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This module is intended to equip delegates with an understanding of the importance of play in the Early Years Foundation Stage and how the Three Areas of Difference in autism can impact on play skills. The module also considers how person-centred planning and making reasonable adjustments can enable autistic children to develop their play skills.   

This AET training is only available to Schools, Nurseries, Pre-school settings and Childminders within South Gloucestershire.

The National Governance Association (NGA) has shown that 60% of schools and trusts report balancing their budgets as their biggest challenge.  In this session we discuss some of the areas that schools can review to identify efficiencies and potential savings. It will also be an opportunity for schools to share ideas that have worked for them which may be helpful to other schools. During the session we will look at:

• Staffing
• Income streams
• Expenditure
• Financial monitoring

The aim of this session is to support schools to take act ...

This twilight is for all year 6 teachers to ensure they are up to date with the statutory requirements for assessment for 2025. The briefing will update teachers on the administration of the SATS for reading, maths, and GPS, including access arrangements, disseminate the key information from both the assessment and reports arrangements and the teacher assessment guidance for Y6 writing moderation.

As part of the twilight teachers will get the following resources:

• A copy of the training PowerPoint


• Additional resources to use to support moderation and assessme ...

This training is specifically aimed at senior leaders wanting concise but thorough training to recognise end of KS2 expectations for writing.

Headteachers are responsible for data submitted at the end of key stage 2, yet training to understand the national standards for writing is aimed at year 6 teachers and is prohibitively long for busy headteachers. Whilst Rome wasn’t built in a day, this brief course will give busy headteachers an insight into how writing is judged at the end of key stage 2. Knowledge which inevitably has implications for the teaching and ...

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 ...

Supporting children to achieve the Greater Depth standard in writing by the end of KS2 starts with being able to recognise it when you see it. What is meant by ‘writing effectively’ at this standard and how can we recognise writers that ‘consciously control’ their choices? The standard is undoubtedly high – but how high? Are there practices which support or inadvertently hinder potential GDS writers? What can we learn from this standard to inform effective teaching for our most able writers throughout KS2?

This course will explore the GDS standard for w ...

Schools rely upon good solid budget plans and regular monitoring to survive the inevitable twists and turns that the school year provides. Accurate budget monitoring reports provide the necessary information about a schools’ spending patterns and assist the schools’ management or finance staff to recognise and provide realistic forecasts. Good financial management in schools essentially comes from maintaining knowledge, this is achieved through accurate budget monitoring.

This can be significant and could result in the school making key decisions on data which is not acc ...

Supporting children to achieve the Greater Depth standard in writing by the end of KS2 starts with being able to recognise it when you see it. What is meant by ‘writing effectively’ at this standard and how can we recognise writers that ‘consciously control’ their choices? The standard is undoubtedly high – but how high? Are there practices which support or inadvertently hinder potential GDS writers? What can we learn from this standard to inform effective teaching for our most able writers throughout KS2?

This course will explore the GDS standard for w ...

Part of our new Schools Finance Bitesize training programme, this short session is designed to help busy schools business managers and anyone else invoilved in the school's finances to gain valuable CPD in manageable chunks.  

Rising costs and other financial pressures mean that balancing the budget is becoming increasingly challenging.  In this session, we will look at different ways schools can make small savings and strategies to utilise and maximise funding where possible.  It will also be an opportunity for schools to share their ideas.

There wi ...

This is a one-day conference at St Pierre County Club in Chepstow. 

This conference centres around well-being for headteachers. We are delighted to welcome Dr Nic Cooper and Duncan Gillard

Dr Duncan Gillard

Duncan is a HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) registered psychologist and an experienced practitioner, trainer and author in the field of Contextual Psychological Science. Duncan has written books such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Dummies and The Science of Children’s Wellbeing, as well as s ...