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Football career kicks off for Rendcomb pupil


A Year 7 pupil at Rendcomb College, Jemima Lister, has been invited to represent Swindon Town Girls Centre for Football Excellence (CFFE) in the Barcelona Girls Cup in June 2018.


11-year-old Jemima has only been playing football since 2016 and has already made it to such a high level. Jemima currently plays for Ashton Keynes Youth Football Club for the U12s on a Saturday, while also playing for Swindon Town Girls CFFE during the school holidays. For two years in a row, Jemima trialled at Swindon Town and was selected for the team, continuing her quick rise through the ranks.


Jemima’s mother said: “It’s fantastic to see Jemima having fun playing Football. All


she really wanted to do was to have a kick about with her friends and now she’s travelling out to Barcelona to play!” Swindon Town have their first game of the season during this coming half term against Luton Town while Ashton Keynes YFC currently sit top of the league, with Jemima being pivotal in central midfield and attack.


The Barcelona Girls Cup is an international youth football tournament for girls, held in Santa Susanna, on the coast of Barcelona. The tournament will take place over two days with at least five games being played against teams from across Europe. The tournament also encourages attendees to explore Spanish culture and communicate with other international players. The players are also given the chance to visit the Camp Nou, home of FC Barcelona, where they can look first-hand at one of the best stadiums in the world and hear inspirational stories about some of the greatest players to grace the game including Lionel Messi and Johan Cruyff. Swindon Town Girls CFFE is a pathway for U10’s to U16’s to develop their skills in a structured environment, under the guidance of Swindon Town FC Coaches. The aim is for the girls to progress to Swindon Town LFC, who are currently playing in the Women’s Premier League.


www.rendcombcollege.org.uk Pivot Academy opens its doors


Educational and social care consultancy Pivot has officially opened its doors to Pivot Academy, its newly registered independent school which works with and supports local schools and the Local Authority.


The 50-place provision, spread across two sites in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, has been developed with the changing needs of schools, LAs and young people in mind and was recently granted registered school status by Ofsted. Its aim is to reduce exclusion rates, promote academic attainment and support young people into successful pathways.


Pivot Academy boasts 12 full-time staff, including teachers specialising in Maths, English, IT and other curriculum subjects and will also offer vocational and enterprise pathways and qualifications. The Academy also benefits from highly experienced specialist support staff, an educational psychologist, head of behaviour and a social work team to cater for the complex behaviours of many of the young people within the Academy.


Its Alternative Provision is based in Cleckheaton with a current capacity of 20 places, with plans to expand in the near future. Here, young people get access to a targeted assessment process on entry and high quality teaching to ensure that outcomes and progress are measured and that all parties involved are fully working together to improve outcomes.


The second site in Bradley currently has 12 places, based within the former community centre, and will provide assessment and educational provision for permanently excluded KS4 children. The site also offers flexibility for additional places and different needs and is again in response to the changing needs of the LA and schools. It is envisaged that this support will help to continue to support the downward trends in exclusion rates in Kirklees, with these having again having been on a decrease in 2016/17 compared to the previous year.


www.pivot-group.uk


Prime Minister urged to address under-funding


Students are in danger of being ill-prepared for employment if funding challenges aren’t addressed, according to college leaders across England.


Principals and chairs from 140 colleges across England have written to the Prime Minister to call for extra funding to support students aged 16 to 19.


The Prime Minister is urged to address the under-funding which 16 to 19-year-olds have faced for a number of years. The letter states: “Our students are now in danger of studying an impoverished curriculum, which has already reduced in breadth and choice, and cannot prepare our young people to take their place in employment and compete in a global economy.” In England, the current base funding level for 16 to 18-year-olds is £4,000 per year. This decreases to £3,300 at 19-years-old. This funding covers around 600 teaching hours per year –


equivalent to around 15 hours per week, according to the Sixth Form Colleges Association. This compares poorly when compared to countries such as Denmark, which has a minimum number of 26 teaching hours per week, the Netherlands which provides 1,000 hours per year and Norway which offers 980 guided learning hours per year.


Alison Birkinshaw, President of the Association of Colleges and Principal of York College, said: “Our young people are being short-changed compared with their counterparts in other countries and compared with previous generations. The hours of teaching and support, the choice they have and the enrichment they are offered have all reduced as funding cuts have bitten. This cannot continue if we are to secure the future of our nation.”


College leaders are asking for an immediate £200 uplift to the base funding rate per student.


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This will help to maintain the breadth of provision and help attracted and retain teachers and trainers.


The Association of Colleges is working with other organisations, including the Association of School and College Leaders and the National Union of Students to highlight the issue ahead of the Autumn Budget.


www.aoc.co.uk


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