These surgeries provide an opportunity for teachers to discuss any pupils they would like support to assess. Year 6 teachers can bring along children's writing evidence and work alongside the LA moderator, who will provide advice and guidance about assessment and next steps in learning, as well as anything else that may be useful (such as planning ideas, text recommendations etc.)

Each session is on a 1:1 basis. Schools may send a second Year 6 teacher at no extra cost - please just add the name of any extra delegate into the booking requirements section when m ...

Ever wondered how your main school funding share is calculated?

Do you need a step-by-step guide to exactly what information your funding certificate contains and what drives the figures? What is funding formula? What is minimum per pupil level and how is it calculated? What is minimum funding guarantee? How can you maximise your school income? When should additional income have additional expenditure? What is High Incidence funding? How does your SFO calculate top up funding, what is the eligibility for pupil premium and UIFSM income?

Come along with all the questions you e ...

During this session we will go through the documents that are sent out at year end, explain what an accrual is and why they are necessary and how to check and clear outstanding commitments before year end closedown.

We will also cover the schools 23/24 schools’ budget checklist and recommend the tasks you can do now to prepare for your budget setting meetings.

Open to all school staff who are involved in school finance and the budget setting process.

This course is free to South Gloucestershire Maintained Schools (not open to other schools)

Delegates wi ...

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 ...

Tom Holloway from the Primary Science Trust will lead this session.

We are keen to reconnect our science leaders and make science exciting again in school for both teaching staff and pupils.

This one and a half hour twilight will focus on updates and gives science leaders a place to discuss their own school science. It will also support with the action planning, monitoring and implementation of the science curriculum in your school.

The cost of this session is £40.

There are two meetings through the year, the other meeting is on 27 April 2022. You could ...

These FREE twilight sessions are for Early Career Teachers or any classroom teachers interested in updating their knowledge of RE in Primary schools.

RE has an important and privileged role to play in Primary curriculum in the UK, and a significant job to do in preparing our pupils for life in modern society. It often has little time available in ITT courses, and as such teachers express they lack confidence and knowledge to teach the subject confidently and effectively.

These two sessions will equip teachers with all they need to know about the special statutory requirement ...

This training has been designed to support all practitioners working directly with children on the autism spectrum to develop their practice.

The training will support practitioners working directly with children on the autism spectrum or on the pathway to a diagnosis in early years settings.

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

Good autism practice is a 6 hour course that will be delivered over 4 sessions

This AET training is only available to Schools, Nurseries, Pr ...

Please note that this is a repeat of the course that was run on 28 November. So, if you attended that session you will not need not attend this one.

In June 2023 all Year 2 teachers will need to make a teacher assessment using the national teacher frameworks in reading, writing and maths.  As in 2022, Year 2 teachers need to be familiar with the teacher assessment frameworks as well as the reading and maths tests. There will also be the continuation of external moderation visits to a sample of schools in June 2023.

This twilight is for all year 2 teache ...

The course will cover basic SIMS Reporting to support day-to-day administration reporting procedures. 

The course consists of two separate sessions, am & pm, delegates should be available attend for the whole day.

This event is free to attend, for the first candidate attending from settings that subscribe to the IMS team's support service. There is a charge of £90 for any additional candidates attending the same event and for non-subscribing schools. If you have any queries about this event, or to arrange on-site training, please contact the IMS Support Team o ...

Statutory Assessment for 2023 will soon be upon us and we are aware that there is a need to support headteachers and senior leaders with the statutory duties of teachers and leaders.

This twilight is for all senior leaders in schools to be make sure they are up to date with the statutory requirements for assessment for 2023.

There will be updates on:

• Y1 Phonics screening check
• KS1 TA and moderation
• Year 4 Multiplication check
• KS2 SATS, administration of SATS, access arrangements
• KS2 Writing moderation

As ...