Remote Education

Remote education support (DfE link)

 

 

Where a class, group or small number of pupils need to self-isolate, or there is a local lockdown requiring pupils to remain at home, the DfE expects schools to have the capacity to offer immediate remote education. Schools are expected to consider how to continue to improve the quality of their existing offer and have a strong contingency plan in place for remote education provision by the end of September. This planning will be particularly important to support a scenario in which the logistical challenges of remote provision are greatest, for example where large numbers of pupils are required to remain at home.

 

In developing these contingency plans, the DfE expects schools to:

 

  • use a curriculum sequence that allows access to high-quality online and offline resources and teaching videos and that is linked to the school’s curriculum expectations
  • give access to high quality remote education resources
  • select the online tools that will be consistently used across the school in order to allow interaction, assessment and feedback and make sure staff are trained in their use
  • provide printed resources, such as textbooks and workbooks, for pupils who do not have suitable online access
  • recognise that younger pupils and some pupils with SEND may not be able to access remote education without adult support and so schools should work with families to deliver a broad and ambitious curriculum

 

When teaching pupils remotely, the DfE expects schools to:

 

  • set assignments so that pupils have meaningful and ambitious work each day in a number of different subjects
  • teach a planned and well-sequenced curriculum so that knowledge and skills are built incrementally, with a good level of clarity about what is intended to be taught and practised in each subject
  • provide frequent, clear explanations of new content, delivered by a teacher in the school or through high-quality curriculum resources or videos
  • gauge how well pupils are progressing through the curriculum, using questions and other suitable tasks and set a clear expectation on how regularly teachers will check work
  • enable teachers to adjust the pace or difficulty of what is being taught in response to questions or assessments, including, where necessary, revising material or simplifying explanations to ensure pupils’ understanding
  • plan a programme that is of equivalent length to the core teaching pupils would receive in school, ideally including daily contact with teachers

 

The DfE expects schools to consider these expectations in relation to the pupils’ age, stage of development or special educational needs, for example where this would place significant demands on parents’ help or support. The DfE expects schools to avoid an over-reliance on long-term projects or internet research activities.

 

Remote Learning Support & Advisory Group

 

You can access a number of essential resources to support remote learning in your school.


Working in partnership with Liverpool Primary Headteachers Association, School Improvement Liverpool has also set up a Remote Learning Support & Advisory Group to advise schools (open to all Liverpool schools and from all phases) and answer questions /share good practice about remote learning.

 

This group is comprised of practitioners from the following primary schools:

 

  • All Saints - Matt Farrell
  • Barlows - Stacey Feenan, DHT
  • Phoenix - Naomi Christopher
  • Runnymede - Jamie Long, Acting DHT 
  • Rudston - Jon Griffiths
  • St Matthew’s - Claire Sime, HT
  • St Nicholas - Danny Lee, DHT
  • Stockton Wood - Justine Clovis, DHT
  • Sudley Juniors - Sharon Brady, AHT
  • The Trinity - Sinead Heraty, AHT
  • Whitefield - Marie Beale, DHT

 

If you have a question for the group, please email [email protected] and he will endeavour to get back to you as quickly as possible with an answer. Please mark the subject line of your email "Remote Learning". Thank you.

 


 

Zoom Sessions

 

If you are interested in attending, please use the links below and register for the FREE sessions via Zoom.

 

Our Senior School Improvement Officer (New Technologies & Online Safety) Paul Bradshaw, alongside practitioners from the schools above will be answering questions and sharing best practice, including perils and pitfalls that they have had to overcome.

 

Tuesday 12th January, 4 - 5 p.m (repeated on 20th January).

 

Remote Education - principles for children and young people with SEND led by Yvonne Sutton.

 

Adapting to remote learning has presented many challenges for children, their families and  teachers alike but at the same time it can offer a more personalised learning opportunity for many children, especially those with SEN.

 

This session will reflect on a range of research basis principles which may be useful in supporting the effective planning for teaching and learning for children with SEN.

 

Click here for the slides and audio recording

 

This session is being repeated on 20th January. Book your place here

 

Thursday 14th January, 4 - 5 p.m.

 

Remote Education - the challenge of providing whole-school remote learning
opportunities.

 

Register here. 
  

 

Friday 15th January, 11 am – 12 pm

Remote Education - step by step advice on completing the DfE Template

 

Register here

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the sessions.

 

 


 

Audio Recordings

Previous sessions haven taken place and the audio recordings can be found by clicking on the links below.

 

Wednesday 16th December  - Stacey Feenan, DHT Barlows Primary School and Matt Farrell, All Saints Primary School, discuss their approaches to remote learning for children with SEND

 

Wednesday 2nd DecemberClaire Sime, HT
St Matthew's, and Jon Griffiths from Rudston Primary School discussing their respective schools' approaches to remote learning

 

Wednesday 18th November - Janette Duff from the EYFS Quality Improvement Team talking about Blended Learning

 

Wednesday 4 November - EdTech Demonstrator Schools Programme

 

Thursday 22nd OctoberNaomi Christopher from Phoenix talking about Microsoft Teams

 

Wednesday 14th October Stacey Feenan from Barlows talking about Google Classroom

 

Thursday 8th OctoberMarie Beale from Whitefield Primary School

 

Wednesday 30th September Matt Farrell from All Saints and Sinead Heraty from The Trinity Primary School

 

Thursday 24th SeptemberSharon Brady from Sudley Juniors talking about live lessons