Please follow this link to our latest CNS Cluster Local Offer video.
Our school is part of a cluster of nine local schools with a shared ethos of working together in order to:
- raise standards for all children
- develop wider entitlement of experience for all pupils
- improve transition as children move on in their education
In 2015-16 we are working together to:
| Provide parental support throughout the cluster |
- The cluster Primary schools share a Parent Support advisor helping to develop greater understanding of issues faced by parents and children in school; improved attendance; stronger parental engagement and improved well being of children
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| Support disadvantaged families/families in crisis in accessing activities etc e.g. holiday clubs, residential, access to out of school activities |
- Individual schools assess the impact on children’s self esteem with the aim to raise engagement in school
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| Extend opportunities for all children before and after school |
- Schools monitor participation in activities to ensure opportunities are offered for all. Children from other schools may be invited to participate where appropriate
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Develop and sustain networks to support staff development in the cluster
- Head teachers
- Deputy heads
- Maths coordinators
- Special Needs co-ordinators
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- Shared ideas indicated by reflection of good practice. Skills shared to support school improvement
- Impact on maths standards – improved results, increased expertise of staff and greater pupil engagement in mathsShared expertise amongst the cluster – ability to support via SEND cluster panels
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| Extend transition arrangements for the benefit of all pupils in the cluster |
- Receiving schools monitor smoothness of transition
- Key children identified for support
- Staff feel better prepared for new children
- Parents feel reassured – individual schools to monitor impact
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| Administer cluster finances to make the best use of available resources |
- Governors from schools in the cluster work with school leaders to approve arrangements for using and accounting for funds within the cluster
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| Ensure fair allocation of devolved SEND funds in mainstream schools |
- Shared understanding of SEND level of need; shared use of expertise both within the cluster, especially the Special Schools, and with external professionals
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Norfolk Parent Partnership information leaflet: Funding for children with special educational needs in mainstream school
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