This course will provide participants with training as Paediatric First Aiders within the workplace, incorporating particular skills for the treatment of injured and ill children and babies.

Day 1 will cover working with children aged 8 and above
Day 2 will cover working with babies from birth to 1 and children 1-7 years.

All participants will receive a delegate pack.  It should be noted that there is no examination on the second day, participants will be continually assessed during the course. Attendance is required on both dates.

Successful candidates will be awarded an Emergency First Aid (Children and Babies) certificate, valid for three years.

Pupils will:

• be safer and have safeguarding needs met in a more appropriate and timely manner

Practitioners will:

• feel confident and prepared to deal with First Aid situations as and when they arise

All interested staff from all schools.

This course is open to anyone wishing to train as a First Aider – especially those working with children and babies.

Candidates must be physically fit with the ability and temperament to undertake First Aid training

This meeting will support Post 16 and CEIAG leaders to continue to develop and embed specific aspects of their strategic role.  It will provide: 

• Up-to-date information on current research, policy and practice
• Opportunities to work closely with Post 16 providers and external partners across the borough to share best practice and problem solve together
• Exploration of different ways of continuing to improve the quality of CEIAG offered to students and information 
• Opportunities to share information about upcoming enrichment events

Pupils will: 

• benefit from improved teaching and learning and improved outcomes 
• have improved behaviours for learning
• have access to high quality CEIAG so they can make better informed career choices and pathways

Leaders will: 

• have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities
• be able to achieve outstanding or improved outcomes at Key Stage 5
• be able to plan for effective and personalised interventions
• be able to share best practice and problem solve together 

Settings will benefit from:

• improved leadership, and teaching, learning and assessment
• improved delivery of CEIAG

Post 16 Leaders/Coordinators and CEIAG Leaders

This course is aimed at Governors of maintained Royal Greenwich Schools to enable them to fulfil their responsibility with regard to budget setting. Governing Boards are required to ensure that the priorities identified in the school improvement plan are resourced appropriately and that good value for money is achieved.  

Governing Boards are required to submit 3-year plans of which the current year must be a balanced position, with the remaining 2 years to support due diligence planning. 

• Governing Board approved budget plans explanation 
• How to approach 3 year budget plans with consideration of any savings that can be made 
• Income streams including Schools Delegated Budget Share (Primary and Secondary school) 
• High Needs Funding - place funding 
• Early Years Funding 
• National Funding Formula (updates if appropriate) 
• Engagement with Royal Greenwich if the school is not able to set a balanced budget 
• Monitoring budgets including funds raised in the name of the school 
• Bursarial Service 
• Preparation readiness for an audit 
• Business continuity and risk register 

Governors will: 

• have the confidence to challenge the school’s financial performance
• have the confidence to use the available data to set a 3-year budget
• have the skills and knowledge to ensure that timely and prudent management action is taken to ensure that effective budget control is maintained
• ensure that the whole Governing Board has the information available to them to become an effective and strategic group which robustly holds the school to account at all levels

All Governors, but particularly those serving on the finance/resources/business committee