Development Opportunities

Why does assessment in RE feel so hard? What does effective assessment in RE look like? How can I improve it in my school? Join us for the morning to discuss these questions and more.

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.

A set of three linked, cumulative sessions outlining best practice around literacy assessment for individual learners with literacy difficulties/dyslexia to inform intervention planning:
Session 1: Informal Assessment:
This session examines the purposes of assessment, supporting the development of your setting’s policy around literacy assessment and implementing the SEND Code of Practice ‘Assess, Plan, Do, Review’ cycle. Free criteria based assessment resources will be signposted.
Session 2: Standardised Assessment:
Terminology involved in standardised assessments will be clarified, with ...

The A-Z of LGBTQ Inclusion training (6 hours with breaks) will allow ELSAs to gain insight and skills in understanding and addressing the needs of LGBTQ children and young people with mental health issues, and gain confidence in dealing with heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.

The A-Z of LGBTQ Inclusion training (6 hours with breaks) will allow ELSAs to gain insight and skills in understanding and addressing the needs of LGBTQ children and young people with mental health issues, and gain confidence in dealing with heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.

This practical workshop will aim to familiarise SENDCos, Classroom Teachers and Teaching Assistants with how to use the assistive tools in Clicker and the Clicker Sets to support learners with difficulties recording at their ability level in the classroom. Attendees will need to bring a laptop with Clicker 8/7 to the training session and be able to connect to the O2 internet service. We will be looking at the following tools; spell checker, predictive text, voice recorder, sentence sets, connect sets, word banks, Clicker board, Talk sets and Matching Sets.

This course explores how the Course Manager functionality of SIMS links areas such as Nova-T, academic management and Examinations Organiser, including procedures for supporting the maintenance of post-16 learning aims to ensure the appropriate funding for the school.
This course is not suitable for delegates from an independent school.
The cost of this course is £125 per person. This course has an external trainer. As this is an invitation only event if place is cancelled this will still be charged unless place can be filled from another school.
We are following government guidelines arou ...

This course explores how the Course Manager functionality of SIMS links areas such as Nova-T, academic management and Examinations Organiser, including procedures for supporting the maintenance of post-16 learning aims to ensure the appropriate funding for the school.
This course is not suitable for delegates from an independent school.
The cost of this course is £125 per person. This course has an external trainer. As this is an invitation only event if your place is cancelled this will still be charged unless place can be filled from another school.
We are following government guidelines ...

This course explores how the Course Manager functionality of SIMS links areas such as Nova-T, academic management and Examinations Organiser, including procedures for supporting the maintenance of post-16 learning aims to ensure the appropriate funding for the school.
This course is not suitable for delegates from an independent school.
The cost of this course is £125 per person. This course has an external trainer. As this is an invitation only event if your place is cancelled this will still be charged unless place can be filled from another school.
We are following government guidelines ...

For Designated Safeguarding Leads/Alternates to understand the role and develop the confidence to promote the health and welfare of childrenand young people, and ensure the school has the appropriate safeguarding arrangements in place.
You must have attended Introduction to Safeguarding in the last 2 years before applying for this course.

For Designated Safeguarding Leads/Alternates to understand the role and develop the confidence to promote the health and welfare of childrenand young people, and ensure the school has the appropriate safeguarding arrangements in place.
You must have attended Introduction to Safeguarding in the last 2 years before applying for this course.