Dolly Parton children’s book scheme brought to Keighley

August 10, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hundreds of children in Keighley are set to receive a free monthly book in a scheme originally launched by singer Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will deliver a free age-appropriate book every month to children aged from birth to their fifth birthday who live in the Keighley Central, Keighley East and Keighley West wards. […]

Sign up to Opportunity Areas Webinar – Opportunity Area programme’s approach in Teacher Recruitment and Retention and Workforce Development – Thu, 1 July 2021 at 15:30 – 17:00

June 18, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Learn more about the Opportunity Area programme’s place-based approach in Teacher Recruitment and Retention and Workforce Development. About this event Teacher Recruitment and Retention and Workforce Development – what worked for us and how we approached it. You will hear short presentations on the place-based approach the Opportunity Areas programme has taken toTeacher Recruitment and […]

Fifth year of Opportunity Area programme to benefit thousands more young people

May 19, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

£18 million to build back better for children and young people in some of England’s most disadvantaged regions Opportunity Areas have delivered proven results in early years for disadvantaged children, in phonics results and at Key Stage 2 Investment will help level up outcomes in education and support recovery from the pandemic https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-more-young-people-to-benefit-from-opportunity-areas Thousands more […]

BBC Look north autism – caer’s trials on identifying autism earlier

April 19, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Twinning – sharing best practice in school improvement

March 17, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Opportunity Areas (OA) are ‘Twinning’ with non-OA areas to share best practice and implement initiatives that have proven to work. Braford Opportunity Area has ‘Twinned’ with Knowsley Local Authority to deliver its school to school support programme, which alongside other OA funded school improvement activity has delivered notable successes, with 36 schools of the 62 […]

TEACHER WELLBEING COVID SUPPORT SERVICE LAUNCHES IN BRADFORD

March 2, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Bradford Opportunity Area has funded a free and anonymous support service set up specifically for teachers and school staff The service aims to provide practical and emotional support for school professionals operating in challenging times A newly launched Wellbeing Support Service for teachers, funded by the Bradford Opportunity Area, has been rolled out across schools […]

GROUND-BREAKING EARLY YEARS AUTISM PROJECT TO BE LAUNCHED ACROSS ALL BRADFORD PRIMARY SCHOOLS

February 16, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Bradford Opportunity Area has led a pilot project, to help identify autism in children, which will now be launched across primary schools in Bradford and York this year. A project to help identify autism in young children is set to be launched across primary schools in Bradford and York this year, following a successful pilot […]

Next steps on the new support offer for your Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs), based on the Early Career Framework (ECF).

March 6, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

News Archive How to register your interest for the programmes on offer How to attend an event to meet the providers. Background – what it’s all about In January 2019 the Department for Education published the Early Career Framework (ECF) which sets out all of the things that a newly qualified teacher (NQT) needs to […]

£18 million announced to extend the Opportunity Area programme to support social mobility in some of the most disadvantaged areas.

November 4, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Please see the following article announcing the extension of the Opportunity Area programme.

Burley and Woodhead English Hub

September 13, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The English Hub is setting up an Open University/UK Literacy Association Teacher Reading Group, which will provide 6 free CPD sessions on reading for pleasure, delivered by their specialists. Please see the attached leaflet for more information on the course and how to register your interest.