requests, requests for pupil records, advice about information sharing with other public bodies. • Negotiating contracts for goods and services, for example photocopier contracts, and dealing with disputes with your contractors. • Interpretation of new legislation, regulations and guidance – particularly in the ever evolving landscape of education law. Benefits of the Service • Governing bodies and senior school managers can operate with confidence in their legal position thanks to advice from specialist lawyers at prices that compare favourably with private sector law firms.
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Services Provided Packages of Services – five and ten hour packages We offer five or ten hour packages of legal advice which you school can purchase upfront at any stage during the academic year. The school can then access our legal service as and when required, until the package runs out (at which point you can renew.) Alternatively we offer our services on a ‘pay as you go’ hourly rate.
Bespoke Advice and Training We run regular training sessions on exclusions, independent review panels, discrimination and employment law. We can also arrange bespoke training on any legal issues you would like to understand better. This service is only available to Hackney schools.
NB: Where disbursements are incurred, such as court fees, schools will be billed separately.
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ORDER CODE
PRICE
Annual Legal Subscription – five hours
07/LEG/001
£600
Annual Legal Subscription – ten hours
07/LEG/002
£1,100
Bespoke legal advice and training per hour
07/LEG/003
£135
Training session (for non subscription users) per person
07/LEG/004
£50
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Property SERVICES
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Supporting schools to manage and develop their property assets.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7383 or email propertyservices@learningtrust.co.uk
If you need expertise in any aspect of managing school buildings or capital projects, we have an experienced team at hand to support you. Benefits of the Service • Help schools produce a maintenance and development plan to support a good quality environment for staff, pupils and visitors. Access to a specialist database containing property information and reports to help keep the school buildings safe and meet statutory obligations. • Help the school design and develop a scheme to meet education design standards and building requirements, saving time and resources through procurement, tendering and economies of scale. Services Provided Property Management Full Package • Bi-annual visit to school to identify asset management priorities and support with producing premises development and maintenance plans. • Advice on meeting statutory obligations regarding plant and equipment testing, asbestos management, accessibility requirements and asset management planning. • Specialist web database access for asset management planning including site and building plans, condition, suitability and sufficiency surveys, asbestos reports, and summary details of all Local Authority (LA) completed building works. Also includes a two hour training session for relevant staff. Access can be given to contractors working in schools.
• Design phase – review of options / feasibility: oversee application for building control and planning permission; attend planning meetings with LA to develop satisfactory building solution: liaise with technical team to ensure design meets education building standards and premises regulations. • Construction phase – oversee procurement and appointment of contractor, provide Clerk of Works to monitor workmanship and quality of project. • Completion phase – ensure that final account is correct and all works are complete. Capital Project Management Advice Package • advice and guidance on legislative requirements, policies and school design guidance • drawing up a brief and procurement of building advisers and contractors, including tender documentation and evaluation criteria
“The team are a valuable source of knowledge for myself which I would not want to be without. The service is a vital springboard for us to tap into key information on a daily basis which ensures that the school’s buildings and those within them are in safe environments. ” Business Manager, Shacklewell Primary School
“The team has been of great benefit to the school, providing a wealth of experience and knowledge as well as an understanding of all aspects of school buildings projects that you wouldn’t necessarily have on a school staff team.” Headteacher, Gainsborough Primary School
• guidance on contract management, cost control and project management on site. Condition surveys for voluntary aided schools and academies These can be brokered by Education Property on behalf of schools.
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ORDER CODE
PRICE
Property Management Package – up to 2 fe
08/CAP/005
£480
Property Management Package: 2–3 fe
08/CAP/006
£900
Property Management Package – above 3 fe
08/CAP/007
£1,300
Property Management Website Only • Specialist web database access for asset management planning as stated in the Property Management Package
Property Management Website only package (per school)
08/CAP/014
£200
Capital Project Management – value under £30,000 (charged 2.5% of project cost, subject to a minimum fee of £750)
08/CAP/001
POA
Capital Project Management Full Package • Pre-feasibility phase – an initial written appraisal of the capital project to advise on suggested timescales, budget and procurement.
Capital Project Management – value £30,000 and under £100,000 (charged 1.75% of project cost, subject to a minimum fee of £750)
08/CAP/016
POA
Capital Project Management – value £100,000 and under £500,000 (charged 1.5% of project cost, subject to a minimum fee of £1,750)
08/CAP/017
POA
Capital Project Management – value over £500,000 (charged 1.5% of project cost, subject to a minimum fee of £7,500)
08/CAP/018
POA
Advice Only Package (per hour)
08/CAP/015
POA
Condition Surveys for non community schools (price per square meter of building)
08/CAP/011
POA
• Advice and assistance with carbon management and carbon reduction.
• Procurement phase – written brief to procure and select building advisers following LA and European Union procurement regulations.
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BUSINESS SERVICES
THE TOMLINSON CENTRE
COnTACT DETAILS
A modern, flexible and affordable training centre and conference venue based in the heart of vibrant East London.
For more information about the Centre please call 020 3076 1500 or email info@thetomlinsoncentre.co.uk or visit www.thetomlinsoncentre.co.uk
Close to central London, with excellent transport links, our light and spacious venue can be tailored to suit your needs, big or small, it is ideal for conferences, training workshops and meetings.
The TV studio boasts an array of features, from interactive 3D environments, chroma screen and remote control cameras, to live broadcasting complete with specialist support.
We offer state of the art facilities and equipment including a high definition TV studio and IT suite – both fully serviced by on-site technicians offering a full package of support.
The adjoining air-conditioned IT suite offers Mac and PC capabilities and editing facilities.
There are 13 rooms over three floors, all benefiting from natural daylight, each of which can be configured into a variety of layouts and sizes. Each suite includes free wireless internet access, as well as the best in technical and audio visual equipment.
The on-site catering team offer a variety of options and can tailor a menu to suit your budget and requirements. We provide a friendly and flexible service and aim to make organising and running your event as stress free as possible.
“We regularly use The Tomlinson Centre for SLT strategy meetings. The service from beginning to end is of a high quality. Booking, leading on to the room we use, technical support and refreshments are all great and I would recommend to others.” Lead Deputy Headteacher, Orchard Primary School
“Thank you very much for helping make our staff training day such a success. Your team were extremely friendly and professional and couldn’t have been more helpful. Everybody said that the lunch was great and how lucky we are to have such an excellent venue on our doorstep. A super service and highly recommended – thank you!” Executive Headteacher, National Executive Headteacher, National Leader of Education, Queensbridge and De Beauvoir Primary Schools
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ORDER CODE
PRICE
The Tomlinson Centre booking enquiry
28/TOM/001
POA
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BUSINESS SERVICES
BURSARIAL SERVICEs
COnTACT DETAILS
Financial expertise at your service.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7475 or email admin.schoolfinance@learningtrust. co.uk
Even though you are a Headteacher, not an accountant, you are still required to meet financial deadlines and make sure financial information is clear and accurate. That’s where we come in. Our bursarial support package provides focused, financial expertise, delivered to you on a regular basis throughout the year, or as and when you need it. Benefits OF THE SERVICE • Provides a high quality, on-going record keeping and financial planning and monitoring service for a school, or an interim solution in the case of a bursar’s absence or departure. Services Provided Bursarial support is available as a one to four-day package of dedicated support each month over 10 months. The precise scope and financial duties to be undertaken will be agreed by the Headteacher and the school’s Business Manager. It will typically include: • financial record keeping – preparation of monthly and annual financial returns to the Trust, maintenance of the SIMS (or KEYS) accounting system, bank reconciliations, processing payments and purchase orders, and dealing with financial queries • budget preparation and monitoring – including explanations on variances to budgets • financial information for the Head and governing body – specialist consultative support on specific financial matters such as costing proposed changes and initiatives, and advice on how to deal with current and potential financial problems.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
1 day per month package over 10 months
03/FIN/005
£4,725
2 day per month package over 10 months
03/FIN/006
£9,345
3 day per month package over 10 months
03/FIN/007
£13,860
4 day per month package over 10 months
03/FIN/008
£18,375
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BUSINESS SERVICES
SCHOOLS FINANCE SUPPORT
COnTACT DETAILS
Reducing your financial risks and making the most from your money.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7475 or email admin.schoolfinance@learningtrust. co.uk
At a time when school budgets are squeezed, spot-on forecasting, tight financial controls and value for money are critical. Let our team of highly experienced school finance professionals guide you through the maze of rules and regulations and ease the pressure at those critical points in the financial year. The service provides a broad range of support to schools to efficiently plan and manage school finances. We can help you to: • minimise financial risks
Level 1 package Three full-day visits each year of direct school support, which can be used as required to assist with the following: • financial planning, modelling and monitoring • guidance and planning for year-end accounts closure
“A very helpful team overall. Even if the assigned Business Analyst for our school is not available someone in the team will always offer to help over the phone, remotely or a personal visit!” Gayhurst Primary School
• attendance at governors’ meetings • specialist support for specific financial assignments
• introduce robust monitoring arrangements
• budget planning software along with user training, user guide and user support
• comply with the relevant legislation and regulations
• Helpdesk support providing prompt response to all financial queries
Level 2 package All services offered under the Level 1 package, plus an extra day each term of direct school support for budget planning and monitoring.
• prepare and forecast budgets and manage variations
• advice on VAT issues, accounting for capital projects, operating school financial systems and running financial reports, including training and troubleshooting
Level 3 package All services offered under Level 1 and 2, plus an extra day each month (10 days a year) of direct school support for budget planning and monitoring.
• help with planning for inspection, including pre-Ofsted health checks
Long Term Sickness Scheme If you manage sickness and attendance, and are based in Hackney, you can apply to join our Long Term Sickness scheme. The subscription is on an annual basis, and the scheme will refund supply cover for Teaching Staff, Nursery Nurses and Teaching/Classroom Assistants.
• manage contracts to ensure value for money. Benefits of the Service • Schools benefit from the support of a team of experienced financial professionals who have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the statutory and local financial framework within which schools operate. Schools will achieve: -- compliance with statutory and mandatory requirements (external and internal audits) -- guidance on budget preparation, forecasting, and managing variations -- finance managers and bursars trained to required standards -- cost control -- value for money and contract management. Services Provided Services are provided at three levels; additional half-days can be purchased as required.
• advice and support for finalisation of accounts, audit compliance and preparation for Ofsted inspections • bi-annual review of indicators and Ofsted findings; and/or • bespoke financial training and networking sessions for governors and school staff (including finance officers, bursars and business managers) in the following areas: -- governor financial responsibilities -- audit preparation -- User training for budget planning software -- operating school financial systems and generating financial reports.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Level 1 package
03/FIN/001
£2,625
Level 2 package
03/FIN/017
£3,780
Level 3 package
03/FIN/002
£6,300
Additional half day to support package
03/FIN/004
£210
Long Term Sickness Scheme
03/FIN/019
POA
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Schools are notified of their premium and their budget share at the beginning of each financial year. At the end of each year, any surplus or deficit will be taken into account when calculating the following year’s premiums.
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BUSINESS SERVICES
Procurement Support
COnTACT DETAILS
Saving your school money through effective procurement.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7448 or email: Tasha.slaise@learningtrust.co.uk
Are you getting value for money from your purchasing activities? Our procurement support can help save you money, keep contracts under control and smooth the way with suppliers. Benefits of the Service • Contractual risk is identified and mitigated at the outset of the contractual relationship with suppliers and schools trade on contract terms that protect the schools’ rather than suppliers’ interests.
Bespoke Support Where a school has additional requirements (for example, for Hackney Learning Trust to write a tender document or run a tender process on the school’s behalf) full or half day support will be negotiated with the school.
“I find the procurement package really does ‘practise what it preaches’ and offers value for money.” Business Manager, Jubilee Primary School
• The School Financial Value Standard (SFVS) requires schools to: -- regularly benchmark their expenditure against that of similar schools and investigate further where any category of spend appears to be high -- consider collaboration with others, e.g. on sharing staff or joint purchasing, where that would improve value for money’. • The benchmarking report will enable schools to meet these requirements. • Schools will achieve better value for money from their purchases and should develop improved relationships with their suppliers Services Provided Basic Package • Helpdesk advice regarding specific procurement, tendering or contract matters. • An annual benchmarking report comparing CFR expenditure between Hackney schools of a comparable size • A full procurement and contract health check available upon request. • Information on and access to public sector framework agreements for a wide range of goods and services
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Basic Procurement Package
03/FIN/009
£735
Bespoke Procurement Package (Typical day rate £525)
03/FIN/010
POA
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BUSINESS SERVICES
Human Resources
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The heart and the driving force of the very best schools is an effective workforce. Most issues adversely affecting standards of school performance can be directly linked to employee problems.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7272 or email hr@learningtrust.co.uk
The major part of a school’s budget expenditure (80% average) is on staffing and managing that resource is critical. We can help you to achieve this by assisting, advising, developing and mentoring school senior management and governors in preventing, managing and solving employee related issues. Our service is: • Speedy and reactive operational support to immediate issues. • Proactive in providing strategic support and avoidance of future issues. Our approach is to work with you as a partner, not a removed contractor/service provider. We will be part of your business, your resource, sharing in your visions, your objectives, and your problems. Our objective is to provide you with business sensitive practical solutions that you can own. We therefore offer comprehensive operational and strategic Human Resources advice and support, when you need it. (Including out of normal hours contact and during school closures). SERVICES PROVIDED The following are part of the annual service package: Prevention • Ensure good practice and legally compliant and effective policies and processes. • Model policies, practice and toolkits. • Expert advice on risk, risk assessment and options including additional advice from the Trust’s employment lawyer.
Solution Ensure effective and practical interpretation and application of processes producing effective outcomes.
Essential documents and records • Advice on Employment contracts and related documents. • Advice on all essential employment checks such as DBS, migrant workers, rights to work and remain, maintenance and reporting of essential HR-related records.
• Ensure positive employee relations
• Professional support and management of all types of case work from inception, investigation, Panels and Tribunals.
• Job design/specification and grade job evaluation.
• Expert and experienced investigators and investigation.
• Industrial relations: support and advice
• Negotiation of settlements and agreements.
• A termly check of single central records and review of personal files audit report and action programme.
• Regular visits: termly visits as a minimum – to discuss issues.
• Organisational change – support and advice on implications, process and solutions for implementing reorganisation and change.
• Pre Ofsted short notice audit and action on single central records and files.
• Annual audit of all employee relations and staffing issues.
• Contracts and pay and conditions: Advice.
• Strategic assessment and advice on longer term issues.
• Safeguarding: Advice on management of employment-related safeguarding issues. • Placement of advertisements and documents in the Hackney Learning Trust Vacancy Bulletin.
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BUSINESS SERVICES ONE OFF PURCHASE SERVICES Not in service pack We recognise that you have your own business and administration support resources, so our annual package concentrates on key HR support areas.
Mediation An overlooked option as an alternative to process driven management of issues. This provides the potential for constructive outcomes that policy/ process may not achieve.
We also recognise that sometimes your own resources may not be able to cover specific issues or you may just want on occasion to utilise us for other things.
We can build and provide expert and qualified support packages of ‘third party’ mediation to resolve internal disputes between individuals. We provide an independent trained mediator to facilitate resolution between both parties.
In particular we know that administration accompanying many HR issues can be exacting, complex and burdensome to normal school administration. We can therefore offer additional one off bespoke services as follows: Specific professional support • Administration support for panel hearings or investigations: arrangements, minute taking, letter writing and reports. • Compilation of case document packs/ bundles.
Learning and Development We provide a range of bespoke training events on HR and employment related issues such as policy, effective practice, safer recruitment and accreditation, employment law etc. See page 71 for more information on wider L&D/Coaching and Training products.
(HR administration, for example: Contract preparation, updating the Single Central Record or other HR related tasks) Recruitment Recruitment support is not included in the service pack (apart from advert placement on HLT website) and can be separately purchased. It can include:
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Our expert and dedicated team provide a DBS checking service available at the cost of the DBS charge plus an administration fee per check. This includes overseas DBS or equivalent checks, quarterly report on staff due for a DBS renewal and advice on any aspect of the DBS process. This service can be purchased directly through the HR service.
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
HR Annual Service Package – Small maintained Primary (1–1.5 form entry)
05/HR/001
£4,040
HR Annual Service Package – Large maintained Primary (> 1.5 form entry)
05/HR/002
£5,555
HR Annual Service Package – Small maintained Secondary school (< 800 pupils)
05/HR/007
£6,565
HR Annual Service Package – Large maintained Secondary school (> 800 pupils)
05/HR/008
£7,575
HR Annual Service Package – Maintained Special school
05/HR/004
£5,555
Bespoke HR Service Package – Non maintained schools/Academies
05/HR/011
POA
HR professional support per hour
05/HR/012
£60
Bespoke HR training per hour
05/HR/005
£125
• Support during the selection process.
HR Administration support per hour
05/HR/021
£40
Migrant Workers – Sponsorship Hackney Learning Trust has been issued with a licence by the Home Office, and is able to issue certificates of sponsorship to migrant workers wishing to take up a position within a Hackney maintained school.
HR Recruitment – Single vacancy placement on HLT website
05/HR/024
£55
HR recruitment support per hour
05/HR/025
£50
HR Sponsorship Certificate – Migrant workers (schools buying into service package)
05/HR/028
£325
HR Sponsorship Renewal Certificate – Migrant workers (schools buying into service package)
05/HR/029
£175
HR Sponsorship Certificate: Migrant Workers – (schools not buying into service package)
05/HR/030
£420
HR Sponsorship Renewal Certificate – (schools not buying into service package)
05/HR/031
£260
HR Mediation – Provision of case assessment and mediation delivery per hour
05/HR/032
£150
• Advice and guidance on planning the recruitment campaign and appropriate media. • Preparation of the job description, person specification and advertisement. (Placing advertisements, including the uploading of documentation such as job descriptions and person specifications) • Placement of advert in Hackney Learning Trust vacancy bulletin. • Short listing including advice on equalities and safer recruitment practices. • Planning the selection process.
We will provide this service to schools (subject to the school meeting the conditions required by the Home Office, and outlined with the Trust’s Service Level Agreement).
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BUSINESS SERVICES
PAYROLL SERVICE
COnTACT DETAILS
Fully integrated, reliable and comprehensive payroll service for all school staff.
Being paid the right amount at the right time is a basic expectation and entitlement of any employee. For that to happen there needs to be solid, reliable systems in place. Leave it to us. Our expertise is with schools, so we fully understand the complexities of your payroll and the differing terms and conditions of your teaching and support staff. • The service delivers a fully integrated payroll service that pays school employees accurately and on time. • It undertakes all aspects of payments and benefits, maintains accurate recording and reporting and fulfils all statutory requirements of the employer. Benefits of the Service • Our team delivers on time and accurately and is completely reliable. • Our team is experienced in handling the complexities of running a school’s payroll and has specialist knowledge of the differing terms and conditions of teaching and support staff.
• Record absences, calculating and applying deductions • Process pensions decisions • Calculate and make payments to third parties, such as HMRC • Deal with sick, maternity and adoption pay • Perform end of year/periodic routines, prepare returns for government departments • Maintain employee and payment records for each employee. This includes a record of employment commencement date, previous service dates governing pay entitlements, pay method data, and details of permanent contractual pay elements and contractual hours
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7697 or email payroll@learningtrust.co.uk
“They rarely, if ever, make a mistake. They’re very prompt in their responses to our queries. They do everything we ask. We can work quite flexibly with them as well which is very helpful and given the nature of a payroll it’s important that we have that stability. There is a lot of knowledge in the team, so that’s very helpful because the contracts of employment in education, pay scales and terms and conditions of employment are exceedingly complicated.” Business Manager, Secondary school
• Produce management information, such as a costing report for schools • Deal with enquiries and correspondence and provide a helpdesk for individual employee payments.
• The service is comprehensive and delivered at a competitive price. Services Provided • Process payroll for the pay period to pay each employee by BACS and distribute payslips charged at £4.25 each • Add new starters to the payroll and deal with their pension decisions • Deal with leavers and calculate the final salaries and distribute P45s • Process temporary and permanent amendments to the employee’s contract, to their personal information or to adjust their salary • Deal with pay awards and increments, calculate arrears for retrospective awards • Make emergency payments charged at £36 per payment • Deal with overpayments and debt accounts, setting up deductions to reclaim overpayments
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Payroll Service for maintained schools & academies (per payslip)
06/PAY/001
£4.25
Emergency Payment (per payment)
06/PAY/002
£36
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BUSINESS SERVICES
COACHING AND TRAINING
COnTACT DETAILS
Empowering your teams and individuals through learning and development programmes.
For more information on this service please call 020 8820 7663 or email trainingandcoaching@learningtrust. co.uk
COACHING YOUR TEAM Coaching is an activity where a manager or member of staff meets with a coach on a confidential one to one basis to work on a range of work-related issues, aimed at improving performance at work. The coaching relationship gives you time and space to think through issues with a coach who is on a mission to see you succeed. What situations can Coaching help? Some of the situations where coaching can be used: • Person facing a new role e.g. making the transition from colleague to manager, • Help to improve performance and achieve goals, • Help to develop specific skills e.g. interview techniques, time management,
Introductory session – Is coaching the right intervention? We offer a free coaching consultation will enable the client to get an overview of the process of coaching and to make an informed decision on whether to proceed with coaching or not. Facet5 Facet5 is one of the most modern and advanced measures of personality available today. Used by organisations worldwide, Facet5 harnesses the power of personality, supporting businesses to realise the full potential of their human capital management capability. Facet5 provides a model and a language to explain how people differ in their behaviour, motivation and attitudes, and more importantly, what to do about it.
Coaching Package The coaching package can be for up to 8 delegates and will consist of your chosen situation/s from the above list, an introductory session, 5 x 1 hour coaching sessions including a wrap up session.
• Improve decision making by helping your team member to create and see options,
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Facet 5 assessment
05/HR/014
£145
• Helps to identify potential and develop talent,
Facet 5 Assessment when bought with Coaching Package
05/HR/015
£95
• Develop better interpersonal and relational skills through greater self awareness,
Coaching Package
05/HR/017
£695
Hourly rate
05/HR/019
£145
• Support the development of a more strategic perspective,
BESPOKE TRAINING OFFER Empowering teams and individuals through development programmes A school is unlike any other working environment and that’s why we have created a truly schools-focussed programme of in-school training and development, equipping your leaders and staff with the personal, management and leadership skills they need to deliver improved team and individual performance.
• Effective Influencing and Negotiation skills
Benefits • Gives valuable insight into behaviours and increase self awareness,
We work closely with your leadership team to identify needs and offer the right support, from one-to-one coaching to one-off skills workshops or programmes.
• And many others. Contact us!
• Improves your team member’s performance at work,
Bespoke training programmes defined to meet your needs in any areas such as:
• Helps your team member to develop fresh ideas and increase their efficiency,
• Effective Communication
• Better management of conflict situations, • Support the transfer of skills following other development interventions, • To help your team member think positively about issues and find new ways forward, • Time for your team to reflect, re focus and re evaluate where you are and where you want to be in relation to career and work performance.
• Introduction to Coaching • Presentation skills • Developing personal responsibility • Setting SMART objectives • Time management • Recruitment • Interview skills All training sessions will take place at your premises. If you would like your training session to be held elsewhere and or require catering this will attract an additional fee. Please call us to discuss your requirements.
• Introduction to crucial conversations
• Helps your team member to achieve and maintain his/her well being,
SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
• Develops better working relationships and improve their personal impact,
L&D Training – Hourly rate
05/HR/033
£125
L&D Training – Half day
05/HR/034
£395
L&D Training – Full day
05/HR/035
£750
• Opens mind to new and positive changes in the way they think and behave.
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professional training DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY TRAINING PROGRAMMES
training and conferences
Professional training
COnTACT DETAILS
A programme of centrally delivered training for teachers, leaders and support staff, open to all.
For more information on our professional training programmes please call 020 3076 1515 or email cpdadmin@thetomlinsoncentre.co.uk
One of the key drivers in the transformation of Hackney schools over the past decade has been the availability of high quality training programmes aimed at all those groups concerned with improving outcomes for pupils and schools. There is something for everyone in our training programmes and we look forward to welcoming you to our courses. We welcome bookings from schools and settings outside Hackney onto most of our programmes. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) This includes a specialist Early Years programme which is free to Hackney Early Years settings and various subject based networks. Our CPD brochure is published annually at the beginning of the summer term for the following September. The costs are: SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Unlimited access to full programme: small primary schools (less than 2 form entry)
24/CPD/006
£2100
Unlimited access to full programme: small primary schools (2+ form entry)
24/CPD/007
£3350
Unlimited access to full programme: special school
24/CPD/008
£2100
In school CPD package: secondary school
24/CPD/009
£3100
Access to 5 delegate days worth of training courses
24/CPD/010
£850
Bespoke CPD programme
24/CPD/011
POA
Individual courses are available without buying into the packages. You can select the courses you would like to attend. SERVICE
ORDER CODE
PRICE
Individual course prices – 1 day courses per delegate
24/CPD/012
£200
Individual course prices – ½ day courses per delegate
24/CPD/013
£125
Individual courses – Twilight courses per delegate
24/CPD/014
£75
Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) Programmes Develop the skills of your NQTs in proven training programmes led by inspirational teachers and trainers. We also act as the Appropriate Body for registering and reporting on NQTs throughout their first year of teaching. Our brochure detailing the programme for secondary NQTs will be available in the summer term. Governor Training We offer a proven training programme for all governors, an induction programme for new governors and bespoke training for individual schools (see page 7). Specialised Training Courses These are tailored training courses on individual subjects and themes, usually run specifically for a school.
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publications EMPOWERING TEACHERS WITH NEW TOOLS
Alongside our specialist services, our experts have created a number of professional publications which have empowered teachers to deliver motivational, high quality learning experiences. Summaries of these are given on the following pages. All these books are widely used, both within Hackney and in many other localities, and are very popular with teachers and school leaders. We are in the process of developing further publications which may be of interest to you. To see the latest portfolio, please visit www.hackneyservicesforschools.co.uk and click on Publications.
76 Family Seal Guidance 76 Securing Good or Better 77 Small Group Work Guidance 77 The Primary Seal Assessment Guide and Materials 78 Learning Mentor Handbook 78 Assessment Cycle 79 Putting Science Enquiry at the Heart of Learning 79 Coming soon
PUBLICATIONS DELIVERY Publications are normally sent by first class post within five working days of receipt of an order. If you need a more urgent delivery, please call Services for Schools on 020 8820 7378 to arrange for special delivery at an additional cost.
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Family SEAL Guidance
£50 + p&p Order Code: 22/PUB/003
Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning – Family Workshops.
The aim of this guidance is to support schools to deliver Family SEAL workshops as part of the whole-school SEAL approach. It provides professionals with the structure and materials needed to work with a group of parents and carers to help them develop the skills to support their child’s social and emotional development.
The Primary Behaviour Team
social emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) Family SEAL
The guidance offers structured 60-90 minute workshops that make direct links to the skills, knowledge and understanding taught within each SEAL theme. The Family SEAL Guidance has been piloted and developed in partnership with Hackney Schools and builds on the DfE Family SEAL materials included in the SEAL curriculum.
Securing Good or Better Improving quality first teaching through Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (second edition will be available from September 2014).
The Securing Good or Better programme enables staff to develop and implement strategies to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom. It provides a structured approach to understanding the features of best practice in teaching and learning and supports staff to identify and implement change. The programme also enables staff to consider how teaching and learning is underpinned by the five domains of emotional intelligence. It provides the tools for establishing reflective learning communities to enable staff to share best practice and support each other to embed and maintain improvement.
securing good or better ImprovIng QualIty FIrst teachIng through socIal and emotIonal aspects oF learnIng (seal) second edItIon
DVDS INSIDE
£100 + p&p Order Code: 22/PUB/005
“This project has been really successful in our school. It has raised the quality of teaching. I would highly recommend it to other schools.” Headteacher
“One of the best things that has ever happened to me as a teacher. I am more confident now. I would really encourage every teacher to go for it.” Year 6 Teacher in pilot school
The programme guidance is supported by two DVDs. One DVD details how to implement each phase of the programme and the other provides illustrative examples of quality first teaching. The Securing Good or Better programme has been developed by teaching, learning and behaviour specialists from the Hackney Learning Trust. It has been recognised as an example of innovative practice by both schools and the Department of Education.
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PUBLICATIONS
Small Group Work Guidance
£50 + p&p Order Code: 22/PUB/002
Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning – Key Stage 2.
The Primary Behaviour Team
social emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) Small Group Work Key Stage 2
This publication provides professionals with a framework and materials to work with small groups of pupils to further develop and consolidate the knowledge, skills and understanding taught through the SEAL curriculum. Within each SEAL domain there are six structured sessions of 45-60 minutes each. All the materials required to deliver the activities are included within this guidance. The guidance is supported by a DVD, which guides staff delivering the small group activities by illustrating aspects of best practice. The KS2 SEAL Small Group Work Guidance has been piloted and developed in partnership with Hackney schools.
THE PRIMARY SEAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE AND MATERIALS
£100 + p&p Order Code: 22/PUB/009
An unique resource to help access key SEAL outcomes.
This guide enable Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) leads, teachers and pupils to reflect on the learning taking place in SEAL lessons and throughout the curriculum. This unique resource provides teachers with assessment materials to assess key SEAL learning outcomes, within each SEAL curriculum theme, from Years 1 to 6.
primary SEAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE AND MATERIALS
Each stage of the assessment process is clearly explained in the guidance booklet. End of theme assessments are carried out by the teachers themselves, in partnership with pupils. Pupils are also encouraged to self assess and reflect on their own progress with the support of their ‘SEAL Buddy’. SEAL assessments are not just a record of an individual pupil’s achievements; they are also tools for informing future planning or provision. Using the SEAL Assessment Guide and Materials will help teachers identify gaps in learning and highlight areas that need to be revisited, either as a whole class, a small group or as an individual.
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PUBLICATIONS
Learning Mentor Handbook
£30 + p&p Order Code: 22/PUB/004
Developing effective and consistent working practice in primary and secondary schools.
Primary Behaviour Team
learning mentor handbook Developing effective and consistent working practice in primary and secondary schools across Hackney.
The purpose of this handbook is to provide guidance and advice for Learning Mentors and line managers in order to develop effective and consistent working practice in schools. This includes examples of systems that support and enhance the work of the Learning Mentor, plus interventions for individuals, groups and whole-school. It also provides line managers with the opportunity to implement a supervisory process that is both supportive and effective. The Learning Mentor Handbook has been developed using the national standards set by the CWDC and best practice from Hackney schools and services.
Assessment Cycle
£70 + p&p Order Code: 22/PUB/006
For EYFS, Key Stage 1 and 2 – Fourth edition (2012/2013). Fifth edition coming soon.
Assessment lies at the heart of the process of promoting children’s learning. It provides a framework for setting educational objectives and monitoring and communicating children’s progress. Assessments should be carried out in partnership with children and should be an essential part of all teaching strategies to help identify areas for development and chart progress. assessment cycle KEY STAGES EYFS, ONE AND TWO EDITION 4 – 2013
This new publication brings together a wealth of strategic and detailed guidance and ideas to support teachers and leaders in using assessment effectively, in the classroom and across the school, to improve teaching and learning. It helps the user to plan, monitor and progress pupils’ attainments throughout EYFS, Key Stages 1 and 2. Programmes based on this guidance will help schools to strengthen learning across the curriculum and help teachers enhance their skills and judgement.
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PUBLICATIONS
Putting science enquiry at the heart of learning
£30 + p&p
How to use skills-based learning intentions and success in primary science lessons.
“It’s my view that if teachers adopt the approach suggested by this book they will increase the amount of science enquiry focused lessons and engage the children more in their skills development. Engaged children learn better.”
Order Code: 22/PUB/001
Have you ever wondered how to make science lessons simpler to plan and more exciting to teach? This book shows you how the best teachers achieve this – and more. It will help you plan effective lessons, which focus on science skills, while continuing to provide opportunities for children to discover the knowledge they need. As a result pupils’ independence, engagement and motivation in science will increase.
Dr Jane Maloney, Science Learning Centre London
Putting science enquiry at the heart of learning How to use skills-based learning intentions and success criteria in primary science lessons
Reading Guidance In light of the changes to the National Curriculum, this exciting ‘Hackney Approach’ publication will guide and help experienced teachers to further improve their professional development, whilst contributing to raising standards for all pupils in the teaching of reading at Key Stage 2.
Coming soon 2014/15
Assessment without Levels A new publication to support schools in tracking pupil progress across the new National Curriculum
Coming soon 2014/15
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our promise to you COURTESY, HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND DISCRETION
GENERAL • Treat all service users with courtesy, honesty, integrity and discretion • Respect the confidentiality of information provided to us • Treat people fairly, embracing differences, respecting individuality and practising equality • Do our best when delivering services to our customers • Provide a reliable service • Work in an environment free from harassment and bullying
Communication and Correspondence • Give a clear, accurate and timely response to your requests • Maintain a tone of communication that is helpful, polite, welcoming and responsive • Answer your telephone calls quickly and professionally, and if the person you wish to speak to is unavailable, try to sort out the query to the best of our ability
Meetings and Appointments • Arrive in time for meetings and appointments. If we cannot avoid being late, we will let the school know our expected arrival time as soon as possible • If we cannot attend a pre-arranged meeting or appointment, we will let you know as soon as possible, arrange a new appointment or, where appropriate, send a representative.
Customer Obligations
What is a Day?
We respectfully request that customers will:
Where the service specifies allocated or negotiated days, this equates to:
• Treat our staff with respect and courtesy • Attend any meetings/ training sessions sufficiently prepared and with the required paperwork
• one day = 7 hours (excluding any break for lunch)
• Tell us as soon as possible if a meeting has to be cancelled or delayed
Please note that some services may include preparation and follow up time. This will be agreed with you when you purchase the service.
• Provide suitable and adequate space for meetings/in-school training sessions • Provide the information and instructions we need in order to inform and support service delivery quickly and efficiently to the named contact officer • Notify Hackney Learning Trust as soon as possible about any changes of circumstance that may affect pre-agreed instructions or information regarding the service.
• a half-day = 3 ½ hours
Monitoring and Evaluation If you have any comments about how we can improve our services, or any concerns or complaints, please email the Services for Schools team at s4s@learningtrust.co.uk or call 020 8820 7599 / 020 8820 7378.
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HOW TO ORDER The best way to order services from Hackney Learning Trust is directly through the Services for Schools website: www.hackneyservicesforschools.co.uk The website contains the most up-to-date information on services and prices.
New Customers Customers ordering for the first time can either register on-line or complete the manual order form which can be downloaded from the website or photocopied from this brochure.
Important information Invoicing terms All service offers purchased on an annual subscription basis are invoiced at the start of the subscription period. Packages of support comprising more than one day’s support are invoiced following confirmation of the order.
If you have any queries on how to order or use the website, please contact the Services for Schools Team on 020 8820 7378.
CPD packages and courses run at The Tomlinson Centre are invoiced following confirmation of the order.
Manual Ordering
Invoicing terms for services purchased as a result of a specific quote or bespoke proposal will be specified at the time of the quote or proposal.
If you prefer not to order online, please complete a order form which follows this page. This can be photocopied, or downloaded from the website. You should complete this form and enter the order codes of services, together with the quantities you wish to purchase. If the service offer is Price on Application (POA), enter the order code and the service will contact you to discuss your requirements Please send the completed form to: Services for Schools, Hackney Learning Trust, 1 Reading Lane, London, E8 1GQ Fax: 020 8820 7359 Email: s4s@learningtrust.co.uk
Payroll services are invoiced every three months. All other services are invoiced on delivery. Note: Where appropriate, the customer and Hackney Learning Trust may agree to split the invoicing for subscription services and CPD packages between financial years. Prices All prices in this brochure are correct at the time of publishing. Hackney Learning Trust reserves the right to amend prices from time to time. Up to date prices will be posted on the Services for Schools website or advised on application. Federation discounts If a federation orders a service for all its schools at the same time, it will receive the following discounts: • 5 percent discount for two to three schools • 7.5 percent discount for four or more schools These discounts do not apply to bespoke services where a discount for volume has already been applied.
CONTACT US Services for Schools Hackney Learning Trust, 1 Reading Lane, London E8 1GQ T. 020 8820 7378 E. s4s@learningtrust.co.uk www.hackneyservicesforschools.co.uk
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ORDER FORM 2014/2015 Please complete this order form to identify the services you wish to purchase for your school.
INSTITUTION DETAILS: School Name: School Address: URN or LA/ Establishment No:
School PO/Internal Ref:
To be completed by new customers placing an order for the first time only.
(Optional) PO/Internal Ref indicated here will appear on Invoice
CONTACT DETAILS:
CONTACT DETAILS FOR INVOICE:
School Contact Name:
Contact Name for Invoice:
Direct Tel no:
Direct Tel no:
Email:
Email:
PRODUCT CODE
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
PRICE
Excl VAT
QTY
TOTAL Excl VAT
SPECIFIC OF SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED: Use this space to provide more information about any specific or bespoke services you wish to purchase e.g. training programmes, interventions, workshops etc.
Please submit the signed, scanned form by email to: s4s@learningtrust.co.uk or post the original signed copy to: Services for Schools, Hackney Learning Trust, 1 Reading Lane, London E8 1GQ or fax to: 020 8820 7359 By signing this form, you agree to the Terms & Conditions set out overleaf. Signed by a duly authorised signatory on behalf of the School: Print Name:
Job Title:
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HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES 1. Definitions
8. Modifications and Variations
1.1.
8.1. In exceptional circumstances, the Trust may need to vary the schedule, content or delivery of the Products and will advise the Customer of its intention to do so.
“Agreement” means these terms and conditions on which the Products will be provided. “Customer” means the Customer stated within the Order, Quotation or Proposal as having ordered the Products. “Invoices” means invoices from the Trust to the Customer for the Price of the Products. “Order” means a request for products received by the Trust from the customer. “Price” means the amount charged by the Trust for the Products specified in the Order, Quotation or Proposal. “Products” means any Products ordered by the Customer as contained in any Quotation or Proposal. “Proposal” means any proposal attached to this Agreement. “Quotation” means an offer by the Trust for the provision of Products to the Customer and refers to Quotations attached to this Agreement. “Schedule” means agreed delivery patterns and times for a product. “Trust” means Hackney Learning Trust, part of The London Borough of Hackney, Town Hall, Hackney, London, E8 1DY.
2. Products 2.1. The Trust agrees to supply and the Customer agrees to purchase the Products on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement. 2.2.
The Trust will provide the Products to the Customer in accordance with the Order, Quotation or Proposal.
3. Payment 3.1. The Customer agrees to pay the Trust the Price for the Products. 3.2.
Invoices shall be payable by the Customer within 30 days of date of issue. All payments should be made via BACS transfer. Where the Customer wishes to pay by cheque, this should be made payable to ‘The London Borough of Hackney’ and sent to the address on any Invoice.
3.3.
The Trust reserves the right to charge interest at a rate of 2% per month calculated on a daily basis from the date payment is due until payment is received.
3.4.
If a Customer has paid for Products that the Trust cannot provide, other than in situations where the Products cannot be provided because of some act, failure to act, delay or negligence on the part of the Customer, the delivery of the product will either be delayed, to such time that the Trust can deliver it or the Customer will be refunded or not charged for the Products.
4. Quotations and Proposals 4.1. The Customer, by signing the Quotation or Proposal, accepts the Price proposed by the Trust for the Products and shall be bound to pay the Trust that Price.
5. Trust’s Obligations 5.1. The Trust will make every endeavour to provide the Products in accordance with the Order, Quotation, Proposal and any other specific requirements that have been agreed between the parties in writing. 5.2.
5.3.
Should any revisions to the quotation be required, for example because of a necessary change of specification or price the Trust will advise the customer of these revisions and agree the details of the final order before it is placed. Though, the Trust cannot be responsible for prices changes from equipment and other third party suppliers, The Trust will make every endeavour to advise the customer of these changes and the potential impact on their order.
6. Delivery 6.1. The Trust shall endeavour to deliver the Products at the time and date and in the manner specified by the Trust or as otherwise agreed with the Customer. 6.2.
The Trust shall not be liable for any delay in the delivery of the Products howsoever caused.
6.3.
The Products may, by mutual agreement, be delivered in advance of the delivery date quoted on the Order, Quotation or Proposal.
7. Customer’s Obligations 7.1. The Customer shall provide the Trust, in good time, with all necessary information required to perform or provide the Products. 7.2.
The Customer will provide Trust with access to its premises if the Trust reasonably requires it for delivery of the Products.
9. Termination/Cancellations 9.1. Either party may cancel any or all of the Products contained in the Order, Quotation or Proposal by giving the other 12 week’s written notice. (This Clause, however, does not apply to Annual I.T. Support Contracts. Such contracts can only be terminated by the Customer for material breach after the Customer has given the Trust an opportunity to rectify alleged breaches). 9.2. If the Customer gives the Trust less than 12 weeks’ notice or cancels part way through delivery of Products, it may be liable for the full cost of the Service ordered or charged any costs that Trust incurs as a result of the cancellation, up to the full cost of the Service. 9.3. In the event that the Trust is unable to supply all or any part of the Products, it shall refund the Customer for that part of the Products it cannot deliver. 9.4. If the Trust has scheduled Products to take place on the Customer’s site, and the Customer fails to advise the Trust of any change in the schedule of those who will be receiving the Products within 48 hours before the Service is due to be carried out, then those Products shall be deemed to have been delivered and will be charged for by the Trust. 9.5. If delays are caused by the Customer not responding to the Trust with suitable delivery times to enable completion, the Trust may either extend the time in which delivery of the order can be fulfilled, and if no further action is taken after an extension of time is granted, the Trust may deem the products to have been delivered and charge accordingly. 9.6. If a Party is in breach of a material term of this Agreement and despite written notice from the other Party, fails to remedy such breach within 30 days, then the other Party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement with immediate effect. 9.7. The Trust may cancel all or part of the Products (and refund a reasonably apportioned percentage of the Price) if it considers that the usage of the Product exceeds what the Trust considers to be fair use in all the circumstances.
10. Non-Solicitation of Employees 10.1. The Customer shall not, for a period of 12 months from the date of the delivery of the Products, (except with the prior written consent of the Trust) directly or indirectly solicit or entice away (or attempt to solicit or entice away) from the employment of the Trust any employee, worker, consultant, associate or other person involved in the delivery of any Products ordered under this Agreement. 10.2. The Customer shall not solicit similar products, as it has in the past received from the Trust, from an employee of the Trust via a private arrangement with that employee. 10.3. If the Customer breaches clauses 10.1 or 10.2 above, it shall, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies of the Trust, on demand, pay to the Trust a sum equal to either three months’ basic salary payable by the Trust to that employee or worker, or five times the Price for the Products in the case of a consultant or associate plus the recruitment costs incurred by the Trust in replacing such person. 10.4. To help the Trust safeguard its intellectual property, we ask the Customer to inform us immediately, should they be approached by former Trust employees to provide services which the Trust can provide.
11. Confidentiality 11.1. The Parties shall keep confidential all information pertaining to the Products and this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed. 11.2. All information processed under this Agreement shall be dealt with in accordance with the Trust’s information sharing guidance, the common law duty of confidentiality, any guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office on information sharing, the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
12. Health and Safety 12.1. The Trust and any of its personnel shall, when using the Customer’s premises or facilities, comply with the Customer’s policies and procedures relating to security and workplace health and safety.
13. Copyright 13.1. Copyright in all reports, documents and the like produced by the Trust in the performance or provision of the Products shall remain vested with the Trust, but the Trust shall grant an irrevocable, royalty free license to the Customer to use such Goods, reports, documents and the like for the specific purpose of the Products.
13.2. Any Products you purchase may only be reproduced for non-commercial or training purposes on condition that the Product has been purchased by the school, organisation or individual using it or because that school, organisation or individual has been authorised to use this material by Hackney Learning Trust, under special agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Products may not be passed-on, resold, amended or delivered to third parties (either for commercial or non-commercial purposes) who have neither purchased the Product from Hackney Learning Trust or had the Trust’s permission to use it.
14. Dispute Resolution 14.1. Concerns relating to the Products provided under this Agreement should be raised in writing in the first instance with the service contact person at the Trust, whose details can be found on www. hackneyservicesforschools.co.uk 14.2. If the Customer’s concern is not resolved it shall be escalated to the Traded Services Team. The traded services team will work with colleagues including the trust’s senior leadership team to resolve the concern as soon as possible. 14.3. Where disputes arise that cannot be settled within the above resolution process, an option for referral to an independent arbitrator may be considered. In this case, the arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding on the parties.
15. Limitation of liability 15.1. The Trust will provide and/or perform the Products for the Customer with reasonable skill and care and acknowledges that it may be liable to the Customer for any losses, damages, costs or expenses (“Losses”) if a breach of the duty of care, wilful default or dishonesty is established. 15.2. The Trust will maintain insurance coverage at a level commensurate with a business of the Trust’s size and risk profile, and include cover for employer’s liability and professional indemnity and malpractice with a reputable insurer. 15.3. The aggregate liability of the Trust, whether to the Customer or to any third party, in contract, tort or otherwise, for any Losses arising from or in any way connected with the Products shall be limited to ten (10) times the contract value, or £100,000, whichever is lesser. 15.4. However, the Trust will not be liable if such Losses are due to the Customer providing false, misleading or incomplete information or documentation or due to the acts or omissions of any person other than an employee of the Trust. 15.5. The Trust’s liability, whether to the Customer or any third party, in contract, tort, under statute or otherwise shall exclude any indirect or consequential loss or damage (including loss of profits) suffered by the Customer or any third party arising from or in connection with the Products being provided.
16. General 16.1. This Agreement constitutes the whole understanding between the parties and supersedes any prior discussions, negotiations, arrangements or agreements between the parties in relation to the Products. 16.2. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the continuation in force of the remainder of this Agreement. 16.3. The rights granted to either party under this Agreement shall not be waived except in writing. Any waiver of any of such rights or of any breach of this Agreement by either party shall not be construed as a waiver of any other rights or of any other or further breach. 16.4. Failure by either party to exercise or enforce any rights conferred upon it by this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such rights or operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof at any subsequent time or times. 16.5. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience purposes only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. 16.6. Nothing in this Agreement confers or purports to confer any right pursuant to the Contracts (Right of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise to enforce any of its terms on any person who is not a party to it. 16.7. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. 16.8. The parties agree that the Supplier may review and increase its standard fee, provided that such fee cannot be increased by more than once in any 12 month period. The Supplier shall give the Customer written notice of any such increase [half a term] before the proposed date of that increase. If such increase is not acceptable to the Customer, it may, within one month of such notice being received terminate the agreement by giving twelve weeks written notice to the Supplier.
INDEX OF SERVICES A Admissions Service
42
Arts Class
37
Assessment Cycle
78
Assessment Data in the Classroom
14
Assessment for Learning
29
Assessment in Early Years
21
Attendance Service
44
B
D
I
P
Developing Leadership and Management 12
ICT/Computing Curriculum Support Programme 32
Parental Involvement and Engagement
17
Payroll Service
70
Developing the Literacy Diet
23
Developing Middle Leadership
Improving Outcomes During Transitions
25
16
Inclusion Team
46
IT Services
52–57
E Early Years Review and Planning Educational Psychology Service
18
K Kench Hill Centre
49
45
Better Environments, Better Outcomes in Early Years
24
Effective learning by assessing pupil progress in foundation subjects 33
Bursarial Services
64
Every Child a Reader 34
Personalised Leadership Coaching 16 Primary Teaching and Learning Support
26
Procurement Support
67
Property Services
62
Pupil Benefits
42
Legal Services
61
Reading Programme (Year 1) 35
Y
Reading Standard (Year 7)
Young Hackney Primary Support Unit
48
Young People’s Education and Skills
13
Music Service
08–11
Schools Finance Support
M
07
37
Human Resources 68–69
79
30
N Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) Programmes
Specialised Training Courses
73
Securing Good or Better
76
Small Group Work Guidance
77
73
New to Science Teaching Support Programme 38 O
One Day Review
36
65
Secondary Teaching and Learning Support 27
Ofsted Readiness Check 14
HACKNEY LEARNING TRUST
22
Writing Support
Governor Services 06–07
Humanities and RE
Using Data in Early Years
R
S
60
U
31
58–59
Health & Safety
47
True Partnership Working with Parents 20
78
Marketing and Communications
15
Transport Solutions
Learning with iPads
G
Headteacher Performance Management
The Tomlinson Centre 63
W
Coaching and Training
H
77
Learning Mentor Handbook
Family Seal Guidance 76
Governor Training
The Primary Seal Assessment Guide and Materials
19
Children’s Speech and Language Therapy 49
73
28
Leading the EYFS
F
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
The LIT Programme
Putting Science Enquiry at the Heart of Learning
L
C
71
T
Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) and Behaviour 39
15
85
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