REMINDER: Headteacher meetings - autumn 2016

At the next round of Headteacher meetings this autumn we hope to discuss: school funding changes and High Needs funding, a revised SEND Strategy, the development of an Education Services Company linked to a wider remit and new governance structure for the Kent Association of Headteachers, the next cycle of school place expansions in the Education Commissioning Plan and LA support for the development of multi-academy trusts.

The dates, times and locations for the autumn Headteacher Meetings are:

• West Kent: Tuesday 8 November - 9am for 9:30am start - 12noon - The Mercure Great Danes Hotel, Ashford Road, Hollingbourne, Maidstone ME17 1RE
• South Kent: Thursday 10 November - 9am for 9:30am start - 12noon - Ashford International Hotel, Simone Weil Avenue, Ashford TN24 8UX
• North Kent: Tuesday 15 November - 1pm for 1:30pm start - 4pm - Mercure Dartford Brands Hatch Hotel, Brands Hatch, Colin Chapman Way, Dartford DA3 8PE
• East Kent: Wednesday 16 November - 9am for 9:30am start - 12noon - The Spitfire Ground (Canterbury Cricket Ground), St Lawrence, Old Dover Road, Canterbury CT1 3NZ

I hope you will be able to attend. To book yourself a place, please email eypssupportteam@kent.gov.uk confirming your name and school, and the session you wish to attend.

Patrick Leeson, Corporate Director Education and Young People’s Services