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Newlands Girls' School

newlands girls' school

Berkshire

As the school enters a new era, I am incredibly proud to be taking on the role of Headteacher, and am determined to work alongside students, staff, parents, carers and governors to ensure we remain an outstanding school. Newlands has been providing high quality education for over one hundred years. During this time, the school has gone from strength to strength and currently sits in the top 10% of state schools in terms of pupil progress; as a team, we will work tirelessly to maintain this standard. I am committed to ensuring that students receive the education, support and opportunities they need to achieve incredible things. They deserve the very best experience possible. Our ethos is based on the 3Cs - the values which underpin everything we do. Courage, Commitment and Compassion are at the heart of our approach to school life and drive our students to ‘set no limits’ on their success. At Newlands, all pupils can expect impressive teaching from well-qualified specialists. Facilities include an indoor swimming pool, sports hall, gym, drama studio, design and technology suite and a dedicated music block. With a broad and balanced curriculum, which stretches and excites, there is always something new and interesting to learn. As parents, we know that the happiness of our children, alongside success - be it academic, sporting or creative - is our top priority. We are committed to nurturing and challenging everyone in the school, and it is our goal to deliver academic outcomes, as well as rounded, confident young people. Our expert pastoral team ensures that every student is cared for, with an emphasis on the promotion of wellbeing. Kindness, good humour and politeness characterise everyday life at Newlands and excellent behaviour and positive relationships underpin our school values, which helps keep everyone safe and happy.

Achieving For Children Community Interest Company

achieving for children community interest company

Twickenham

Achieving for Children is a community interest company (a not-for-profit social enterprise) created in 2014 by the Royal Borough of Kingston and the London Borough of Richmond to provide their children’s services. In August 2017, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead became a co-owner of AfC, and we now deliver children’s services across all three boroughs. Our services in Kingston are judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, following their inspection in October 2019. Our services in Windsor and Maidenhead are rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted following an inspection in January 2020. If you are a parent, carer or young person and you are looking for information on services provided for you, you will find it on one of these websites: AfCinfo – our website listing our services for children and families Kingston Council website Richmond Council website Windsor and Maidenhead Council website As a social enterprise we are able to provide bespoke children’s social care and education support services to other local authorities, schools and partners in the education, health, social care and criminal justice sectors. We strive to achieve excellence in everything we do by putting children and young people first in the design, delivery and evaluation of every service we provide, to ensure that they are supported to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives. Our broad service offer is informed by leading practice and a strong evidence-base of what works best. It is guided by our daily work with children and young people and the organisations that work with us to help and support them. Our focus is always on maximising the use of resources by creating economies of scale and reducing management and overhead costs, so that we can ensure high quality frontline services that really deliver results.

Hammersmith Academy

hammersmith academy

3.4(8)

London,

Since we opened in 2011 Hammersmith Academy has been striving to do something different. I founded HA because I wanted to create an inspiring school in the local community that had a clear vision, fostered self-confidence in its students and provided a Private School level of education for all. At HA we have adopted the Growth Mindset: excellence isn’t given at birth, but earned through hard work and determination. We focus on pushing our students to attain the highest qualifications they can, but they will only do that if they also develop a strong character. Qualifications open the door, but character gets you through it. Our longer lessons, peer to peer leadership, and mandatory ‘Session 3’ extra-curricular programme, ensure a richer, more in-depth delivery of the national curriculum, in which students take responsibility for each other and have ample opportunity to embrace subjects and skills they feel passionately about. We set high expectations and challenge our students to aspire to be outstanding in all areas of school life. From their uniform, to their attitude to learning, to their conduct in and outside of the classroom, we expect an exemplary approach at all times. Students and staff adopt a professionalism that would be standard in any job, to fully prepare our young people for the world of work. Our students and our staff work exceptionally hard, and you can see that in the sheer amount of quality work and experience that is achieved on a day to day basis. You can see evidence of this in any of our termly newsletters, or on our social media. In my experience of working in inner-city education, and my own time at school, I sometimes saw an attitude that assumed some people ‘can’t do’, and I knew this was wrong. I see that people, of any age, will respond to clear boundaries and clear vision. If you show your students you have belief in them and encourage them to have belief in themselves, their confidence grows and they surprise themselves with what they can achieve. Our students will leave school not only academically qualified, but confident, mature and ready to prove themselves.

Vinci

vinci

Watford

VINCI Construction UK is a specialist civil engineering, construction and facilities management company. Part of the global VINCI Group, we are known for the innovation, creativity and technological mastery with which we tackle the most complex of projects. We undertake newbuild and refurbishment schemes as well as long-term contracts to operate and maintain assets and facilities. Our clients include national government, local authorities, transport bodies, hospitals, universities, housing providers, retailers and commercial firms in every sector. VINCI Construction UK takes a collaborative, partnership approach to projects, building professional relationships based on mutual respect and trust. We operate a culture of teamwork, openness and support, in which everyone is encouraged to strive for excellence. Social value and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do, and our health and safety record is second to none. We are also able to draw on the expertise of other VINCI companies and subsidiaries around the world. VINCI Construction UK comprises four divisions: Building, which offers a complete package of construction-related services including design and build through to refurbishment and associated fit-out works Taylor Woodrow, our civil engineering division specialising in complex infrastructure projects with particular expertise in rail, highways and energy VINCI Facilities, which provides comprehensive building and maintenance services to a wide variety of customers in the public and private sectors VINCI Technology Centre UK, a leading centre of excellence delivering cutting edge solutions that combines laboratory testing with expertise in sustainability and a thorough understanding of structures. VINCI UK Developments VINCI UK Developments Limited is the property development arm of VINCI Plc and is active across numerous sectors, specialising in partnership-led schemes with a long-term, sustainable focus. VINCI companies in the UK turn over around £2 billion per annum and employ circa 9,000 people. VINCI Construction UK is the largest British subsidiary of the French-based VINCI Group, which has a turnover of just under €40 billion and employs around 185,000 people in 100 countries around the world.

Redcliffe Training

redcliffe training

London

Redcliffe Training Associates Limited is a financial training company running a wide variety of advanced financial training courses for bankers, lawyers, private equity practitioners, corporate finance / M&A advisors and accountants. These topics include Accounting & IFRS, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Trade & Commodity Finance, ESG, MiFID, Debt & Leveraged Finance, Treasury Products & Derivatives, Project Finance, Private Equity, Soft Skills, Regulation & Compliance, Private and Corporate Tax, Financial Modelling and Valuation. Our training courses are interactive and include excellent learning materials, and most importantly are taught by highly experienced trainers who are past practitioners in the subjects which they are teaching. Our course outlines, which tell you what we are covering during a training programme in extensive detail, are exceptionally comprehensive and include both relevant technical learning and appropriate exercises and case studies. WHY LEARN WITH US? Fantastic Trainers: Redcliffe has 60 exceptionally highly regarded – by both clients and other trainers - financial and legal trainers. In addition to their unrivalled expertise, they are expert facilitators who can address all the issues in the training topics, both inside the classroom and out. Flexible Methods of Delivery: We are able to offer training courses on both a public and an in-house basis. We can also offer pre-recorded webinars, as well as arrange for in-house presentations to clients to be recorded. Excellent Client Service and Consultative Approach: We work in tandem with our clients ensuring that each step of their training needs are comprehensively addressed, from refining requirements and course content or design to planning and logistics, as well as providing assistance on the day of the training. Global Experience: Over the past 20 years we have trained many thousands of participants from the leading investment banks, accountancy firms, private equity firms and corporate law firms in the UK, EU, Middle East, North & South America, Africa, Asia & Australia. The overall numbers of participants attending our courses has grown significantly in the past two years owing to our programmes being offered digitally.

Expert Consultants

expert consultants

London

Expert Consultants International Private Limited (SECP Incorporation Number: 0153839) was established by highly qualified graduates in 2014, as an independent organization, to promote Higher Education (International Education) with special emphasis on student counselling and consultancy services. Our mission is to design infrastructures which provide the best compromise between cost, speed and Reliability. We bridge the gap between students and the world’s top-ranked institutes and get students enrolled in their desired institution to fulfil their dream career. As a group of professionals and with many years of client satisfaction experience, we aim to provide the best customer service for all students. In order to achieve our objective, we operate as a full-time Education Counselling Service. Our primary goal is to ensure that students planning to study abroad are given professional advice and information on the various requirements and procedures in a systematic manner and finally process their applications for admission. To support and coordinate education promotions, we hold seminars and exhibitions where visions and future plans of our clients are assessed by experienced professional assessors. Education worldwide faces the challenge of changing demands and opportunities. The increasing movement of student mobility seeking international qualifications of repute is being accepted in the global market. In the preceding context, planning has become an important factor for education and career development at all stages. Therefore, identifying long-term issues and assessing their impact on future goals are essential to avoid wrong decisions. Students must choose a professional channel of communications while planning their Higher Education and make a wise and realistic decision about their future in a well-planned manner to ensure the value of their time and parent’s/guardian’s investment. This is where Expert Consultants International’s staff comes in the act and ensures the destination and course selection is good enough to meet a dream career. And that students are equipped to cope with change to acquire the correct skills and knowledge so that they have continued learning and observation skills throughout their lives and develop positive attitudes leading to high standards of perfection and excellence. Students are strongly advised to consult education reference material available, and through interaction with acknowledged resource centres and professionals who have already studied or lived abroad.

Xplor Learning

xplor learning

London

Innovating learning Our platform combines the latest innovations in instructional design, including gamification, micro-learning, adaptive and social learning. Build skills, mindsets and behaviours needed for peak performance, both personally and professionally. A comprehensive learning library Personal and professional development with a library of micro-learning courses created by leading learning institutes. Content with value Our curated content uses the latest in learning technologies to provide premium learning experiences for users. Watch video lessons Learn and progress with video lessons that make learning engaging and easy to digest. Test your knowledge Hundreds of quizzes proven to improve retention of concepts. Create battles Revise courses by challenging users to battles and work your way up the leaderboard. Badges Get certificates to validate your skills and celebrate learning milestones. Engaging learners Our library of over 1700 courses is available on demand and across multiple platforms. In a constantly changing world, workplace training must provide innovative solutions. Our focus on personalised learning makes users feel more positive, engaged, and connected to every part of their lives. By investing in learning, you’re building high-performing habits that supercharge business growth. Content with real value Our library is designed with the learner in mind. By focusing on development of key soft skills, we help members build strong foundations for growth. Future of sales Understand sales channels and how to leverage them Communication Best practices for communicating effectively Innovation Harness creativity and implement it in projects Future of work Adapt to the modern landscape Quality of work life Techniques for managing stress and staying efficient Productivity Learn best practices for improving output Management Develop management skills and navigate leadership Digital awareness Understand new technologies and their role Delivering the best instructional content We work with over 50 leading institutes to deliver premium learning experiences to users. Our micro-learning courses use technologies proven to improve retention of learned concepts and increase engagement levels. Development through learning isn’t just about growing professionally. Finding fulfilment is the key to being your best self. We help members focus on what’s important to them by equipping them with learning tools, allowing them to thrive as individuals. Frequently asked questions WHAT IS XPLOR? At XPLOR we empower members to live better in life and at work through our learning experience platform.

Brent Parent

brent parent

Wembley

Our regular coffee mornings and evening meetings are informal and relaxed. We often invite guest speakers from education, health and early years to talk to parents about local SEND services and answer their questions. Even if a particular guest speaker does not interest you, there is always time for a chat and a hot drink at every meeting. Children are also welcome to attend. There is no pressure to come regularly or even stay for the whole session as we know that your free time can be limited and unpredictable. Events We run workshops and training events for parents on a wide range of SEND-related issues. As well as gaining expertise and insight, you will be supported by other parent carer trainers who may have lived through the stage of your ‘journey’ and who will have knowledge and information to share with you that could be really beneficial. We also organise information days which give parents, carers and young people the chance to meet local services and providers. Partnership working We work closely with Brent Council, health providers, schools and other organisations to help design and deliver local services that meet the needs of children and young people with SEND. We regularly attend their meetings and committees to feedback the views and experiences of our members. Parent carers can help to highlight problems that are frequently experienced by families of children with additional needs, and this knowledge is useful to help professionals make informed choices about local services. Evidence shows that this sort of active participation leads to improved service provision, take up and ultimately better outcomes for children and young people with SEND. WHO WE ARE The forum is an independent, parent-led organisation that helps bring together parents and carers of children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Brent. We help and support families of children with SEND by providing information, advice and a listening ear. By gathering ideas and feedback from our members, we also work closely with local organisations to positively improve the planning and delivery of services in Brent for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities. Set up in 2017, our forum is run by a friendly group of volunteers who are all parent carers and understand the issues and challenges that looking after a child with SEND can bring.