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HR Service Supporting your school’s human resources

As an employer of teaching and non-teaching staff a school has official responsibilities, therefore it’s only natural to want professional support and guidance to ensure HR matters are accurately and officially processed in line with the law and best practice. Our experienced and qualified HR professionals can help you with day-to-day and/or the more bespoke areas of HR with complete confidentiality assured. The team are accessible face-to-face, via email and telephone - the choice is yours.

We can help with all aspects of HR including…

HR administration Our HR administration team can provide end-to-end transactional support services, including:

Help taking on new employees• recruitment best practice - advising on the

development of specifications, offering model job descriptions and person specifications, advice on placement costs, checking and publishing of approved adverts on West Midlands jobs webpage (www.wmjobs.co.uk). Support for Head Teacher recruitment is also a speciality

• selection best practice - providing the interview panel with assistance and shortlisting, supporting with documentation, including a recruitment pack of candidates details, correspondence such as interview invite letters and panel outcome decisions to successful candidates

• pre-employment checks – advice on the checks required before an employee starts work including References, Asylum & Immigration Checks, assistance for applications from non-EU Nationals (DBS NCTL), medical clearances

• after clearances - provision of all relevant data to input into your Single Central Record

• contract of employment matters - including the issuing of new contracts in accordance with legislation, directing new employees to policies and procedures, confirmation of salary details with previous employer, completing provisional/final salary assessments, issuing probation forms

• salary assessments for new teaching appointments.

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Help with existing staff• managing contracts of employment, such as issuing,

maintaining and amending contracts including changes to Terms & Conditions and ensuring any terminations comply with legislation

• confirm outcomes of job evaluations/grading reviews and any variations to contracts

• data input, including creating, amending and closing employee records, and enabling a single central record (plus updating SIMS)

• administration, including probationary periods, annual leave, leave of absence, family-friendly policies, maternity, paternity and adoption leave, support for volunteers and more

• awards – checking entitlement to Long Service Awards

• terminations – officially process resignations in connection with leavers

• SIMS – we will update your SIMS personal records on your behalf as part of a contract.

HR consultancyWe pride ourselves on being able to provide the very latest, up to date advice on ever-changing HR legislation. Our HR consultancy service gives you impartial advice and guidance when you need it. Get a professional and comprehensive service in person, over email and phone about topics such as:

• maternity/paternity/shared parental and adoption leave, including communication with payroll

• sickness absence

• disciplinary, grievance and capability

• probation and appraisal for teachers and support staff

• pay and grading

• school re-organisations, transfer of undertakings (TUPE) and redundancy

• child protection and safeguarding

• updates in employment law and policy

• access to HR toolkits including model letters and job descriptions

• attendance at formal meetings, including follow up correspondence

• termly HR health checks

• equalities and diversity in employment.

HR trainingWe also offer training centred around the specific needs of your school including:

• sickness, absence, safer recruitment and appraisals

• investigations including disciplinaries, grievance, bullying and harassment

• governor training

• Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) recruitment services

• redeployment support

• trade union consultations

• attending meetings before formal stages

• single central record audit.

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IT service Supporting your school’s MIS & IT systems

Robust IT, safe in the knowledge of high quality support, is integral to the day-to-day running of any school. Our IT service is an extension of your team, made up of experts who share your passion for giving young people a rewarding learning experience.

We offer the following services:

Management information systems (MIS)As a Capita-accredited support unit, we support schools to get the most out of their SIMS and FMS systems with our reliable, practical and high-quality MIS support service. You will receive unlimited telephone and email support, remote access, on-site visits, training sessions and help with any statutory changes made by the Department for Education (DfE). All of which are covered by your annual service charge.

MIS conversion service to SIMS

If you are already using an alternative management information system, we can offer a fully project-managed conversion service to ensure a smooth transition. We will support you every step of the way, including installation, data extraction, data cleansing and training.

We also offer several standalone services, including:

FMS supportMake sure your school gets the best outcome from your finance system. Our IT team has extensive knowledge in education finance, meaning we can provide you with a full and comprehensive service to help with your school’s finances.

HCSS supportWe offer support for HCSS budgeting and accounting software, and can help you create school budgets and projections for up to five years in advance. We will also provide all the training and support you need for this powerful software.

Information Technology Services

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Can we help with anything? Or would you like to discuss another area of your school? We can tailor any of our services to you, so please get in touch to explore your options.

Helping you to deliver exceptional outcomesYour computer system is the backbone that underpins almost every element of school life. Our experienced technical team makes sure your IT systems run efficiently through an extensive suite of support services, including:

Proactive supportWe actively monitor your computer systems, networks and disaster recovery services to ensure that we identify any issues and rectify them before they impact your end users.

Reactive support Providing a complimentary mix of both regular on-site and remote support allows us to assist your users with any technical challenges.

On-site local supportOur technician service provides a regular on-site technical presence from one of our experienced staff. We can tailor the frequency and duration of visits to meet your needs.

Consultancy services We offer bespoke consultancy to help your school make the most of its IT investment by creating multi-year, budget-friendly IT improvement plans.

Planning for the unexpected We help you plan for every eventuality with our comprehensive suite of solutions that allow you to meet your school’s IT disaster recovery responsibilities.

Strategic IT survey A high-level strategic evaluation completed on-site appraises all elements of your school’s IT systems, providing school leaders with a simple-to-understand, traffic-light-based overview.

Our services are flexible, so we can tailor them to meet your school’s IT needs and budget. We have a team of IT experts who can make the complex simple, using everyday language to decode technology and ensure it works for you and your school.


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School catering Supporting your school’s mealtimes

When it comes to school meals, we know what families look for: good food, choice and value for money. But above all else – a lunch their child will enjoy and which fills them up until home time.

When schools are facing challenges like increasing budget pressures, our catering service is always flexible and proactive, not prescriptive.

Made fresh each dayWe cook our meals fresh each day – never pre-cooked. It means we always know what’s in our meals and that they’ve been prepared safely. It’s as close to home-cooking as you can get.

We aspire to make nutritious, well-presented school food that’s full of taste, and we work hard to achieve this balance for our young diners.

More than 300 staff are the face of our business, all committed to making high-quality food and giving good customer service.

There for you when you need us mostWe offer a range of business continuity services that offer reassurance and consistency when those unexpected things happen that can disrupt the school day.



We can be with you at each part of the dayIt’s not just about school lunches. We offer a whole range of catering to meet your school’s needs including:

• breakfast, mid-morning break and after-school services

• cookery clubs and curriculum activities

• meetings, conferences and events

• parents’ evenings, open days and taster sessions.

And we don’t just cater for schoolsWe also provide snacks, meals and refreshments for:

• children’s centres, nurseries and crèches

• corporate and civic events

• staff catering, including governors’ meetings.

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Governor services Supporting your school’s governance arrangements

Excellent governance is an essential part of leadership in all educational settings.

We recognise the pressures this places on your time and resources and as a proven educational specialist support provider, we can add value through our experienced and professional team.

Professional clerking serviceOur team of accredited clerks will work with you to manage the governing board with a personalised, highly professional and confidential service, this will include:

• planning, organising and co-ordinating meetings

• providing advice, guidance and support on best practice and compliance with relevant legislation

• producing accurate and timely minutes

• fulfilling the role of company secretary or clerk to MAT boards.

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The service we provide can be tailored to meet your needs including the frequency of meetings and complexity of support required.

Meetings can be planned for the academic year in advance. In addition, we are able to accommodate ad-hoc and additional meetings when the need arises.

Training advice and supportWe have a proven track record of working with governing boards to include advice on:

• academy conversion

• compliance with the latest educational legislation and procedures

• external reviews of governance

• bespoke governor development packages.



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Music & Arts Service

Music and arts service Introducing culture to young people

Music and the arts are integral to inspiring self-expression and personal growth in children and young people. Our specialist teaching team offers a range of activities, tuition and support for pupils and staff all the way from early years to graduation.

First access to playing an instrument The joy of music can last a lifetime and often starts in the classroom. We offer whole-class ensemble tuition, lend instruments for free, and provide teaching and encouragement. It’s an important element in our music education hub role, which supports the government’s national plan for music education.

Tuition for small groups We help children who want to learn how to play an instrument get better and progress in the one they choose, including vocals. Our team can provide tuition, and we lend pupils instruments for free.

After-school clubs and school ensembles

Music comes to life when children work together. We can help your school build a successful school band, orchestra or choir during the school day or as an after-school club. It helps bring music centre-stage for your school’s community. Outside of school, pupils can take part in our area bands and music centre ensembles at no extra charge to progress their music even further.

National curriculum music and CPDWe can help your school meet Ofsted requirements for national curriculum music. We offer specialist advice for the classroom on your whole-school approach, and train your teachers including non-specialists. In addition to regular music provision, we can develop short-term workshops and other projects in your school to support cross-curricular and creative learning.

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Sandwell music education hubWe are proud to be the lead partner of Sandwell’s music education hub, funded by Arts Council England. All Sandwell schools that buy tuition from us are automatically part of our music hub, which helps unlock the pleasure of music for all young people.

The music hub:

• ensures every child aged 5–18 has the opportunity to learn a musical instrument through whole-class ensemble teaching

• provides opportunities to play in ensembles and perform at an early stage

• ensures that clear progression routes are available and affordable to all young people

• provides a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings regularly, and that choirs and other vocal ensembles are available in the area.

For more information, please visit sandwellmusic.org

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Teaching and learning serviceTeaching and learning, and school improvement services

Our school improvement team helps your school raise its standards with the skills and support from highly experienced teachers, Ofsted inspectors and school leaders.

We provide:

• whole-school training and development in full-day, half-day or twilight sessions

• in-class support, including coaching, mentoring and modelling

• support and development for middle to senior leaders, preparing for Ofsted, joint observations, evidence scrutiny, moderation and data analysis, action planning and putting policy into practice.

Popular topics where we give support include:

• questioning

• assessment

• phonics

• classroom management

• learning journey

• English as an additional language (EAL)

• early reading

• moderation

• writing

• moving teaching from good to outstanding

• mastery

• classroom environment.

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Our service is flexible to fit around the unique needs of your school. We can tailor a number of areas to you.

Here are a few examples of how we can help:

• Whole-school audits in reading, writing and SPaG: One day of in-depth review, including scrutinies, learning walks and action planning for future development

• Making grammar work in the classroom: Either a series of twilight sessions or a half-day inset. The service includes a wide range of practical and engaging strategies to teach grammar effectively through quality texts

• Planning the English journey: Half a day’s support for teachers that helps engage pupils and give them effective learning journeys

• Transition in the early years: Half a day’s support.

Training and development

We designed our training and development programme based on our work with local schools.

It draws on our own research and development, plus national requirements. We send full details of training to schools each term and can deliver all central training in your school, including:

• grammar in KS1

• new to SATS KS1 and KS2

• strengthening the evidence-base for assessment

• reading comprehension

• mastery in maths

• teaching numbers in the early years.

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School library service Enriching how your pupils learn

Quality resources can really bring a topic to life and enrich a child’s learning experience. But with many schools facing space and budget constraints, it isn’t always feasible to buy, manage and maintain these extra tools.

That’s where our library service comes in. We can loan class sets of books, topic boxes and the artefacts you need for the curriculum to dovetail with your lesson plans and help pupils learn even more.

Borrow from a treasure-trove of more than 70,000 itemsYou can borrow from a comprehensive range of more than 70,000 items worth thousands of pounds, including:

• books, including national curriculum texts, fiction, non-fiction, poems and picture books

• interesting facts (Did You Know…?)

• local history, including books, maps and photographs

• artefacts, including costumes like Roman warriors, DVDs and posters

All are a fraction of the price of permanently purchasing the items for your school.

We also offer:

• library audits to support your school’s library

• a personal shopper to enhance your library

• lend a library.

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Customise for your school’s requirementsWe can deliver tailor-made collections directly to your school and pick them up again when you’ve finished with them. This allows your teachers to begin the term with a topic box of handpicked items that match your curriculum and term’s topics. Alternatively, our experienced librarians can select and suggest items on your behalf.

Flexible optionsThe best way to get as many resources as possible is with an annual subscription. This includes delivery of topic boxes, class sets (more than 180 titles to choose from, with 16 copies for your class) and reading for pleasure. Alternatively, you can pay as you go for the items you borrow.



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Health, safety and facilities Keeping your school safe

You run a busy school and health, safety and facilities are probably high on your agenda.

We’re here to make your life easier. We decode technical and complex information, offer specialist and professional advice, and support you with our expertise. This means making health and safety relevant to your learning environment, and helping the Head Teacher, school governors and management team understand their legal and moral responsibilities.

Health and safety consultancyWe help ensure you have a robust health and safety management system in place to protect your whole school. We also advise and support you with your risk assessments, policies and procedures by attending staff and governing body meetings, and liaising with your health and safety leads.

Professional training coursesOur health, safety and facilities courses include:

• manual handling

• electrical equipment testing

• stress and noise awareness

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) risk assessments

• health and safety management accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)

• asbestos awareness

• toolbox talks on a broad range of subjects to staff.

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Fire safetyWe can give you advice about reducing the risk of arson, handling emergency evacuations, and undertake comprehensive fire risk assessments. We can also provide fire training, workplace inspections, and liaise with the fire authority on your behalf.

Site and facilities supportWe can help you create and maintain a safe working and learning environment. Our services include site audits, chemical and equipment assessments, reviewing the cleaning hours your school requires, and assisting in recruiting, inducting and training staff.

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e-SafetyKeeping your school safe online



Does your school have a cohesive, whole-school approach to online safety? All staff have a role to play in making sure children and young people stay safe online while in their care, although your designated safeguarding lead will have particular responsibility.

We can help you deliver your statutory obligation, and give you professional advice and support. We work with staff, children and their parents or guardians to educate, empower, prevent and protect.

Our offer includes:

• access to Think You Know training, accredited by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (CEOP)

• staff training and updates to help people understand and identify online safety issues early, and how best to address them

• working with children and young people to further develop digital resilience

• guiding the work of online safety committees, from initial set-up through to embedded practice

• helping you gain the Ofsted-recognised 360-degree safe online safety accreditation

• regular newsletters and workshops for parents, grandparents and carers.

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GDPRSupporting your school’s compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation

Get ready, stay compliant

The 25th May 2018 marks a milestone date, from

which GDPR applies to all organisations in the UK,

including schools. GDPR is regulated by the Information

Commissioner’s Office (ICO). This Regulation places

a firm spotlight on the robustness of procedures and

safeguards that organisations have in place, around the

collection and processing of individuals’ personal data.

Help for schools

Schools therefore have a legal requirement to comply

from day one. The SIPS GDPR Service can assist you

to get ready for, and remain compliant with GDPR,

including providing…

• A baseline audit to assess current compliance

performance offering suggestions to close

potential gaps.

• Outsourced Data Protection Officer (DPO) services.

• Support services for your newly appointed or

existing DPO, where you have one in place.

• Guidance and support for undertaking

Data Protection Impact Assessments.

• Staff and Governor briefings, fostering

awareness and understanding.

• Assistance in responding to Subject Access Requests.

• Timely advice regarding Data Breaches

(should they occur).

• Assistance in writing Privacy notices.

• Training opportunities to upskill Governors, SLT

and wider stakeholders at a reduced cost.

• Best practice template documents.

Helping schools achieve and maintain GDPR compliance.

Flexible services

Our GDPR service is flexible, there when you need it,

and can be delivered through telephone and email

advice, guidance and support.

Face-to-face GDPR contact

There is also Consultancy / Support time included in

our packages, allowing face-to-face meetings covering

topics such as developing systems for undertaking

impact assessments, effectively managing Subject

Access Requests and addressing Data Breaches.

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Schools workforceDeveloping professional school governors

Excellence in governance is an essential part of leadership in all educational institutions. Well-trained, professional and knowledgeable governors make all the difference. To add value to your school, our workforce team is here to help with timely training that reflects the current and changing educational landscape.

Governor trainingWe offer a comprehensive and robust training package that gives your governors the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to fulfil their duty. As well as covering mandatory elements, we can customise your training plan to meet your school’s needs.

Governor e-learningTo stay up to date, and to complement face-to-face training, you can access the governors’ e-learning online training when you purchase SIPS Governor Training SLA. Alternatively, you can get it as a bolt-on.

Governor training includes:• taking the chair

• Ofsted inspection framework

• safeguarding – the governor’s role

• governors’ visits to school

• role of the special educational needs (SEN) governor

• role of the staff governor

• school finance

• the school’s financial value statement

• health and safety

• basic introduction to HR and the Law

• managing performance - teacher appraisal and capability

• exclusions

• e-safety for governors

• monitoring and evaluation

• Head Teacher recruitment and succession planning

• Head Teacher appraisal and capability

• equality and diversity.

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We also offer one-off training in the following areas:

• advanced school finance

• the competency framework for governance

• Head Teacher appraisal

• the health and safety governor

• providing professional challenge

• SEN and disability updates

• pupil exclusions and appeals

• safeguarding level one

• safeguarding in a digital world

• understanding HR and the law: a practical overview

• safer recruitment.

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Schools workforceMeasuring wellbeing and staff engagement

Your staff are all responsible for making a difference, so it’s important to understand how happy they are at work. We’ve partnered with Education Support Network to offer you a wellbeing survey. It measures your team’s perception of what it’s like to work in your school and indicates current levels of engagement and motivation.

Online survey toolThe online staff survey tool provides a wealth of information and unique insights to help you understand where your school excels and where it can improve.

Insightful for schools Schools that carry out this survey often recommend the service based on the value of what they learn from it. Schools that act on their survey’s results see benefits in a number of areas, including:

• increased productivity and performance

• improved pupil outcomes for schools

• reduced levels of sickness absence and associated costs

• increased staff engagement, improved morale and working relationships

• greater resilience to respond to the challenges of work

• improved staff retention and reduced recruitment costs

• meeting the school’s duty of care as an employer.

We can conduct a pre-survey launch or post-survey feedback, and customise elements of the survey to make sure it works for your school.

We can also advise you about the Staff Engagement Award, which recognises schools’ efforts in improving their cultures, benchmarking against a national database.

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Schools workforceStatutory induction for Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs)

We work on behalf of Sandwell local authority as the provider of the Appropriate Body. We carry out the assessments and quality assurances of NQTs that are a statutory requirement for all schools and academies. But we go beyond what’s legally required and help you give your NQTs a truly high-quality induction to give their career the best start. In fact, we have worked with over 4,000 NQTs in more than 150 schools and academies.

Our service includes:

• induction consultancy

• experience

• high-quality handbooks

• electronic toolkits

• model documentation and support

• dedicated telephone helpline

• robust quality assurance and feedback

• networking and training

• in-school support

• Quality Mark in NQTs

• support to senior management team, including governors who fulfil statutory NQT requirements.

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Supporting NQTs at risk• quality assurance of process and documentation

• support with attendance at formal meetings with trade unions

• feedback and reports to the National College for Training and Learning.

Additional servicesWe offer bespoke induction training for:

• NQTs

• induction tutors

• senior leaders

• NQTs at risk of not meeting the standards (in-class support)

• governors

• Quality Mark induction assessment.

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Schools workforceTraining and developing your school’s workforce

Well-trained, knowledgeable and motivated staff are integral to running a successful school. Equally, post-professional development is key. Our school workforce service can help you optimise this.

Bespoke training and supportOur packages include:

• appraisal and performance management

• teacher standards

• succession planning

• leadership development

• wellbeing

• school restructuring

• governor training.

Training and development for primary Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs)

The professional development of NQTs is crucial. This comprehensive and well-resourced package supports this aim, including:

• an induction tutor

• NQT handbook

• two high-quality conferences

• termly network sessions

• joint action-planning workshops

• drop-in surgery

• training in specialist areas, including child protection, challenging behaviour, inclusion and special educational needs (SEN) and use of voice.

The Quality MarkWe award this prestigious recognition to schools that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to inducting their NQTs. If you’re awarded the Quality Mark, you can use the logo for three years – an invaluable tool for recruitment. We can help you prepare for the assessment.

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Raising AspirationsWork Related Learning and Enterprise Education in Primary Schools

Investing in tomorrow’s workforce today

In an ever evolving economy where employers look for defined skills across a workforce, the Education Business Partnership (EBP) believe that pupils are never too young to be introduced to Work Related Learning (WRL) and Enterprise Education.

EBP - Putting young people first

We aim to encourage all young people to learn and develop in a way that meets their own needs and develops skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work.

Our aim is to empower and inspire young people through high quality, high impact and innovative challenges to:

• Enable students to realise and release their potential and aspirations.

• Provide an opportunity for students to think and act in enterprising ways.

• Employ and encourage support of local businesses to share their personal and work experiences with students.

• Forge meaningful relationships between schools and businesses to raise awareness of specific sectors and career opportunities.

• Provide a clear focus on employability skills and the ability to transfer these to different contexts.

• Promote positive attitudes.



Our Work Related Learning Consultant will work closely with school staff to tailor sessions in order to achieve specific goals set by each school.

Examples of Primary School EBP sessions delivered in schools include:

• Career / Job Awareness Days where SIPS Education use its links with local industry and commerce to invite representatives from local companies to speak at schools allowing pupils to learn about opportunities in their area and also hear about experiences of education, training and work from a wide variety of people in many different work roles.

• Enterprise Challenges designed to highlight and develop pupil’s enterprise skills. All of our enterprise challenges will have a work focus, highlighting how the enterprise skills relate to the workplace. Examples of enterprise challenges include: Fashion Forward, Housing and Community, Money Matters, Music Festival, White Knuckle, Prom Planner and Wedding Enterprise Challenge to name just a few.

Here’s one of the many positive quotes received by our service…

“George Betts has benefitted from experiencing several Enterprise Days thanks to SIPS Education over the last 12 months. Our pupils have found the experiences challenging, fun, practical and memorable. Each day has been unique, offering the children the opportunity to develop and apply real life skills to engaging activities, pitched at their level of understanding. We will continue to enjoy future challenges planned for this academic year.”

Nikki Rolfe, Vice Principal, George Betts Primary Academy

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Education Business Partnership – Secondary SchoolsInvesting in tomorrow’s workforce today

Today’s young people are tomorrow’s workforce, so it’s vital to prepare for life after education with work related learning.

The Education Business Partnership (EBP) are here to support every step of the way, helping bridge the transition from school to work and encouraging the relevance of academic study coupled with practical skills. Our service offers unique and close links with business and commerce to help facilitate preparation for working life.

Career, work-related learning and enterprise educationOur Education Business Partnership team of specialists can tailor activities to address the unique needs of your school, matching to the age range and ability of the pupils, curriculum requirements and sourcing the employer engagement required to support the activity.

Here are just some of the many events our Work Related Learning Consultants prepare and deliver:

• Raising aspirations

• Career workshops

• Enterprise challenges

• Mock interviews

• Preparation for work experience sessions

• Presentation skills

Here’s what our customers say…

“Each year we value SIPS Education and the excellent events they organise and run which we find to be an important contribution to our careers programme within our school. The quality of the service provided is excellent, enabling the students to receive a valuable and meaningful experience. The recent Mock Interviews were no exception. The days were well organised and executed.”

Tracey Willetts, Careers Adviser, George Salter Academy



Work ExperienceWork Experience gives young people the invaluable opportunity to learn new skills and gain a practical insight into the world of work.

We can:

• Introduce Work Experience to young people in school with a launch assembly.

• Assess all work placement suitability considering Health & Safety and Safeguarding.

• Run sessions of encouragement with young people looking to secure a placement.

• Provide continuous support to school staff involved in the process.

• Provide a student database – individual or cohort logins.

• Provide paper-based or online resources.

Our central system allows your school to manage the placement process smoothly and efficiently with our continual support. It is compatible with school MIS software (SIMS/CMIS) and has in excess of 7,600 companies pre-approved to host pupils on a work experience placement.

Our Work Experience package can be tailored to suit your school needs.

Here’s what our customers say…“We use SIPS Education for Work Experience and have done for the past 8 years, as we have always found

SIPS to be very knowledgeable, approachable and always on hand to advise us in all aspects of health and safety, risk assessments and safeguarding with pupils, whilst out on placements. The team are always on hand to help with new and / or existing contacts and help to bridge that gap between Academy and the Workplace.”

Amanda Birch, Work Experience Co-ordinator, Wood Green Academy

Off Site LearningHere’s what our customers say…“In our recent Ofsted, Inspectors were particularly keen on discussing arrangements for any external AP. The Assessors wanted to know about the placements, the length of time each student spent there during the week and the outcomes they would receive. They asked about any visits and QA that we completed as a school. They were particularly interested in the safeguarding aspects of how each placement had been checked and so it was useful to be able to confirm that we used placements from the placement directory and to be able to show the checks that were done. The Inspectors gave very positive feedback on this.”

Kerry Kernan, ACE Academy

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