Development Opportunities

From September 2019, the Dyslexia Outreach Team (DOT) will be providing support to Suffolk schools for learners who have a specific learning difficulty with numeracy. This free workshop will give an overview of Dyscalculia as a specific learning difficulty and best practice regarding assessment procedures and teaching recommendations. Integral to the workshop will be opportunities for attendees to present current school perspectives and concerns around supporting students with Maths difficulties.

From September 2019, the Dyslexia Outreach Team (DOT) will be providing support to Suffolk schools for learners who have a specific learning difficulty with numeracy. This free workshop will give an overview of Dyscalculia as a specific learning difficulty and best practice regarding assessment procedures and teaching recommendations. Integral to the workshop will be opportunities for attendees to present current school perspectives and concerns around supporting students with Maths difficulties.

From September 2019, the Dyslexia Outreach Team (DOT) will be providing support to Suffolk schools for learners who have a specific learning difficulty with numeracy. This free workshop will give an overview of Dyscalculia as a specific learning difficulty and best practice regarding assessment procedures and teaching recommendations. Integral to the workshop will be opportunities for attendees to present current school perspectives and concerns around supporting students with Maths difficulties.

It is strongly recommended that all RE subject leaders attend this important training event.

2 March 2021- RE subject leaders in the Heart and West of Suffolk
10 June 2021 - RE subject leaders in South and West of Suffolk.

A final decision on whether this course takes place via Zoom or face to face will be made at the beginning of the summer term.

Costs: £50 subscribing church schools, £100 all other schools
Where schools book more than one delegate on the same course, each additional delegate will receive a 50% discount.

It is strongly recommended that all RE subject leaders attend this important training event. We are running one event per term for RE subject leaders in different areas of Suffolk:

10 November 2020 - RE subject leaders in West Suffolk
2 March 2021- RE subject leaders in the Heart of Suffolk
10 June 2021 - RE subject leaders in South Suffolk.

Costs: £50 subscribing church schools, £100 all other schools
Where schools book more than one delegate on the same course, each additional delegate will receive a 50% discount.

It is strongly recommended that all RE subject leaders attend this important training event.

2 March 2021- RE subject leaders in the Heart and West of Suffolk
10 June 2021 - RE subject leaders in South and West of Suffolk.

Costs: £50 subscribing church schools, £100 all other schools
Where schools book more than one delegate on the same course, each additional delegate will receive a 50% discount.

Our Annual School Business Managers' Conference will be taking place on the 14th of November at Wherstead Park.
Suitable for School Business Leaders, Finance Officers, Bursars, School HR Managers, working at academies, MATs or LA maintained schools.
This year we will be welcoming Hayley Dunn as one of our keynote speakers. Hayley is the author of the recently published School Business Manager’s Handbook and will be giving a talk on "Setting the Right Tone for School Business Leaders". She is a qualified accountant and has held senior business leadership roles in the maintained and academies ...

This day course aims to provide a thorough revision of the new SIAMS inspection process and the preparation that a school might reasonably wish to put in place to ensure that the inspector sees a full and honest reflection of the school’s distinctiveness and effectiveness as a Church school and is able to confidently test the accuracy of its self-evaluation.

Costs: £100.00 subscribing church schools, £200 all other schools. Schools booking more than one delegate on the course, will receive a 50% discount for additional delegates.

Please note this course is now cancelled.

This day course aims to provide a thorough revision of the new SIAMS inspection process and the preparation that a school might reasonably wish to put in place to ensure that the inspector sees a full and honest reflection of the school’s distinctiveness and effectiveness as a Church school and is able to confidently test the accuracy of its self-evaluation.

Costs: £100.00 subscribing church schools, £200 all other schools. Schools booking more than one delegate on the course, will receive a 50% discount for additional delegates.