Recent Ofsted reports have identified poor recruitment and suitability check processes as significant factors leading to ineffective safeguarding. This automatically results in an inadequate overall judgment. Further actions have identified gaps in staff support, supervision and training for staff for both groupcare and childminder settings.

Safe recruitment practices together with ongoing staff support and supervision through regular team meetings, 1:1s, appraisals and inductions are key to ensuring highly effective and meaningful engagement between staff and managers, including childminding assistants and childminders. It also provides an essential opportunity for leaders and staff to identify training needs, prioritise staff wellbeing, discuss concerns confidentially and to offer guidance within the role.

Good staff management is vital to ensuring children are kept safe but also that their learning and development needs are met by committed, skilled and motivated staff.

The training will cover:-

• Safer recruitment procedures and policies
• Robust probationary and induction period
• Effective team meetings
• The role and format of 1:1s and ways to implement them
• Conducting an appraisal
• Having difficult conversations
• Managing expectations and balancing staff needs
• Staff wellbeing and workloads

This training will be interactive and an opportunity to share best practice and common issues.

PVIs and Childminders - managers, deputy managers and room leaders

These meetings will support English KS3 Leaders with aspects of their role and provide up to date information on current research and policies.

They will explore ways of continuing to improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in English at Key Stage 3, provide opportunities to share effective practice and support English KS3 leaders in their strategic role.

Pupils will: 

• benefit from improved teaching and learning at Key Stage 3
• have improved behaviours for learning

KS3 Leads will: 

• be able to achieve outstanding or improved outcomes across Key Stage 3 
• be able to plan for effective and personalised interventions 

Settings will: 

• benefit from improved leadership, and teaching, learning and assessment at Key Stage 3

English Key Stage 3 Subject Leaders

A networking session for SENCOs to share new developments in SEND. This session will provide support, information, advice and sign posting for SENCOs in mainstream schools in Royal Borough of Greenwich.

SENCOs will:

• have access to up-to-date information on SEND developments that are taking place in Royal Greenwich
• have access to specialist advice and support that supports working as a SENCO in mainstream school setting
• have opportunities to network with other SENCOs in a similar role in schools in Royal Greenwich

Primary and Secondary SENCOs

Dynamo Concise will provide the Level 3 course in partnership with Highfield (the awarding body). Their aim is to deliver top quality training services in Paediatric First Aid

The training consists of an online theory which participants will need to complete ahead of the day and the practical itself. The online theory will be sent in advance once you have booked on the course. Please note if you do not  complete the online training ahead of the day, you will not be able to take part and will still be charged the full amount.  

Please note due to limited numbers we can only allow one member of staff per setting to attend

• Aims and principles of first aid.
• Prevention of cross-infection during first aid procedures.
• Basic life support (CPR).
• Management of the unconscious casualty.
• Assessment and treatment of a casualty who is wounded, bleeding or shocked.
• How to deal with burns, poisoning and eye injuries.
• Assessment and treatment of common major and minor illnesses, including fractures, dislocation, head injuries, epilepsy and diabetes.
• Managing asthma attacks and choking.
• Legal aspects of first aid at work – record keeping and use of equipment

PVIs and Childminders