Training and Development
In addition to the Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications, there is also a variety of other high-quality CPD programmes available, covering all phases.
Please click on the relevant sections below to find out more, or click the green button to visit the booking system.
Our colleagues at the Children's Hospital School offer a wide range of CPD programmes and support, and further details of their offer can be found here - Children's Hospital School.
Information about the CPD and support available from the Inclusion & SEND Hub at Ash Field Academy can be found here - Inclusion & SEND Hub - including the Engagement Model and SEND in the Mainstream.
TELA (Thomas Estley Learning Alliance) also offer a range of professional development opportunities and further details can be found here - TELA.
Our colleagues at The Mead Institute for Professional Learning also offer training, coaching and professional development opportunities. Further information can be found here - The Mead Institute
Avoiding Confusion and Challenging Misconceptions in Primary History
This series of practical webinars will identify what confuses pupils in primary history and show how such confusion and misconceptions can be avoided and challenged. Through examples of careful planning and activities, the webinars will show how pupils can develop an accurate and nuanced understanding of chronology and change, cause and consequence, historical interpretations, and significance, in line with the National Curriculum and current Ofsted expectations. The webinars will also demonstrate how best to use sources in the classroom and improve pupil handling of original evidence.
Please click on the date links below for further information and booking:
Avoiding confusion with chronology and change - Tuesday 5th November, 4pm to 5.30pm
Avoiding confusion with cause and consequence - Wednesday 4th December, 4pm to 5.30pm
Avoiding confusion with historical interpretations - Tuesday 14th January, 4pm to 5.30pm
Avoiding confusion with significance - Tuesday 25th February, 4pm to 5.30pm
Avoiding confusion with handling evidence - Wednesday 26th March, 4pm to 5.30pm
The workshops will cost £30 per person, per workshop, or all 5 workshops can be booked for £120.
The training will be led by Andrew Wrenn, a knowledgeable history specialist and an honorary fellow of the Historical Association. He is an experienced teacher, trainer and writer, former LA adviser, and author and co-author of educational materials, articles and books
Boosting Primary Geography Subject Knowledge
Whether you are a geography subject lead or an ECT teaching KS1/KS2 for the first time, do you have the deep subject knowledge required by the new OFSTED framework? Are you looking for guidance on shaping and sequencing content into coherent medium-term plans?
These content-based workshops will deepen your knowledge of places studied at KS1 and KS2 and help you construct rigorous medium-term plans based on accessible enquiry questions which link to key knowledge and skills in the National Curriculum.
The workshops will be led by Jackie Zammit, a geography specialist who leads primary geography networks in the West Midlands and London and a consultant with the Geographical Association. Jackie has taught for the Field Studies Council, worked with teachers on development issues and was a regional coordinator for the Global Learning Programme. She is currently an Associate Practitioner with Lifeworlds Learning, supporting outdoor learning and fieldwork at two residential centres and co-producing educational resources for PositiveNegatives, an animation company.
Workshop One
Geography Subject Leadership - subject leadership, curriculum and preparing for Ofsted
Workshop Two
Local area study and fieldwork at KS1
Workshop Three
UK regional area study and fieldwork at KS2
Workshop Four
America’s regional study at KS2 (focus on the Amazon)
Workshop Five
Non-European contrasting local study at KS1 -(Focus on Mugurameno village in Zambia)
Workshop Six
Progression in Mapwork
NASENCO (now replaced by NPQ SENCO)
Please note that the NASENCO award has being replaced by NPQ SENCO, effective from Autumn 2024. The new NPQ is now the mandatory qualification for SENDCOs and will also be suitable for other school leaders to undertake.
We are offering the NPQ SENCO in partnership with Best Practice Network.
Further information is available here.
HLTA
Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) status is a recognised progression route for school support staff that can make a real difference to schools and pupils.
It provides confidence, capability, and credibility to carry out advanced roles in teaching and learning.
Details of what’s included can be found on the BPN website:
https://www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/hlta
Applicants are asked to state whether they have been recommended to the programme and should select ‘Leicester and Leicestershire Teaching School Hub’ from the drop-down list as well as inputting the partner code ‘LLTSH’ (in order to gain a place on the Leicester cohort).
*Applicants using the 'LLTSH' code will receive a £50 discount.