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Information for schools
This area contains information, resources and guidance that is
mainly intended for use by staff in Medway schools as part of the
process of continuous improvement.
Continuing professional development
Find out about opportunities for continuing professional development for
school staff, conferences and lectures.
Schools' finance
Financial information for the use of bursars, business managers
and finance staff in schools can be found on the school
forum. Access to the forum is restricted to school staff.
School forums
School staff can discuss topics of mutual interest and follow
through lines of debate and discussion on the school forum.
Leadership and management
The leadership and management section
includes:
Learning and teaching
The learning and teaching section includes
information on:
Teacher recruitment
Find out about employment-based entry routes to teaching,
and incentives for newly qualified and experienced teachers on
teacher
recruitment.
Latest news
Keep up with the latest news at the
Department for Education's online publications.
Policy, guidance and consultations
Find out about school
planning and re-organisation.
Children's Services service directory
Children's Services service
directory
Medway Children's Trust
Medway Children's
Trust brings together local organisations and people in a
partnership committed to achieving one vision: To work together so
that children and young people in Medway are safe and cared for,
succeed in learning and thrive.
Medway Council's aim for education
Medway Council's aim for education is that everyone should
realise their full potential and make the best possible
contribution to society. To meet this aim, the objectives are
to:
- raise standards for all;
- celebrate inclusion and diversity;
- promote the highest standards of teaching and learning;
- encourage lifelong learning and active citizenship;
- provide high quality and cost-effective services.
The council sees the promotion of and support for high
educational standards for all as a responsibility for all staff in
the Children's Services Directorate, as well as for those working
in schools. It believes that both council and school staff should
share a commitment to seek continuous improvement.
The council recognises that the responsibility for school
improvement must, ultimately, rest with the schools themselves and
that they are encouraged to evaluate their own performance. The
council's role is to provide both support and challenge for all
schools, operating on the general principle of giving most support
to the schools most in need of it.
The Curriculum Statement for Medway identifies the need to
educate pupils for life in the 21st and 22nd centuries. They will
need:
- key skills, such as reading, writing, the ability to use
numbers;
- the ability to learn new skills throughout life;
- creativity, so that they can be adaptable.
They will need to be:
- confident in the use of new technology;
- self confident;
- able to organise their own lives;
- able to build good relationships;
- respectful to others.
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