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Support can be tailored to meet the needs of your school or setting. This may include: A review of the quality and standards of your early years provision Tailored INSET based on identified needs Follow-up visits to evidence the impact of support Coaching and mentoring for identified staff Early Years SEF support Support to analyse data and plan effectively SLT support for Early Years – joint observations and moderation of assessments Transition Pre- and post-Ofsted support Tailored support for the Early Years lead Some examples of training sessions are detailed on the attached document. Please contact Sue Thomas for further information on 01582 548197 or email Susan.Thomas@luton.gov.uk.

Schools can enhance their school improvement priorities through attendance at our network meetings and devising programmes of CPD linked to the key priorities and chosen from the menu of opportunities outlined. If, for example, mathematics is an area in your school improvement plan you can tap into our expertise and develop a programme for the academic year. Autumn Term Subject lead attends network meetings Assessment Leader attends network meeting Whole School INSET on Mastery Follow up facilitated observations – whole school Coaching Evaluation of impact staff meeting Spring Term Subject lead attends network meetings Assessment Leader attends network meeting Whole School INSET on Number Sense Follow up facilitated observations – identified staff Coaching Evaluation of impact staff meeting Summer Term Subject lead attends network meetings Assessment Leader attends network meeting Whole School INSET on Problem Solving Follow up facilitated observations Coaching Evaluation of impact staff meeting All opportunities outlined in the menus can be ‘mixed and matched’ to meet your school’s needs. Please contact Katherine.Shieber@luton.gov.uk for further details.

The DfE requires schools to report on proficiency in English during the Autumn term. Do your staff have a system in place for assessing the language needs of EAL learners? How does your system link to the DfE assessment scale? Are your staff confident in setting clear language targets and planning effectively? Can they identify and support the needs of EAL pupils, EAL/SEND and Gifted & Talented EAL learners? This is a one day course on EAL assessment and on planning provision to meet the specific needs of EAL pupils. We will share HLS updated EAL descriptors which have been aligned to the official guidance that the DfE are asking schools to use for reporting on proficiency in English. Participants will have the opportunity to work with an updated EAL framework to reflect the recent changes in Assessment. We will consider how we can use the information gained to set targets and plan effectively. In addition, we will explore strategies that support on-going assessment in the classroom. There will also be a focus on the distinction between EAL and SEN needs, as well as recognising early Gifted & Talented indicators. Further details and to book a place go to: http://www.ealhls.org.uk/product/eal-assessment-state-of-the-art-luton/

This is a joint SLA comprising of Professional days (Consultancy) and cpd usage; so time can be recorded on the website against a package, a ‘blocks’ system was introduced to record both parts of the package as follows: Package: Silver = 4 days (32 blocks) Gold = 6 days (48 blocks) Platinum = 8 days (64 blocks) Platinum Plus = 12 days (96 blocks) One day = 8 blocks Professional days (Consultancy): 8 blocks = one days’ professional time 4 blocks = half-of-a-day professional time 2 blocks = quarter-of-a-day professional time CPD/Training: 2 blocks = One day CPD 1 block = Half/Twilight course Schools can choose to mix and match based on one Professional (consultancy) day being equal to 4 CPD delegate days. To check on your usage of this SLA, please go to www.schoolsupport.luton.gov.uk and log in. On the home page in the Orange bar (across the top) click on Services, then in left hand brown box, Manage my Services, on the right hand side under Service Management, scroll down and click on Service Block Usage Summary, under Filter Criteria in Provider enter ‘School Improvement – Early Years and Primary Phase’ (normally only have to type the first few letters then it brings up the relevant package), click on School Improvement Credit and press ‘Filter’. This brings up a Results page with all your individual blocks on. If the left-hand side of each block from ‘Appointment’ is filled in, it will give you a tab called ‘view’, which you can click on to see how this block has been used. If nothing is in the Appointment column the block is unused. To check what training you have booked and has not yet taken place (so has not been allocated against your blocks). Log in to website and go to ‘Training’ tab. Half way down the page (on left-hand side), click on ‘view all bookings’. Under ‘Filter Criteria’ type in ‘School Improvement – Early Years and Primary Phase’ (you normally only have to type the first few letters then it brings up the relevant package), click ‘filter’. This is the list of courses that are booked in the future.