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With the return of end of EYFS, KS1 and KS2 statutory assessment in 2022, we will be providing a webinar to take you through the processes to record and upload your assessment data.

We will:

Outline the key changes for 2022.

Demonstrate the processes for the following data collections in both SIMS and Arbor:

• EYFS
• Y1 Phonics check
• Y2 Phonics re-check
• KS1 TA
• KS2 TA

Discuss downloading the test results and importing into your MIS for:

• Year 4 Multiplication check
• KS2 SATS te ...

This training is in 2 parts and is free to all South Gloucestershire SENCOs or any school, college or early years setting that has a South Gloucestershire pupil.

Please pick any Part 1 session and any Part 2 session.

Part 1 Monday   6th June   15.30 – 17.00   Course Code INC/22/195
Part 2 Wednesday   8th June   15.30 – 17.00   Course Code INC/22/197

Part 1  Tuesday 14th June   15.30 – 17.00   Course Code INC/22/198
Part 2  Thursday 16th June  &nb ...

This training is in 2 parts and is free to all South Gloucestershire SENCOs or any school, college or early years setting that has a South Gloucestershire pupil.

Please pick any Part 1 session and any Part 2 session.

Part 1 Monday   6th June   15.30 – 17.00   Course Code INC/22/195
Part 2 Wednesday   8th June   15.30 – 17.00   Course Code INC/22/197

Part 1  Tuesday 14th June   15.30 – 17.00   Course Code INC/22/198
Part 2  Thursday 16th June  &nb ...

We will be holding a series of virtual meetings with our Customer Success colleagues at ESS-SIMS.

Helping you get the most from SIMS and showing you the benefits and quick ways to support everyday tasks.

Our second session is:

Maximise your Reporting in SIMS

• Top tips around reporting
• Home page – quick access to reports and attendance, shortcuts
• Attendance related reports
• Student Lists/ quick reports/ adhoc reports
• Staff reports – staff absence report, SPS report
• Di ...

This course takes an introductory look at the importance of using visuals with autistic children and young people. It is appropriate for any colleague who is interested in autism. 

We will consider how visuals can support learning and why they are essential to support autistic children and young people. 

This course is suitable for colleagues working with children and young people aged 5 – 25. 

Training will be delivered online over a one hour session.  

This autism training session is available to anyone working in schools. It ...

This course takes an introductory look at how some autistic children and young people can present with severe anxiety, demand avoidance and distressed behaviours. It is appropriate for any colleague who is interested in autism.

We will consider how and why demand avoidance occurs in autism and ways in which to support these pupils to de-escalate and reduce their anxiety. 

This course is suitable for colleagues working with children and young people aged 5 – 25. 

Training will be delivered online over a one hour session. . 

This autism tra ...

This short 1 ½ hour webinar is suitable for anyone who would like an overview of how to manage flexible working requests, from requests up to including appeals. The overview will cover best practice principles and will ensure that your actions are in line with relevant procedures and employment law.

The cost for this course is £45 for HR subscribing schools and £75 for non-subscribing.

Delegates will be contacted three days before the session with details of how to access the online training, which will be sent via a link to the email address on your CPD O ...

This course is for SAS only.

This session is designed to support teaching assistants to be fully prepared to provide high quality maths support to all children.

There will be an opportunity to explore subject knowledge in some areas as well as looking at effective strategies for working with children.

There will be a focus on the basis of place value and methods of calculation as well as modelling for effective use of resources to scaffold learning. 

Supporting small group and individual child instruction through effective questioning will also be explor ...

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

Join our free (for South Glos schools only) 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 all local and national developments in the subject.

This Summer term, come and meet other subject leaders and RE teachers FACE to FACE for networking and sharing of ideas. We will be discussing the newly re ...

This course for education professionals working in primary mainstream schools will help you to consider some ways in which you can make your classroom autism friendly.

With increasing numbers of autistic pupils in schools it is essential that all classroom practitioners understand how to adapt the environment and the learning, to enable autistic pupils to access education and fulfil their potential.

We will consider amongst other aspects, the following:

- Managing change
- Helping pupils to make choices
- Role models and buddies
- Bullying
- Senso ...