“…we are concerned with the impact remote learning is having on English teaching, particularly on those students who require targeted writing support. There are limits to how extended writing can be sustained under distant conditions.” Jonathan Morgan, Director, NATE

Writing is complex and feedback from many primary schools is that remote learning is having a particularly challenging impact on the quality and quantity of children’s writing. To help address this, we devised a writing project, commissioned by Andrew Best, Strategic Lead of Education, ...

REPEATED DUE TO DEMAND!

Turning on the television during this unusual time, you cannot escape the constant chatter of specialists and MPs at work. To be successful professionals, they are required to deliberate, debate, discuss and hopefully listen. Talk is valued - what they say and how they say it matters.

But can the same be said of talk in schools? How much do we care about the development of pupils’ speaking skills compared to the taught and tested reading, writing and maths?  Spoken communication is vital but it is often overlooked and undervalued in our edu ...

Many schools find developing consistency in assessment for non-reporting year groups a challenge. Knowing what age-related expectations look like in practice; understanding how this can differ at the higher and lower end and making accurate judgements can be difficult. In addition, developing a secure evidence base and knowing how to support children in applying grammatical skills effectively pose additional challenges.

This course focuses on supporting delegates to form accurate judgments. Working collabratively and using writing from their own schools, colleagues will be supported ...

Many schools find developing consistency in assessment for non-reporting year groups a challenge. Knowing what age-related expectations look like in practice; understanding how this can differ at the higher and lower end and making accurate judgements can be difficult. In addition, developing a secure evidence base and knowing how to support children in applying grammatical skills effectively pose additional challenges.

This course focuses on supporting delegates to form accurate judgments. Working collabratively and using writing from their own schools, colleagues will be supported ...

The nationally established Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) course trains skilled teaching assistants to deliver interventions for emotionally vulnerable pupils. Trainee ELSAs attend 6 full training days and subsequently carry out supervised practice over the course of the year leading to ELSA certification. It is also a pre-requisite that ELSA line managers attend a 1 ½ hour MS Teams twilight session following Day 1 of the course.

The cost for this course is £585 per delegate, which includes six full days training, four subsequent supervision sessions, the p ...

Getting on top of multiplication, division and times tables: ideas, inspiration and resources for improving the teaching and learning of times tables, multiplication and division.
This course is part of a series but can be attended as stand alone.
This session focuses on developing efficient strategies for teaching rote recall of number facts: what every teacher should know to make fluency in times table facts achievable for all.
Maggie Steel is an experienced Hub trainer who is working with Boolean, SHaW, London Central and West and Mobius Maths Hubs.
She has a partic ...

The course will cover SIMS Reporting to support day-to-day administration reporting procedures. The course consists of two separate sessions, am & pm.  Delegates should be available to attend for the whole day.

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 Online account. Please ensure that the email address you have registered with is correct. If it needs changing please contact the Training Admin Team on 01454 863183. Only the actual delegate ...

Self and peer assessment are important aspects of assessment that can promote learning in the classroom. Assessing their own work or that of others can help pupils develop their understanding of learning objectives and make better progress. Research has shown that pupils make more progress when they are actively involved in their own learning and assessment.

According to Niemi, Heikkinen and Kannas, ‘involving students… in educational decision-making, and listening seriously to their stories of experiences as learners [are] essential first steps in developing education& ...

Mentoring NQTs is rewarding and a great opportunity to effectively steer the next generation of teachers on to a successful long term career. Solid mentoring and coaching during the induction year allows your NQT to develop their skills and become a reflective teacher that will continue to develop their practice.

In this essential online guide the roles and responsibilities of the mentor/induction tutor, NQT and appropriate body will be explored. Statutory guidance will be exemplified, giving mentors a solid understanding. The course will look at meeting schedules and offer brief gu ...