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The EYFS network sessions will be an opportunity for like-minded EYFS colleagues to discuss how to support their children’s learning and development in an impactful and engaging way. The first session will focus on how to support the development of communication and language skills across all areas of learning. The content for the remainder of the sessions will be shaped by feedback from the group to ensure that the sessions are relevant to the needs of the children in their settings.

This course is for SAS schools only.

Delegates will be contacted three days before th ...

Year 6 is always a challenging year. Making sure that teachers are clear about curriculum expectations; know what these look like in practice and are confident in mapping provision are key to success.

As such, this course will examine the Year 6 writing expectations in detail, focusing on the demands of the Teacher Assessment Framework as well as the wider curriculum. The morning session will explore subject knowledge and progression, sharing strategies for teaching these skills in context, as well as exploring how to develop composition. In the afternoon, delegates will explore how ...

This course is an introduction to autism. It is most appropriate for colleagues with little or no experience of autism.

This training is suitable for any early years practitioner working in Reception, Nurseries, Pre-school settings and Childminders.

This course will be delivered online over 2 sessions and both sessions need to be attended to receive your course certificate. 

This AET training session is available to anyone working within Early Years at a school, e.g. reception class teachers, teaching assistants, SENCo, volunteers, lunchtime staff, EY profession ...

This is a four-session course to support leaders and subject leaders to become familiar with school improvement within the context of the Ofsted inspection framework. Sessions will focus on the core aspects of leadership and management through taking a detailed dive into their subjects and linking to expectations of the Ofsted Inspection Framework.

Sessions 1 and 2 are online and sessions 3 and 4 are face to face. These sessions are designed to ensure that senior leaders are familiar with the Ofsted inspection handbook and recent changes. 

Sessions 3 and 4 are aimed at ...

Join Jo Chambers for this SENCo network where you will have the opportunity to:
• Consider national and local updates
• Plan and receive training on an aspect of SEN which suits the group
• Have an opportunity to get to know other local SENCos.

This is your group, and the intention is that the focus is led by you. In the past the sessions have considered the use of visuals, looked at different aspects of the four areas of need, focused on performance management of TAs and Ofsted. Therefore, it would be helpful if you come to the first meeting with some ...

We are aware that there are so many things going on in schools that it often means as a maths leader that you don’t have time to keep fully up to date with what is happening in the world of mathematics. So why not come and join the maths team, once a term for an hour of updates, sharing of new resources and key information. It will also give you time to ask questions of other maths leaders and of the team.

This course will support all maths subject leaders.

Delegates will be contacted three days before the session with details of how to access the online training, whic ...

The approach changed back in 2008 which gave clear guidance on how a part time teachers’ pay should be
calculated. STPCD recognised that all schools’ timetables are different and determined that a part time teachers’ pay should be calculated proportionately in relation to the teaching time of a full time teacher in the same school.

The old approach to paying in tenths of a week clearly breaches the document requirements and could be subject to challenge from both the individuals and the professional associations, and could bring significant claims of under/ove ...

Are you teaching or leading RE in your school? Need some ideas, inspiration, support and advice?

Join our free termly hub group, for anyone involved with the teaching of RE. Share inspiration and subject knowledge from visiting speakers, exchange curriculum ideas and resources with other local teachers and subject leaders and keep informed of local and national developments in the subject.

This Autumn term, join us for an online session; an opportunity to meet other RE teachers and leaders across the area and receive updates and ideas for the classroom.

Primary, Seco ...

This two-session online course will support teachers in developing their subject knowledge with a focus on mathematical gaps from year 5 and how to address them. We will support you to develop your teaching sequence to ensure that you provide opportunities for children to demonstrate that they meet the expectations for mathematics.

Session 1 will focus on:
• Securing place value, mental and written calculation
• An analysis of the test papers
• Supporting pupils with calculations in word problems.

Session 2 will focus on:
• Fractions, ...

We are aware that there are so many things going on in school that it often means as a maths leader that you don’t have time to keep fully up to date with what is happening in the world of mathematics, both at a local and national level.
At each meeting we will share the latest in research, national reports and guidance as well as take a focus on a core aspect of mathematics. Over the year, based on school feedback we will be looking at:
• Assessment and moderation in all year groups post Year 2 SATS and the TAF
• Supporting pupils to develop strategies to sho ...