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Fantastic leadership programmes for Primary Curriculum Leads, starting in September 2022. The first is a 19-month Level 5 apprenticeship tailored for education with bespoke enrichment from Mary Myatt – please click here for the brochure. The programme is aimed at subjects outside of English and Maths, although they are welcome to join. The second is for English and Literacy Leads, it has the same Level 5 leadership content, but the additional enrichment is around Building a Reading School – please click here for the brochure. Within this brochure is also an offer for those leading libraries to engage in a Level 3 leadership apprenticeship. Please speak to your Headteacher for more information.

Recent events in the media have highlighted the story of Sir Mo Farah being brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant, rescued by his PE Teacher noticing his needs.

As a large organization WeST is required by the Modern Slavery Act to produce an annual statement; but more than that—it’s a real opportunity to protect our community and is aligned to the ethical core values of the Trust.

What is Modern Slavery?

Modern Slavery is the illegal exploitation of people for personal or commercial gain. Modern Slavery can take many forms including the trafficking of people, forced labour, servitude and slavery.

Modern slavery is an international crime, affecting millions of people around the world. The anti-slavery charity evidences that in the UK the number of people identified as victims of modern slavery has been rising year on year, with over 10,000 people referred to authorities in 2019. Slavery’s hidden nature means actual numbers are likely to be much higher.

Are there different forms of Modern Slavery?

The term Modern Slavery captures a whole range of types of exploitation, many of which occur together. These include but are not limited to; sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, forced labour, criminal exploitation, and other forms of exploitation.

What is WeST doing?

For several years WeST has published a statement to promote the Trust’s continued commitment and steps towards this issue. Please take moment to review the statement and consider the impact in daily operations you are involved in.

More information and resources are available at: 

 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/modern-slavery 

Opinion Survey: Providing Positive Role Models

This is a voluntary opinion survey assessing the provision of positive gender role models within education. Whether you directly or indirectly effect a child’s educational experience, your opinion is wanted. This research is approved by the University of Plymouth and anyone working within the schools trust is encouraged to participate. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous.

Follow this link: 

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.ProvidingPositiveRoleModels 

Closing date: midnight on Sunday 17 July.

Learning Opportunities – Personal and Professional

Have you ever thought about adult learning opportunities? There are a range of short courses, training, and workshops available – with many free or low cost. So whether you are looking to learn something new, gain an additional qualification or just searching for a new hobby there could be something for you! Each provider offers a range of day, evening, and weekend sessions. It may be something relevant to your work or it may be something for you personally. Visit the relevant local authority service for your home area:

Plymouth City Council = On Course, see: https://www.oncoursesouthwest.co.uk/

Devon County Council = Learn Devon, see: https://www.learndevon.co.uk/gcsevirtualenrolment/

Cornwall Council = Adult and Community Learning, see: https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/schools-and-education/adult-and-community-education/

Jump Back Up July 

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Recruitment update:

We are delighted to inform you of the following exciting career opportunities within our Trust:-  

A Senior Finance Officer - Initially the post holder will be working with a school business accountant to support 5 primary schools within the trust. This involves the preparation of timely monthly management accounts and other financial reporting, and ensuring financial systems and processes comply with Trust regulations and achieve value for money. For more information, please go here. Closing date: Monday 18 July 2022. 

HR opportunities: 

  • The HR Assistant/Officer will demonstrable experience of HR, payroll and recruitment administration with a desire to develop their HR practice and assist with routine casework across the Trust. 
  • The HR Officer/Advisor will have demonstrable generalist HR experience and will hold their own portfolio of primary schools, providing advice and support on a broad range of employee relations matters, helping to ensure timely progression of queries and cases. 
  • The HR Systems and Data Officer will deliver a professional and high-quality HR-related systems and people data service for the Trust. 

For more information, please go here. Closing date: 18 July 2022. 

Ugborough Primary School are seeking a Teaching Assistant and Mealtime Assistant (combined post). The successful candidate will be a reflective practitioner who is passionate about teaching and learning. They will be keen to learn, possess a positive attitude, want to make a difference and be committed to improving the life chances and outcomes for every child. For more information, please go here. Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 18 July 2022.