Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• BWH Competition for Year 5

  Thu 25 Feb 2021

  Blessed William Howard is running a competition called' Lockdown Diaries' with the local Catholic primary schools. There are two tasks -  the first one asks students to take a meaningful photograph of a scene that represents how they feel about the national lockdown. The photograph needs to be in black and white but can include special effects.  The second task looks at the spoken word and requires students to write a poem of approximately 40 words.

   

  The deadline for entries is 29th March. Winning entries will be published on the school websites and social media, as well as in the BWH Parent Bulletin. Good luck, everyone!

   

  Thanks

  Mr Burton

  Head of Year 7 at Blessed William Howard

  

• Painsley Catholic College to become Teaching Hub

  Fri 12 Feb 2021

  Painsley selected to provide high-quality professional development to teachers and leaders.

   

  Painsley Catholic College has been selected to become a teaching school hub.  Teachers across the country will benefit from vital developmental support and expert advice, allowing them to improve a broad range of vital teaching skills, under plans announced by the Department for Education today.

   

  The teaching workforce will get best-practice and expert advice on how best to engage with pupils, lesson planning, and classroom management, as the teaching school hubs programme is rolled out across the country.

   

  Painsley is one of the 81 schools in England selected to be designated as a new teaching school hub.

  Mrs Rachel Waugh, Principal at Painsley Catholic College commented, ““We are delighted to have been successfully designated as a teaching school hub. It is an important development for the continued professional development of teachers and leaders in education. We are thrilled to be at the forefront of training to ensure the highest quality of teaching and leadership in schools for the benefit of the staff and young people we serve.”

   

  The teaching school programme was announced in 2019 and was followed by a procurement to successfully appoint six test and learn hubs.The 81 new hubs will be rolled out in addition to those six existing test & learn TSH, meaning there will be nationwide coverage for the first time, and that every school in England will now have access to a local centre of excellence for teacher training.

   

  81 hubs will be added in all corners of the country to provide high-quality professional development to teachers and leaders at all stages of their career and play a key role in helping to build up trainee teachers as they enter the workforce. This will further level up the quality of teaching, allowing every child to receive a world-class start in life no matter where they are born. Each hub, all of which will be operational and helping schools from this September, will have its own defined geographical patch and will be expected to be accessible to all schools within that area, serving on average around 250 schools each.