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03 June 2024
A collective dedication
Last week my son told me that without doubt Max Verstappen is the greatest driver of all time. I disagreed and discussed with him intricate teamwork behind a Formula 1 racing team. Success on the track isn't just about the driver; it’s the combined effort of every mechanic, engineer, and strategist. Red Bull is a great team and because of that he is in the best position to achieve success.
Similarly, in our school, while teachers may be at the forefront, it’s the collective dedication of the caretakers, admin teams, LSAs, teachers and canteen staff that truly drives our success.
Every role, no matter how visible, is crucial. The support staff ensures our environment is conducive to learning, maintaining our facilities and providing essential services that allow our students to focus on their studies. The administrative team keeps everything running smoothly, managing the myriad of details that go into daily school operations. LSAs provide critical support in the classroom, helping to tailor learning experiences to individual student needs. The canteen staff ensure that our students are well-nourished and ready to tackle their day.
Our teachers create lessons and resources that cater to the unique needs of each student, ensuring every child can progress and achieve their full potential. Just as in Formula 1, where the sharing of ideas and innovations keeps the team at the cutting edge, our collaboration and exchange of best practices propel us forward. When we share ideas and collaborate, we emulate a well-oiled racing team, continuously improving and pushing boundaries. This collaboration is the reason we as a school wanted to join Learning Partners to enable us to collaborate with staff in other great schools to enhance the provision for our young people. Each of us brings unique strengths and perspectives that, when combined, create a powerful force for student achievement.
In our busy lives, it's easy to forget about the positive things that happen and we deliver and focus on the negatives. Every member of our team plays a vital part in this journey. Thank you for your unwavering dedication and for the many roles you play in making our schools successful.
Trustee School Visit
Moss Lane
11 June
HT Meeting
13 June
Audit Committee
18 June
Union Representative Meeting
19 June
25 Years Service Cream Tea
27 June
Governance Conference
27 June
Trust Action Committee
04 July
Education Committee
15 July
Trustee Board Meeting
16 July
HT Meeting
16 July
SBM meeting
17 July
End of Summer term
22 July
Notable dates and meetings
Russell Mitchell, Headteacher, Glebelands School
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HEADS, GOVERNANCE & STAFF INFORMATION
Department for Education: School Workforce Statistics
Institute for Fiscal Studies:
The state of education:what awaits the next government?
NFER expert Jack Worth provided a summary of the key issues, which you may have seen on twitter:
Key findings:
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OPERATIONS
Celebrating Our Estates teams
The idea is to allow the team to create “a way of working” for the trust, to become more cohesive and share their expertise and skills. The meeting was kindly hosted by Kings College and the team met for a very productive three hours.
The meeting covered site-team specific asbestos training which included:
They also discussed the Every Compliance system and the powerful tool that it is. Many of the schools hadn’t realised how helpful the provision is.
A networking session followed the training which proved to be very productive and allowed colleagues to discuss statutory compliance items, such as
Discussions centred around contractors used, prices paid and how often.
With Russell’s main article in mind, there is no doubt that in order for a school to not only operate effectively, but to provide a safe, comfortable and welcoming environment for young people, it takes a whole team of differently skilled colleagues to work together to enable this.
Today we celebrate our Estates teams across the trust. Their importance should never be underestimated and although it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that our work environment is safe and pleasant, it is our site teams who have a real hold on this area of school operations.
It is the site teams who expertly manage all situations from handling routine maintenance tasks, repairing broken equipment, supervising cleaning services, managing rubbish and recycling collections to managing building projects, conducting regular safety inspections, addressing any potential hazards and supporting the logisics of any school event preparation. The responsibilites are not exhaustive and the site teams across the trust are extremely flexible in their approach to their workstreams.
Sally Cave, the trust’s estates manager responsible for health and safety cannot be more delighted to be working with “a fabulous and skilled team of individuals”. Sally brought the whole team together in April for a meeting, which was a great success and it concluded with all of the participants being very keen to meet again and on a regular basis. Next academic year, they plan to meet termly and each meeting will provide a professional development and networking opportunity.
Sally came out of the meeting in April, skipping! Her vision for bringing all site teams from all the schools, cross phase, together was coming to life and with a bang.
We are very excited to announce that we will soon be launching a podcast for you to gather interesting snippets of information where the intention is to teach you something new or reinforce knowledge that you already have. If not, we hope that it will at least provide some light-hearted entertainment for 5 minutes!
The first series of podcasts will be centred around our site teams. We will be chatting with individuals and getting some top tips and we can’t wait!
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Surrey Maths School Events
Women in Stem - Summer School
8 or 10 July, 09:30 - 15:30
University of Surrey
Meet the Headteachers
25 June, 17:00 - 17:45
Online
This one day event will be led by the co-headteachers of Surrey Maths School. It is for female students in Year 10 who have an interest in the STEM subjects, particularly maths and physics. Lunch will be included and the event is free. Please do inform your keen female scientists and mathematicians. But be quick - spaces are filling fast!
Surrey Maths School are turning their attention to recruitment for September 2025 and will be holding an online event for Year 10 pupils and their parents to meet the co-headteachers and to learn more about life at SuMS. Please promote this event to your keen mathematicians in Year 10.
Please click here to download the flyer and get the Teams link
Please click here to download the flyer and for further information
on the day
Click below for some bitesize learning
The TEAM are working hard on the CPLD programme for next academic year
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VACANCIES
Northmead Junior School is looking to recruit an experienced and committed class teacher from September 2024.
They require an excellent KS2 practitioner to join their thriving, well-established school. The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic outstanding teacher with a creative approach to teaching who is prepared to participate in the busy life of the school.
This is a permanent, part-time role, working 2 days a week in class, on Thursdays and Fridays ( + PPA time). The class responsibility will be shared with another teacher. The salary is dependent on experience.
On-going CPD provision supports individual teacher development to enable the school to grow their own leaders for the future.
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CEO’s meetings and central team contact list
All day
09.00 - 09.45
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Governors day at Tiffin School
Get Boardwise
SAfE CEO - Maria Dawes
Termly visit to Boxgrove
SFET CEO - Andrew Carter
1:1 COO
LA
Esher Church School
Trust headteachers meeting
School visit to Burpham
Spring review feedback at George Abbot
Directors of Education - MM/KK/GT
Termly visit to Stoughton and Northmead
1:1 Director of Education (KK)
LPCAT afternooon
1:1 Director of Education (AKR)
School visit to Tillingbourne
Jon Chaloner
Audit Committee
Moss Lane
Spring review feedback at Fullbrook
Secondary HT meeting
Julia Katharine
Executive team meeting
1:1 Director of Education (KK)
LPCAT afternoon
West Surrey Partnership
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Jack Mayhew
Patrick Overy
Andrew Roach
Jo Jones
Michele Miller
Kathryn Krynicki
Rachel Hughlock
Olivia Wernick
Ben Sayers
Nicola Riley
Sarah Allen
Anne Benson
Sally Busby
Douglas Dalgleish
Sally Cave
Julia Mason
Gaby Sutton
Shelly Masso
Tanya Marchetti
Jodie Farrell-Gray
Shaun Fishburn
Dominique Morris
Holly Donnithorne-Doughty
CEO
COO
Director of Education
Director of ITT
Director of Education Secondary
Director of Education Primary
Primary Senior Leader
Trust Inclusion Lead
IT Director & Deputy DPO
Head of HR
Head of Finance
Head of Operations
Head of Projects & Operational Strategy
Capital Projects Lead
Estates Manager
Clerk to the Board of Trustees
Senior Administrator & PA to CEO
PA to CEO
School Improvement Coordinator
Operations Coordinator
Data Officer
Compliance Manager
Compliance Administrator
jmayhew@learningpartners.org
povery@learningpartners.org
aroach@learningpartners.org
jjones@georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk
mmiller@learningpartners.org
kkrynicki@learningpartners.org
rhughlock@learningpartners.org
owernick@learningpartners.org
bsayers@learningpartners.org
nriley@learningpartners.org
sallen@learningpartners.org
abenson@learningpartners.org
sbusby@learningpartners.org
ddalgleish@learningpartners.org
scave@learningpartners.org
jmason@learningpartners.org
gsutton@learningpartners.org
smasso@learningpartners.org
tmarchetti@learningpartners.org
jfarrellgray@learningpartners.org
sfishburn@learningpartners.org
dmorris@learningpartners.org
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LEARNING PARTNERS Staff Benefits
Cycle To Work Scheme
This operates as a “salary sacrifice” employee benefit, in this instance the benefit is a bike and/or accessories). The salary sacrifice is taken from your gross salary, therefore you will make savings on income tax and national insurance. The bike can also be used for general use, so you don’t actually have to use it to cycle to work!
Click here for further information and to sign up
Access to Wisdom a health and mental wellbeing app
This app is linked to our employee assistance programme,Health Assured, and gives you access to a dedicated wellbeing counsellor using live messaging and vido calls. The health hub can track your mood, help you set health plans, give mini health checks and support with breathing techniques.
Click here for further information and our unique code to sign up
Nuffield Health Discounted Membership
A 12-month direct debit membership of £50 per month (instead of £72) and can be cancelled within the 12-month commitment period (with a calendar months’ notice) if there is a change in circumstances that falls within the terms and conditions. This includes a health issue or injury, redundancy, pregnancy, relocation, etc.
Additionally, there is a 20% partner discount available for anyone who joins alongside Learning Partners members providing they link their membership payments together.
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Octopus Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Supporting the UK government’s push towards an electric vehicle revolution, we are operating the Learning Partners Academy Trust Electric Car Scheme, in partnership with Octopus Electric Vehicles (OEV).
You can drive a brand-new electric car* using part of your gross salary, making savings on income tax and national insurance. You will pay some company car tax (Benefit in Kind) but the rates for electric cars are extremely low until 2025.
*Subject to eligibility and you signing the Learning Partners Academy Trust Driver Handbook.
You can save up to 40% on driving a brand-new electric car with maintenance, tyres and more included, plus insurance. There are some added extras too, including a home charger, funded with a standard installation, and 4,000 miles of free home charge or 4,000 miles public charge on the Electroverse + £50 home credit, if you switch to Octopus Energy at home. T&Cs can be found here.
Learning Partners Academy Trust and Nuffield Health have teamed up to offer a 30% discount to all Learning Partner employees at Guildford Nuffield.
There are two membership options available with the 30% discount. The pricing for these options is as follows:
1. A monthly rolling membership of £61 per month (instead of £87) and can be cancelled with a calendar months’ notice at any time during the membership.
Click here for further information
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LEARNING PARTNERS Staff Benefits
Discounts for Teachers
& Ode Cashback Card
Free Will Writing Service
Learning Partners Academy Trust and Estate Planning and Will Writing specialists Dunham McCarthy are able to offer you a free will writing service to help you plan for your future, protecting your family and loved ones. The free service is provided remotely, either by telephone or video call, at a time to suit you. You will have an adviser to help you complete each step from start to finish.
All Learning Partners staff, in any role (not just teachers), can access exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers when they join the scheme. There are over 1200 of the biggest brands on their website and thousands of deals. Save on holidays, fashion, homeware, days out, mobiles, finance, insurance, TV and broadband and more. It’s free to join and free to use, it only takes a couple of minutes to register, and you can start saving on your purchases right away.
Click here to watch a short webinar with advice on what can be included in a will
For more information and to book your initial appointment, click here
Freedom leisure - discounted membership
Freedom Leisure and Learning Partners Academy Trust can offer you discounted membership at Freedom Leisure sites in and around Surrey. There are three different packages to choose from offering various entitlements.
Employee Assistance Programme
The EAP is a confidential employee benefit designed to help you deal with personal and professional problems that could be affecting your home life or work life, health and general wellbeing. The helpline is available 24/7, 365 days a year.
Click here for further information
Click here to sign up for discounted membership
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LEARNING PARTNERS STAFF BENEFITS
Horizon Guildford
Surrey Sports Park
Learning Partners Academy Trust have teamed up with Surrey Sports Park to offer staff a Full Access Concession Membership Costing £47 per month (normally £60 per month) or £507.60 if paid upfront annually, a saving of £56.40.
This membership includes access to:
This membership type also includes the following perks, at no extra cost!
10% discount on your first treatment and a free 10 minute consutation with one of the specialists.
This session is aimed at improving confidence within the free weights area. One of the fitness team will go through different equipment, demonstrating and guiding you on how to use it.
A technical session aimed at improving confidence in performing the 3 key compound movements: bench press, squat and deadlift. The session is 30 minutes long and is delivered with a maximum of 3 members to ensure that each participant gets plenty of hands-on time to go through each lift with the observation of the fitness team.
Horizon Guildford (in Merrow), part of Horizon Leisure, is a newly refurbished state-of-the-art not-for-profit charitable trust with over 25 years of experience in the health and fitness industry. With established locations in Havant and Waterlooville, Horizon Guildford marks the exciting expansion into the Guildford community. The mission is simple: to inspire more people to live healthier, happier lives. Alongside the gym, swimming facilities and classes, Horizon are passionate about promoting overall health and wellness. By becoming a corporate member, you will gain access to exceptional facilities, including a gym equipped with high-specification equipment, public swimming, sauna and steam room and over 100 weekly classes, including Les Mills experiences.
Find out more here
Horizon Guildford are delighted to offer all Learning Partners staff a discounted rate of £35 per month (usually £42 per month) for a 12-month membership commitment, along with a £10 administration fee.
If you would like to join Horizon, please contact Anita Kidgell.
akidgell@horizonic.com
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LEARNING PARTNERS STAFF BENEFITS
Surrey Sports Park, continued
Kings Community Sports Hub Gym
Learning Partners staff can access the new Kings Community Sports Hub Gym (at Kings College Guildford) at a discounted rate of £14.99 per month (direct debit). Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 5.00pm to 10.00pm Weekends 9.00am to 5.00pm
Click here to sign up for discounted membership
Octopus Referral Scheme
Octopus have also just launched a referral scheme where staff who sign up for an electric vehicle receive a referral code which they can pass on to any colleague(s) ordering car. When the car arrives both parties receive £50 credit to their account. There is no limit to how many times someone can share their code.
If you are interested in this membership option or are just looking to have a tour around the amazing facilities, then please visit the sales team between 10am and 5pm Monday – Friday. You just need to provide proof of your workplace.
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Octopus EV
Salary sacrifice and pension impact
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While salary sacrifice schemes can be really beneficial and help you save money, it's important to understand the potential impact they can have on your pension, especially if you’re part of a defined benefit pension scheme like the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) or Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
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Sports Massage and Injury Rehabilitation at Kings
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an EV salary sacrifice
can affect your pension
A sports therapist who rents a room at Kings College is offering all Learning Partners staff a discount for various services including:
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