New Resource Hub: Mental Health Leads in School and Colleges
A new online resource hub has been launched by Anna Freud. Commissioned by the Department for Education, Anna Freud have collaborated with a range of education and mental health experts to produce this new hub for mental health leads and other education staff.
The hub will support schools and colleges to embed and sustain a whole-school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing. It offers practical resources and tools from trusted organisations, including senior mental health lead training providers, all under one roof, further supporting mental health leads to continue to develop their role and better support the children and young people in their setting.
The hub has been designed in consultation with a wide range of sector and professional bodies, including the Association of Colleges, to ensure it is suitable for different setting types and age ranges, including colleges, distinguishing between the bespoke needs of a varied workforce.
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DfE: Funding for Teacher Training 2023-24
The DfE are offering tax-free bursaries of £28,000 in chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics. Scholarships worth £30,000 tax-free will be offered in partnership with professional bodies for chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics. A languages scholarship worth £27,000 tax-free will be available in French, German and Spanish.
They are also offering a £25,000 tax-free bursary for biology, design & technology, geography and languages (including ancient languages). £10,000 tax-free bursaries will be available in English, and they are reintroducing £10,000 tax-free bursaries in art & design, music and RE.
The DfE are continuing to offer bursaries and scholarships to all non-UK national trainees in languages and physics. This is alongside continuing the £10,000 international relocation payment (IRP) to help with visa costs and other moving expenses.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-initial-teacher-training-itt/funding-initial-teacher-training-itt-academic-year-2021-to-2025
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DfE: Changes to How Candidates Apply for Teacher Training 2023-24
Candidates will be able to submit their applications for the next recruitment cycle from 10 October 2023 at 9am.
In the next recruitment cycle, we’re changing the way candidates apply for courses. These changes will be in Apply for teacher training (Apply).Training providers will process applications in the same way in Manage teacher training applications (Manage) or your own student record systems.
The changes we’re making are:
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View the new recruitment cycle dates: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruiting-postgraduate-trainee-teachers-recruitment-cycle-dates/recruiting-postgraduate-trainee-teachers-recruitment-cycle-dates
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DfE: Teaching Vacancies – supporting trainee teachers in their job search
The service has been designed to help trainee teachers like you find their first job more easily:
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85% of schools use this service to list their vacancies and it should be the first place you should always check when looking for your new classroom.