Everyone's Invited Student Advisory Board
This academic year, Everyone’s Invited is launching their first Student Advisory Board.
Students will:
· Have their voices heard and influence real change in schools.
· Help shape our education programme, tackling rape culture, online misogyny, and gendered pressures, reaching thousands of peers.
· Build advocacy & leadership skills, receive mentoring, and gain personalised references for CVs and university applications.
· Join a supportive community of young change-makers.
(More information and full role description attached below).
No experience required- just curiosity, courage, and passion.
📅 Apply by 29th September!
Please share the role description and application form to any interested students.
Life Lessons: Understanding the New RSHE and KCSIE Guidance: A Practical Guide for Schools Webinar
Life Lessons have a "understanding the New RSHe and KCSIE Guidance: A Practical Guide for Schools Webinar coming up on Thursday 2nd of October 2025
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Join them and the NSPCC for this practical webinar designed to help schools unpack the newly updated RSHE guidance and understand how it aligns with the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance. Whether you’re updating your curriculum, reviewing your safeguarding approach, or supporting staff, students and parents through these changes, this session will give you the clarity and tools to move forward with confidence.
What you’ll take away from the webinar:
- Increased confidence in understanding and implementing the new RSHE guidance
- Clarity on what’s changed and what it means for your school, staff, pupils, and parents
- A clear understanding of how the RSHE and KCSIE guidance intersect and support each other
- Insights into common challenges and concerns raised by other schools
- Dedicated time to explore your own questions or challenges in guided breakout rooms
- The chance to network and collaborate with colleagues facing similar issues
Who should attend:
Headteachers, PD/PSHE/RSHE leads, DSLs, safeguarding leads, and all staff involved in delivering or overseeing RSHE or safeguarding in schools. Suitable for Primary and Secondary.
Education Safeguarding Leads visits to MASH
MASH welcomes visits from Safeguarding leads from all Gloucestershire education settings (including Early Years and Post-16) to visit there office and see them and the work they do at Gloucestershire MASH.
Places are limited and will be offered on a first come, first served basis (See how to book below). All places must be booked beforehand and are limited to a maximum of 2 from each setting per visit.
The dates for the visits this academic year (2025/26) are:
Thursday 2-3pm
18/9/25
16/10/25
20/11/25
22/1/26
26/2/26
26/3/26
23/4/26
14/5/26
25/6/26
9/7/26
To book your place you can:
· email halah.shamsel-din@gloucestershire.gov.uk
· call 01452 328953
· complete this form: https://forms.office.com/e/7nePBXNfXG
The MASH will be moving in the new academic year from Shire Hall, Westgate St, Gloucester to Waterwells / Quedgeley. Date to be confirmed!
Please make sure you have received confirmation of your booking before you turn up for your visit!
Advice for students on gradings, clearing, and results day prep
Sir Ian Bauckham CBE, Chief Regulator at Ofqual, has published a message to school and college leaders ahead of the exam results period.
In the message, you will find an explanation of how GCSE and A level grading works, a reminder about the National Reference Test, and a link to videos and FAQs about marking and grading.
Ofqual have also published an updated guide specifically designed to help parents understand the GCSE 9-1 grading scale.
Read the message to school and college leads
Read the grading guide for parents
Waiting for exam results and anticipation for the future can be a stressful time for students.
Ofqual and UCAS have published a joint letter to students, answering some common questions such as:
- “How will my exam be marked?”
- “How are grade boundaries set?”
- “How can I appeal against my grades?”
- “What if my results aren’t what I expected?”
“How can I prepare for results day?”
Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning
Welcome to Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning. This is an umbrella organisation for Gloucestershire Healthy Schools and Gloucestershire Healthy FE (Further Education).
GHLL was launched in July 2012 for schools and colleges across Gloucestershire, supported by Leading Teachers.
Funding is through Public Health and by Gloucestershire County Council. Schools and colleges are offered this supported intervention at no cost.
