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Click here to find more information regarding a free, DfE funded training opportunity for non-specialist teachers of Maths in secondary schools.

Trinity Teaching School Alliance is offering funded support for non-specialist teachers (e.g. those who have a degree in a different subject) who currently teach Maths (or may be interested in doing so in the future). Schools taking advantage of this training may be better placed to respond to subject shortages.

There is no cost involved for schools, though they must commit to release the teacher for 4 workshops and a half day school based task.

If there is a group of schools/teachers in your area who wish to get together for the training, Trinity can also arrange for this to be delivered in a bespoke local ‘pod’/’pods’ to reduce the burden of travelling.

There is more information here about other funded Subject Specialist Training in:
•Secondary Maths
•Core Maths
•Physics
•Modern Foreign Languages

There are 2,500 children in Bradford who need glasses but either haven’t got any or aren’t wearing them in school. This is affecting literacy attainment.

30% of children identified as needing glasses through in-school vision screening tests do not attend a further detailed eye examination, whilst 50% of those who do fail to wear their corrective glasses.

For every line on the vision chart a child’s vision is reduced by their literacy score drops by 1.5%.

Bradford Opportunity Area is supporting a Born in Bradford study to get free glasses for children that need them to improve literacy attainment.

If your school wants to be a part of this study to improve literacy attainment please contact:

Dr. Alison Bruce, alison.bruce@bthft.nhs.uk

Key information:

• The study will be aimed at 4-5 year old children.
• Vision screening assessments in reception will be conducted in all participating schools.
• 50% of participating schools; 2 pairs of corrective glasses will be issued to children who need them (one pair to be kept in school).
• 50% of schools to act as a comparator.
• At the end of the study Born in Bradford aim to provide a pair of school glasses for children in all participating schools.

 

Internships

Over the summer, Bradford OA will be supporting and funding at least 12 young people, all from disadvantaged backgrounds, to take up an 8-week internship with professional employers in and around Bradford.

The purpose is to enable them to develop their employability skills, world of work experiences, enhance their CV and link with employers across Bradford.

Brand new centre for applied educational research established in Bradford

Born in Bradford and Bradford OA have established a new research centre in Bradford that will research, test and develop ways to improve educational outcomes in Bradford.

Funded support for school leaders

Bradford OA is investing £1.5 million of school improvement funding for schools in Bradford.

We want to help Bradford’s schools improve social mobility for the city’s children and young people. A crucial part of this is empowering Bradford’s best school leaders to help their peers improve.

Over the next academic year, the OA will provide funding for 25 schools in need of support. School leadership teams will work with high-performing local leaders to develop a joint plan for improvement. The OA will then provide funding to implement this plan.

A trial has begun this term for a small number of primary schools, with more schools to receive support in the autumn and winter terms. This will sit alongside activity already underway through the Strategic School Improvement Fund and the Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund.

School support partnerships

Along with other school improvement activities, by enabling good or outstanding schools to support other Bradford schools, the OA aims to create sustainable, mutually supportive school improvement in Bradford, in turn improving the education, wellbeing and opportunities for young people