Important transition information for parents of Year 6 children
Dear Parent/Carer
We would like to update you on some exciting new developments that will take place across all schools in Hartlepool.
Each of our children’s journeys through education, from primary to secondary, is our key priority and we are always looking to improve that journey.
We have been working closely with all Hartlepool schools to think about how we can best support all children in their transition to secondary school. Together we have developed a new process to share information so that we can ensure that the right support is available to your child from the moment they start their new school. One of the ways that we can help with this transition is to ensure that the secondary school is in a position, at the start of term, to support your child in all the ways we did in primary school. This can only happen if the secondary school is aware of the information held by us.
As you will know from our Privacy Notice on our website we are legally required to transfer information as described in The Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2005. However, this year, using the new processes we are hoping to share additional information (if we hold it) with your child’s secondary school, such as your child’s:
- Learning style;
- Social & emotional development and behaviour;
- Punctuality;
- Early Help/Social Care involvement;
- Child and family Circumstances;
- Home to School Partnership arrangements;
- Friendship groups.
The above information will be shared to highlight any areas of strength as well as areas that your child may need support. If necessary additional conversations will be held to ensure your child’s needs are met in their new school.
Under normal circumstances, we would have discussed this with you in person and involved you in the transition process, however, due to the current COVID-19 situation, this has not been possible. I would therefore, ask that if you have any concerns about us transferring this additional information to your child’s secondary school then please contact the school on 01429 273663 before 22nd May 2020
Many Thanks
Mrs J Thomas
Important message from the CEO of Ad Astra Academy Trust Andy Brown OBE
Dear Parents/Carers,
I am writing to you as the CEO of Ad Astra Academy Trust, of which your school is a member.
You will have undoubtedly seen that as part of the Prime Minister’s recovery strategy he is asking schools to extend their opening to more pupils from June 1st (dependent upon government scientific advice at the time). I understand that you will be very nervous about this. First and foremost, I can assure you that everyone in the Ad Astra family would like to see all of our children back at school, enjoying their learning and socialising with their friends as soon as possible. I do not underestimate how difficult this has been for our children, for you as parents and for our staff. However, I know that you will only want this to happen if you, your children and school staff feel safe and comfortable in doing so.
In order to give you some reassurance, I promise that;
1. The safety of our pupils, parents and staff is of the utmost importance to us and this will be at the very heart of any plans that we develop.
2. We are committed to ensuring the welfare and wellbeing of all pupils and staff.
3. We will make sure our plans are developed and assessed carefully and sensibly, taking into consideration all advice and guidance that is available to us.
In his speech, the Prime Minister was quite clear that 1st June is the earliest date that we can begin the process of opening more widely. I am sure you will understand that in order to manage this safely, there is a lot of planning and organisation required. The Headteacher of your school is already working hard with their staff to plan how this can be achieved. I am confident that a cautious, planned approach has the best chance of success.
Finally, please be assured once again that safety is our main priority. I want all pupils, staff and parents to feel safe and comfortable coming back into school and I look forward to the day when we can welcome everyone back in this way.
The Department for Education published some guidance for parents and carers that you may be interested in. You can find this at the following address;
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/reopening-schools-and-other-educational-settings-from-1-june
I will be back touch again once there is any further information to share with you.
Warmest wishes
Andy Brown OBE
Chief Executive Officer, Ad Astra Academy Trust
Edenred FSM vouchers update 6/5/20
The school meal vouchers have now been processed for the next four weeks, so you should receive them at some point this week. We apologise for the delay, but it is a government system that unfortunately we have no control over and we are as frustrated as you are.
FSM Vouchers Update 5/5/20
Last week vouchers did not get relaesed from Edenred despite them telling us they would be. We are continuing to chase them. We can see this weeks vouchers in the system so they should be with you soon.
Please note: This is a government initiative and we are as frustrated as you are. We are doing all we can and can only apologise.
Job Application
BROUGHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL
INTERNAL ADVERT – Restricted to existing employees of Brougham Primary School
CLASSROOM TEACHERS x 2
1 x Permanent
1 x Fixed-term for one year (covering a career break).
Brougham Primary School is part of Ad Astra Academy Trust and is on an exciting chapter in the development of the school.
The School is looking to recruit two enthusiastic and highly motivated teachers for September 2020. The successful applicants will work in a strong and committed phase team within our wider staff team and will benefit from the wider professional opportunities available working for Ad Astra Academy Trust.
Applicants will be expected to demonstrate that they are ready to take on a teaching position with flexibility, creativity and inspiration within this forward thinking school. The School requires teachers who can build on our ethos which is caring and supportive whilst maintaining high expectations of children’s work and behaviour. Applicants are asked to demonstrate their skills and experience that they will bring to the posts.
The successful candidates will:
- Join a school with a highly supportive, warm, friendly and respectful ethos, and the drive and ambition to ensure that all members of staff achieve their full potential.
- Have the privilege of engaging with hard-working and motivated children.
- Have opportunity to further develop their skills through a variety of professional development opportunities.
Brougham Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such the successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
For an informal discussion about the position please contact Sarah.
Application forms and further details are available via the Ad Astra website site:
http://www.adastraacademytrust.com/careers/ Closing Date – 9am on Monday 11th May 2020
NHS TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE
Tees Valley
Clinical
Commissioning
Group
NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group
21-04-20
Dear Parent, Carer
FOR INFORMATION
Sent on behalf of NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group
Re: CHANGES IN ACCESS TO COMMUNITY SERVICES
Due to the massive impact of COVID-19, NHS England released guidance about releasing capacity
from community services to support the response in acute care. A list of priority areas have been
provided which Community Services providers must follow. These areas are:
- Support home discharge of patients from acute and community beds, as identified in the new
Hospital Discharge Service Requirements, and ensure patients cared for at home receive
urgent care when they need it - By default, use digital technology to provide advice and support to patients wherever possible
- Prioritise support for high-risk individuals who will be advised to self-isolate for 12 weeks.
In light of this, NHS England has issued guidance across Adult and Children’s services where
community services should stop, or only be partially provided until 31st July 2020.
We are working closely with North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, South Tees Hospital
Foundation Trust and County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust to monitor the impact of the
guidance.
Below lists some specific areas where access to services has changed which are important that you
are aware of and contact numbers for key services that your family use.
COVID 19 is unlikely to cause a serious illness in children, but please remember children can still
become seriously unwell from other causes that are always around. Please do not let concerns over
COVID 19 stop you from contacting medical services. If you are not sure if your child needs to be seen
please go to https://www.what0-18nhs.uk/national for advice or contact 111 or your GP. If you think
your child is seriously unwell call 999.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the DCO for further support.
c/o North Ormesby Health Village
14 Trinity Mews
Middlesbrough
TS3 6AL
Tel: (01642) 263030
Yours Sincerely,
Ruth Kimmins
Designated Clinical Officer
Ruth.kimmins@nhs.net
Rachael Wilcox
Designated Clinical Officer
Rachael.wilcox2@nhs.net
Service Status
Wheelchair, prosthetics
and orthotics and
Community Equipment
service
No service for standard new assessments / new specialist seating referrals.
Will complete clients already part way through their bespoke specialist
seating fitting to ensure product remains relevant?
Will also review:
• Patients requiring Wheelchair therapist input for pressure ulcer
management
• Patients who are unable to mobilise indoors due to faulty
wheelchair
Rosscare will continue to be the point of contact for patient
repairs/servicing for all URGENT repairs as meet the criteria above
TCES continues to operate in the tees Valley to provide community
equipment to enable discharge from hospital, urgent community requests
and for repairs
Audiology services Service continues with Skeleton Staffing .
The service has stood down non urgent activity but will provide repair,
replacement and supply of spare parts and specialist batteries
Patients with suspected foreign body in ear(s) or sudden unexplained
hearing loss should be directed to 111/urgent treatment centres
Podiatry and podiatric surgery Service stood down except for:
• High risk vascular/ diabetic
e.g. Diabetic foot clinics
MSK/Physio Service stood down except for:
Urgent referrals will be processed.
All referrals undertaking telephone triage. Focus on self-management
Post-surgical rehabilitation will be provided where deemed clinically
necessary (e.g. urgent/complex cases).
Continence Only urgent patients to be seen.
Patients should contact the delivery service in the usual way to re-order
products.
Assessment and re-assessments will continue via telephone triage
Speech and Language Therapy
(Adult and Children)
Service stood down except for:
Urgent communication and voice disordered patients will be treated by
telephone.
Urgent rapid response/ swallow assessments will be done on a home visit
basis only.
Swallow reviews will be done by telephone if possible otherwise will be
carried out by home visit
All Children and Young People have been screened for Priority during this
time and therapists are making direct contact with families
If you have any concerns and require advice please contact the service via
phone numbers listed below :-
Hartlepool, Stockton and Darlington 01429 522471
Middlesbrough and Redcar 01642 944488
Dietetics (Adult & Paediatric) Telephone clinics for clinically urgent (as triaged by Dietitian) new and
review.
If capacity becomes smaller then this will move to new only
Orthotics Only high risk appointments to be maintained:
Patients requiring an Orthotist input for pressure ulcer management (E.g.
High Risk Diabetic Clinics)
• Patients who are unable to mobilise indoors without Orthotics
• Paediatric patients with long term health conditions whose
condition would deteriorate without input from Orthotics.
• This is an essential service for some children to walk. This service is
still running where assessments are mid provision but no new
assessments are happening.
Children’s Physiotherapy &
Occupational Therapy
Urgent care needs will be prioritised.
Medium and lower priority work will be stopped to divert workforce to
critical areas.
Telephone calls are being undertaken and where clinically indicated home
visits are taking place. Video consultations are being commenced
If you are concerned and need some advice please contact the teams on the
numbers listed below
Darlington OT central admin: 0191 387 6359
Physio central admin: 0191 387 6346
Hartlepool, Stockton 01429 522471
Hartlepool and Stockton Special Schools 01642 944506
(Ash Trees, Abbey Hill Springwell and Catcote only)
Middlesbrough and Redcar 01642 944506
Community Paediatricians and
Community Nurses
Urgent care needs will be prioritised however
Hospital clinics continuing to take place via telephone and video
conferencing
Where face to face appointment is required this will be arranged with the
family
Community nurses and specialist community Nurses
Urgent care needs will be prioritised
Clinics have been cancelled however
Telephone reviews are taking place, where clinically indicated home visits
will be arranged for specific health interventions such i.e. infusion PEG
changes etc.
Equipment will continue to be still be delivered
Mental Health and Learning
disabilities CAMHS (TEWV)
All community teams are completing a prioritisation process for those at the
highest risk and contact being made as clinically determined
Roll out of telephone and video consultation has commenced
If you are concerned about you child or young person’s mental health and
need some advice and support please contact the Single Point of Access
number 0300 013 2000
The crisis service is still operating and the contact number is
0300 013 2000 option 6
0-19 services
Health visiting and school
nursing
Clinics have been stopped
Telephone consultation taking place. Where home visits are clinically
indicated these will be arranged with families
Early years concerns to signposted to Health visiting
Darlington 03000 030013
Hartlepool South Locality 01429 292444
North Locality 01429 292555
Middlesbrough 03003 031603
Redcar 01642 444011
Stockton on Tees 03333 202302
Community Nursing Services
(inclusive of Community
Matrons, Rapid Response and
District Nursing Services)
• Service provision will continue but the service will clinically prioritise
urgent needs and ensure dynamic case load management.
• There will be a reduction of regular review work through appropriate
risk assessment.
Teams will:
• Monitor rising risk of deferred work if disruption continues.
• Continue support in last days of life of or high complexity palliative
care – syringe drivers and symptom management and any other
identified clinical need.
• Prioritise response to rapidly deteriorating patients to facilitate
admission avoidance.
• Prioritise early supported discharge from acute settings
• Deliver insulin administration
• Deliver low molecular weight heparin injections
• Where Nursing intervention is required, medication prompts will be
supported
• Deliver wound care where there are immediate concerns regarding
the patient’s condition e.g. infected wounds, heavily exuding wounds
and compression bandaging that has been in situ for more than 7 days
• Deliver bowel care where this is required on a regular basis
• Prioritise visits for:
• Palliative and End of Life Care
• Complex wound management, including Diabetic foot (in
conjunction with podiatry services)
• Urgent Catheter care
• Community Matron’s will continue to focus on Care Home
admission avoidance
• Rapid Response will continue to deliver community IVs
The above are examples in order to assist referral direction, it is not an
exhaustive list
Specialist nurses for specific
conditions:
• TB
• Respiratory/ COPD
• Diabetes
Children specialist nurses for
example
• Oncology
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Haemophilia
• Duchenne’s
• Routine QOF associated activities will stop.
• There will be an increased use of telemedicine options wherever
clinically safe to do so.
• Routine annual reviews of respiratory LTCs will be delayed EXCEPT in
people with known frequent exacerbations e.g. asthma/COPD.
• Routine annual review of CVD based LTCs (Diabetes/IHD/CKD) will
continue given the biochemical testing involved to identify endorgan damage
• Community diabetes nursing teams will stop clinics and education
courses and will divert attention to support acute teams to help with
inpatient diabetes advice.
• Services will monitor rising risk of deferred work if disruption
continues
• Contact your regional Children’s specialist nurses who can advise on
the latest guidance and support for your condition.
Diabetic Eye Screening Routine Digital Screening is postponed
If patients notice any sudden loss of vision they are to contact eye casualty
at JCUH
Digital Surveillance patients who are seen more than once a year are
being assessed individually, including pregnant women.
Adult Therapy interventions
(Physio, speech and language,
occupational therapy, dietetics,
orthotics)
• There will be prioritisation of urgent care needs (including
malnutrition and enteral feeding support)
• Medium and lower priority work stopped. Monitor rising risk of
deferred work if
• Provision to continue for people at high risk of aspiration pneumonia
due to difficulty with swallowing e.g. people with progressive
neurological conditions (MS/PSP/MND etc.)
• Swallowing assessments will continue to prevent aspiration
pneumonia
• Early supported stroke service will continue to avoid loss of
rehabilitation potential.
• There will be dietetics support for people with significant
malnutrition and increased risk of frailty and functional disability
• Face to face pulmonary rehabilitation classes will stop. Options for
Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation are being explored.
• There will be prioritisation of Respiratory Physiotherapy
GP 111 acute services and 999 GP practices are all still open and they are undertaken telephone
consultations
If you GP identified that child or young person needs to be seen in practice
an appointment time will be provided to attend
If you are concerned about child or young person’s health you can contact
111 for advice
Paediatricians are still working and contactable via their secretaries via main
switch board at each acute trust for advice
If your child or young person becomes very unwell contact 999 or take to
A&E
During the COVID 19 pandemic clinical staff within the acute trust may
be working in different roles/ areas
Please we aware if you make contact with services that you may not
be able to speak to your usual named health worker, but staff will
have access to your child’s medical records and will be able to still
provide advice and guidance
London Trip
Dear All
We are waiting to hear back from all the companies that we have booked with. As soon as we have a clear picture we will refund you. There was a £50 non returnable deposit but it is hoped to refund as much of this as possible. You will definitely receive your money before the end of term. Thank you for your patience
EDENRED VOUCHERS
We have quite a few vouchers that are showing on the Edenred site as having been sent to parents but not yet redeemed. If you haven’t received your vouchers or are having difficulty redeeming them, please can you email school.admin@brougham.hartlepool.sch.uk to explain your issue and confirm your email address. Packed lunches are available from school until you receive your vouchers however these will need to be ordered in advance to ensure that we have enough meals available. Please contact the school office on 01429 273363 to order a packed lunch.
Job Application
BROUGHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL
INTERNAL ADVERT – Restricted to existing employees of Brougham Primary School
KEY STAGE 1 LEADER – TLR2C – PERMANENT
Brougham Primary School is part of Ad Astra Academy Trust and is embarking on an exciting chapter in the development of the school.
The School is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and outstanding teacher to become the Key Stage 1 Phase Leader. The successful candidate, together with being a Classroom Teacher will
- Contribute to strategic school development planning and evaluation
- Lead and line manage a phase within school, including associated performance management duties and responsibilities
- Be responsible for delivering high quality teaching and learning across the phase
- Lead, develop and enhance the teaching practice of the staff
- Knowledge of all statutory assessment in KS1
The successful candidate will benefit from the wider professional opportunities available working for Ad Astra Academy Trust.
Candidates will be expected to demonstrate that they are ready to take on a challenging post within this forward thinking school and are asked to demonstrate their skills and experience that they will bring to the post. The successful candidate will need:
- Evidence of effective leadership of a subject, or aspect across the whole school
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of the Primary curriculum, including the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Demonstrate a practical knowledge of assessment systems and progress tracking methods
- Experience of coaching and/or mentoring staff
Brougham Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such the successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
For an informal discussion about these positions please contact Sarah.
Application forms and further details are available via the Ad Astra website site:
Closing Date – 9am on Monday 4th May 2020