Beacon School Application 2024/2025
APPLICATION FOR ENTRY INTO 2024-25 COHORT.

When you click 'submit' at the end of the page your entry will be saved and a copy will be sent to the email address you supply, below.

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The deadline for applications is 7 May 2024. You will no longer be able to edit your entry after this date.

If you have any questions please contact us at holocaust@ucl.ac.uk.

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Your name *
Role in school *
Subject that you teach Holocaust in
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Subject discipline(s) you trained in
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Number of years in teaching
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Your mobile number
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School name *
School name & address
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School type *
Name of multi-academy trust (where applicable)
Local Authority
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School social media channels
Attendance 

1.     Are you (Lead Teacher) able to attend two, in-person residentials, as follows?

⚫ The first: Friday 24- Monday 27 Oct 2024 (London)

⚫ The second: Friday 27-Sunday 29 June 2025 (Location TBC) 

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2.     Are you (Lead Teacher) able to commit to:

⚫  Attending the online alumni conference on Saturday 22 June (PM)

⚫  Attending the online Welcome Event on 19 June 2024 (4:00- 4:45 PM)   

⚫  Making time for a short introductory phone-call with your mentor

⚫  Attending calendarized mentor group meetings across the duration of the programme

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Eligibility and key outputs  
3 .       Do you teach the Holocaust in your department?
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4.     Are you in a position to commit to either:

a)    revising an existing Scheme of Learning for teaching the Holocaust

OR

b) developing a new Scheme of Learning for teaching the Holocaust in your subject?
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5.     Have you, or can you commit to completing the UCL online course ‘6 things your students should know about the Holocaust’?

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6.     Have you, or can you commit to completing the UCL online textbook CPD?

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7 .     Are you willing to conduct a curriculum mapping exercise in July 2024? 
(To make the most of this exercise, we request that it is undertaken at the earliest opportunity)
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Embedding practice and networking
8.     Are you willing to host a UCL mentor school visit, which will include a CPD session with staff, alongside potential lesson observations, meetings with the department and key colleagues and an opportunity to meet students ideally in the autumn term 2024? (If possible, this would be delivered in-person)
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9.     Are you willing to collaborate and share best practice with other schools in your region, multi-academy trust or other network? 
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You, your approach and your intentions
10.     Why do you believe it is important to teach about the Holocaust? 
11.     Have you undertaken any CPD courses or engagements with the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education? (Please provide a list of these, detailing whether it was face to face/online and with approximate dates if possible)
12.      Have you completed any CPD or training in Holocaust education provided by other organisations? (Please provide details of any engagements you have had with organisations such as the Holocaust Educational Trust, Anne Frank Trust, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, the National Holocaust Centre, etc.)
13.       What extracurricular activities related to the Holocaust take place in your school? (For example, Holocaust Memorial Day assemblies, survivor talks, participation in the Lessons from Auschwitz project, etc.)
14.        What experience do you have of leading projects within a school? 
15.         What links and networks do you and/or your school currently have with other schools? What actions will you take to develop good working practises with other schools? (e.g., faith school partnerships, subject associations (HA/NATRE))
Why do you want to become the Lead Teacher of a UCL Beacon School in Holocaust Education? (complete this section in brief)
To be completed by the named SLT link who will support the programme
Name
Role in school
Email address 
Phone (Direct line)
Mobile
1.    Is your school a DfE Teaching School?
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2.    Does your school have a SCITT, offer ITE, ITT (Teach First, accept PGCE trainee placements)? 

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3.     Are you able to advocate for the programme and the other expectations included in this form?
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4.     Are you able to attend and participate in 4 Beacon School SLT online CPD sessions taking place at 4:00-5:15 PM on the following dates?

⚫ 24 September 2024

⚫ 6 November 2024

⚫ 13 February 2025

⚫ 2 July 2025

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5.       Are you able to attend the  Welcome Event online on 19 June 2024 (4:00-4:45 PM) alongside the named Lead Teacher?
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Please identify and offer 3 possible dates when the school will stage a 2-hour CPD event/session, delivered by UCL staff. Ideally this will be in the autumn term. 
To be completed and signed off by Head Teacher/Principal (if different to the SLT link named in PART TWO)
Name 
Email address 
Phone (Direct line)
Mobile
Do you approve/ support this Beacon School application?
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1.     Does your school specialise in a form of SEND provision? Please provide details. 
2.     Please state your school’s Ofsted rating below and paste in the summary of key findings from your latest Ofsted report. (Complete this section in brief) 

Your school rating will not affect your application for Beacon School status in any way
3.    What do you think your school will gain and what will it contribute as a UCL Beacon School in Holocaust Education? What tangible benefits do you foresee for your school (e.g., pupils, staff, governors, parents, wider community, and network schools)? How will this programme support your ongoing school improvement? (Complete this section in brief)

This application should be completed by Tuesday 7 May 2024.

Should you be successful in your application, we will invite you to accept an offer for Beacon School status and a place on the 2024-2025 programme w/c 13 May 2024, and your place will be confirmed by your returning a completed Memorandum of Understanding by w/c 20 May 2024.

UCL Beacon School programme is made possible through generous funding by Pears Foundation and the Department for Education.

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