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Maths trails
Educational establishments have access to free Local Maths Trails written around some of the major towns in the County. Maths trails exist for Aylesbury, Amersham, Chesham, Buckingham, High Wycombe, Marlow and Wendover. Please contact us for your e-copy and planning pack
Medical conditions in schools
School Nurse The first port of call for schools should always be the school nurse. The School Nursing Services provides face-to-face training in the instance of a new diagnosis or for cases that are more complex for asthma, epilepsy, continence, and EpiPen training. The School Nursing Service is no longer providing yearly updates for EpiPen, asthma, and epilepsy training on a routine basis. They now recommend schools source this training via e-learning, available via recognised specialist lead…
Meet the Schools Technical Support Team
Simon Hobdell, Technical Team Lead I've been a member of the School's Technical Support Team since 2014 and a team leader since 2017. I have worked in an ICT support environment for 30 years, having spent 26 years working in the private sector. My role within the team is to ensure schools receive an excellent service, and as a team, we provide the best possible value for money for our Support and Services. I have developed two key service offerings to enhance our support to schools: Whole Scho…
Mental health & wellbeing
Good mental health and wellbeing help children and young people to thrive, learn and reach their potential. Schools play a vital role in promoting wellbeing, strengthening resilience and helping pupils access support when needed. The Buckinghamshire Health and Wellbeing Survey 2025 found that trusted adults within school are an important source of support for children and young people experiencing problems or worries. Supporting emotional health and wellbeing therefore remains a key local prio…
Minutes and papers (statutory)
Minutes and papers considered at meetings of the governing board and its committees Applies to Maintained Schools, Academies and Free Schools Background The clerk should ensure that minutes of governing board and committee meetings are produced promptly, approved in accordance with the board's agreed procedures and retained as an official record. Minutes should accurately record discussions, decisions, challenge provided by governors and trustees, and agreed actions. Governing boards should ma…
Model agenda for an Annual Review meeting
Download as Word document This version may not be accessible 1 Welcome, introductions and purpose · Record attendees, non-attendance and reports submitted on the Record of Annual Review form · Ensure that everyone has access to all of the papers Chair 5 mins 2 The child or young person’s voice · Highlight achievements and successes · Identify aspirations All 10 mins 3. The parent or carer’s views · Highlight achievements and successes · Confirm aspirations · Identify things that need to improv…
Multi-sensory Impairment Specialist Teachers
The Multi-sensory Impairment (MSI) Specialist Teacher Team is part of Buckinghamshire's SEND Service. The team supports children and young people (CYP) aged 0 to 25 who have a multi-sensory impairment (MSI). Multi-sensory impairment, sometimes referred to as deafblindness, is a combination of hearing and vision impairments. These create significant barriers to communication, access to information, mobility, learning and independence. Children and young people do not need to be profoundly deaf…