School news highlights

A consultation has been launched for the 25-26 AP Academy and Special School Core Schools Budget. This provides details about the options for allocation of the grant, and technical papers.

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A reminder that Children's Services is undertaking a whole system audit of school and college safeguarding practices, in line with statutory guidance, with a school submission deadline of 11 July 2025.

The Big Norfolk Holiday Fun's opportunities include the Personal Assistant scheme, bank staff, and the referral process. Also see the promotional materials and competition.

Applications for their Secondary & Post-16 Mathematics CPD opportunities for the 2025/26 academic year are now open.

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service is pleased to invite all schools to their Fire Safety in Schools webinar on 10 July.

A reminder that the deadline for submitting Key Stage 2 Teacher Assessment Data via the Primary Assessment Gateway is this Friday 27 June 2025 at 5pm.

We still have space on our Supporting Bereaved Children in School Communities training on Monday 30 June, 9:30-12:30 at County Hall.

The DFE has announced the current protections in place for free school meals will continue for the 2025/26 school year.

From Autumn 2025, ten new Local Planning Partnerships will be introduced, enabling secondary schools to make shared decisions on how new provision should be used to support pupils at risk of exclusion.