News Archive

Autumn Leader Briefing
Published: 5 November 2024
The Autumn 2 Leader Briefing is now available. It includes: • An update from Meredith Dixon Teasdale at SCC, on the work around SEND that is currently taking place. • An input from Zoe Brownlie on the Senior Mental Health Training. • Information on some of Learn Sheffield's current projects, including the Governance Engagement project, an extension to the School Improvement commission to focus on primary writing, and our work around Race Equality. • A series of partner updates, including an input from St Wilfrid's English Hub, Fusion SEND Hub and Yorkshire & Humber Clinical Research Network.
Learn Sheffield Alternative Provision Commission
Published: 31 October 2024
Learn Sheffield has also been commissioned by SCC to work alongside colleagues from the sector and LA to develop a city-wide strategy and operational plan for alternative provision (AP) in the city.
Young Carers Project
Published: 31 October 2024
Learn Sheffield are working with Sheffield Young Carers to improve the identification of young carers and our ability to understand their outcomes. We believe that these two things will improve the support that can be provided to children and young people in the city and also enable us to better understand the barriers and challenges those young carers in our city face.
Governance Engagement Project Launches Video
Published: 27 October 2024
Learn Sheffield have produced a video to support settings and organisations across the city by promoting the benefits of becoming involved in governance. We are working with the Sheffield Association of School Governing Bodies and Sheffield City Council to increase the pipeline of volunteers interested in becoming involved in the governance of Sheffield settings, with a focus on increasing diversity amongst Sheffield governors and trustees.
The November Opportunities Bulletin is now available!
Published: 25 October 2024
The latest Opportunities Bulletin is now out! The Bulletin includes upcoming training courses, competitions for your school to enter and much more!
SEND Manifesto Being Developed
Published: 2 October 2024
Learn Sheffield has been commissioned by SCC to support improvement in SEND in the city. This update, from the Learn Sheffield CEO, was shared with setting leaders on 30 September 2024 to provide more information about this work.
Autumn 1 Leader Briefing now available
Published: 1 October 2024
The first Leader Briefing of the school year is now available below. These briefings will continue to offer local information which is relevant to Sheffield setting leaders. This briefing includes: Two LSIP inputs- one on early reading and the other feeding back on the learning from LSIP work in schools and inspections last year. A series of partner updates, including a health protection briefing, information from South Yorkshire Maths Hub, an update from South Yorkshire Creators Hub and some key resources from the Family Hubs Infant Feeding team. A Learn Sheffield update, which now includes the half termly meeting note that is produced to support sector and locality meetings.
Autumn Leadership Seminar
Published: 30 September 2024
The first Leadership Seminar of the year is taking place on Friday 8 November at Niagara Conference and Leisure, with a keynote input from Alison Kriel. This will then be followed by in-person locality meetings.
New members of the Learn Sheffield Team
Published: 9 September 2024
Learn Sheffield welcomes three new colleagues to the team as we start the new term. We also have a number of the existing team starting the new school year with new roles, including Sam Dunker who is now the Deputy CEO. These changes follow a re-structure and build our capacity to enable Learn Sheffield to take on further responsibilities, including relating to SEND and Inclusion in the coming months. We are currently working on a more detailed update for our members, to share later this half term.
The October Opportunities Bulletin is now available!
Published: 8 September 2024
The latest Opportunities Bulletin is now out! The Bulletin includes upcoming training courses, competitions for your school to enter and much more!
Autumn Training Sway Released
Published: 6 September 2024
We have now released our Autumn Training Sway, which contains details and booking links for all training sessions taking place this term.
First Leadership Breakfast of the Year
Published: 3 September 2024
The first Leadership Breakfast of 2024/25 will take place on Friday 6 September at Learn Sheffield. Kate Josephs and Meredith Teasdale will join us from SCC to give an update on work that has taken place since they were here in January 2024.
The September Opportunities Bulletin is now available!
Published: 2 September 2024
The latest Opportunities Bulletin is now out! The Bulletin includes upcoming training courses, competitions for your school to enter and much more!
Learn Sheffield Subscription 2024/25
Published: 30 August 2024
The Learn Sheffield Subscription Offer for 2024/25 is now available. The new subscription model is different to the previous offer and is much more flexible. A recording is available, as well as a booklet with more information.
The summer holidays opportunities bulletin is now available!
Published: 18 July 2024
The latest Opportunities Bulletin is now out! The Bulletin includes upcoming training courses, competitions for your school to enter and much more!
Summer 2 Leader Briefing now available
Published: 4 June 2024
Our final leader briefing of the year is now available. It includes an input about the SEND system from Nick Whittaker, which he shared at our recent Leadership Seminar, an input from Huntington Research School on professional development and the new updated Implementation Guidance, an update on our governance engagement project, and information on the Learn Sheffield subscription offer for 2024/25.
The Summer Training Sway is now available!
Published: 2 June 2024
Find all our summer training opportunities inside, from our Early Years CPD offer to our Research Networks. This training is free for all subscribing schools.
The June Opportunities Bulletin is now live!
Published: 24 May 2024
This bulletin is jam packed with free opportunities for schools, support for teachers and fun half-term activities for all!
Summer Leadership Conference- Friday 28 June
Published: 10 May 2024
Our Summer Leadership Conference is taking place on 28 June at Niagara Conference and Leisure. Learn Sheffield subscribing settings are entitled to one place as part of their subscription, with additional places being charged at £95. Places are now being offered outside of the city so please book now to avoid disappointment.
Governance Conference: Turning challenges into gifts - developing a values-focused school
Published: 8 May 2024
The annual Learn Sheffield Governance Conference will take place on Saturday 15th June from 10am -12:30pm. The theme for the conference is Turning challenges into gifts - developing a values-focused school with keynotes from Jackie Beere and Julie Rees
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