On this page you will find all our CPD opportunities.
Please click through the links to find more information on each individual course
Course places can be booked by using the booking form linked below.
| DATE | COURSE TITLE | COURSE DETAILS | COURSE LEADER | VENUE & COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Across the academic year | School Direct | Initial teacher training programme which places trainee teachers in the classroom for most of the year. This real teaching experience is supported by training held at both the University and TBMPTS. | Helen Gregory | Schools are paid a fee for hosting a School Direct student. |
| Across the academic year | NQT induction programme | Induction programme for NQTs plus mentor training. Includes full day training, half days and twilight sessions | Julia Battersby Andy Hind Tom Lovell Katie Pearson Jennie Hamey | £510 per NQT for the “package” Pay as you go option available on request |
| Half termly meetings | Subject leader cluster flyer 2016-2017 | Half termly cluster groups sharing best practice and exploring current issues | Julia Battersby Sarah Savage Mike Snook | Free Various host schools |
| Tuesday, October 10th, Wednesday, November 15th, Thursday, January 25th, Wednesday, March 7th, Tuesday, pril 17th, Thursday, June 7th 2.30pm to 5.45pm | Middle Leadership Programme | A comprehensive programme of six sessions over the year designed to develop and inspire your middle leaders. It will explore issues such as: leading with impact, leading in context, dealing with underperformance, improving aspiration and using data effectively. | Julia Battersby and Sarah Savage | £275 Various Schools in the locality TBA |
| Thursday and Friday, October 12th and 13th | Deputy Head Teacher Conference | A day and a half of speakers and workshops including Paul Warwick from Contender Charlie on Lessons in Effective Influence, Maurice Hepworh on Likeability Leadership and a host of workshops led by senior local practitioners | Paul Warwick, Maurice Hepworth and others | £195 non-residential £280 residential Tracy Park, Bath Road, Wick BS30 5RN |
| Wednesday, November 8th, Thursday, January 18th, Thursday, March 15th, Wednesday, May 23rd, Wednesday, June 27th 1.30pm to 4.30pm | Leadership Development for UPR Teachers | How to meet the requirements of being on the Upper Pay Range and ensure you are making "substantial and sustained contributions" to your school's development. | Chris Rush | £150 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Full days - Thursday, November 9th, Monday, January 29th, Wednesday, March 14th Twilights - Thursday, November 23rd, Wednesday, January 10th, Wednesday, February 21st, Thursday, April 12th Thursday, May 3rd | Senior Leadership Programme | A development programme for deputy heads, assistant heads and senior leaders who have leadership aspiration. In addition, newly appointed head teachers may want to access this programme to extend their leadership potential. | Andy Hind, Julia Battersby and Sarah Savage | £550 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Friday, November 10th, Thursday, November 30th, Thursday, January 11th, Thursday, February 8th and Thursday, March 15th 1.30pm to 4.30pm | Early Leadership Programme | Develop your future leaders. This effective five-session programme explores the key principles behind "stepping up" to leadership.` | Julia Battersby and Sarah Savage | £195 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Tuesday, November 14th, Wednesday, January 17th, Monday, February 26th, Wednesday, April 18th, Tuesday, June 26th 4pm to 5.30pm | English Subject Leaders' cluster | Half termly cluster groups sharing best practice and exploring current issues. Please bring along examples of work and be prepared to share with colleagues. The first session will include a presentation from No-nonsense spelling, an update on SATs and school priorities - the focus for the cluster year. | Julia Battersby | Free for all BANES schools The next session on November 14th will be at Abbot Alphege School, Beckford Drive, Bath BA1 9AU |
| Tuesday, November 14th, Wednesday, January 17th, Monday, February 26th, Wednesday, April 18th, Tuesday, June 26th 4pm to 5.30pm | Maths Subject Leaders' cluster | Half termly cluster groups sharing best practice and exploring current issues. Please bring along examples of work and be prepared to share with colleagues. | Sarah Savage | Free for all BANES schools The next session on November 14th will be at St John's CofE Primary School, Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton BA3 2JN |
| Wednesday, September 27th, Tuesday, November 14th, Wednesday, January 17th, Tuesday, February 27th, Wednesday, April 18th, Tuesday, June 26th | Science Subject Leaders' cluster | Half termly cluster groups sharing best practice and exploring current issues. Please bring along examples of work and be prepared to share with colleagues. | Mike Snook | Free for all BANES schools Locations TBA |
| DATE | COURSE TITLE | COURSE DETAILS | COURSE LEADER | VENUE & COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numerous | NQT induction programme | Induction programme for NQTs plus mentor training. Includes full day training, half days and twilight sessions | Julia Battersby Andy Hind Katie Pearson | £510 per NQT including registration with the appropriate body Pay as you go option available on request |
| Half termly meetings | Subject leader clusters | Half termly cluster groups sharing best practice and exploring current issues | Julia Battersby Sarah Savage Mike Snook | Free Various host schools |
| Thursdays and Fridays, October 5th and 6th and 19th and 20th | Sounds Write Training Course | Sounds-Write is a quality first phonics programme. Its purpose is to provide classroom professionals with a comprehensive system with which to teach reading, spelling and writing. | Sue Russell | Bookings via www.sounds-write.co.uk |
| Friday, October 6th 9am to noon | No Nonsense Spelling | An introduction to the concepts, approaches and materials used in No Nonsense Spelling | Rebecca Cosgrave | £45 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Thursday and Friday, October 12th and 13th | Deputy Head Teacher Conference | A day and a half of speakers and workshops including Paul Warwick from Contender Charlie on Lessons in Effective Influence, Maurice Hepworh on Likeability Leadership and a host of workshops led by senior local practitioners | Paul Warwick, Maurice Hepworth and others | £195 non-residential £280 residential Tracy Park, Bath Road, Wick BS30 5RN |
| Tuesday, October 31st 9am to noon | EYFS Baseline moderation session | This workshop will support Reception Class teachers in making secure and robust "on entry" judgements and exploring the best way to use the data that produces. | Julia Battersby | £45 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Friday, November 3rd 9am to 3pm | Guided reading to whole class lessons | Jo Payne, aka blogger MrsPTeach, will be sharing her knowledge and experiences of developing reading in her school, moving from a carousel system of guided reading to a whole class approach and the impact this has had on her pupils' learning. | Jo Payne | £75 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Tuesday, November 7th 9am to noon | TA Training: Grammar for Grown-Ups | Subject knowledge development for TAs to support their confidence of terminology and techniques within the grammar curriculum. | Julia Battersby | £45 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Friday, November 10th, Thursday, November 30th, Thursday, January 11th, Thursday, February 8th and Thursday, March 15th 1.30pm to 4.30pm | Early Leadership Programme | Develop your future leaders. This effective five-session programme explores the key principles behind "stepping up" to leadership.` | Julia Battersby and Sarah Savage | £195 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Thursday, November 16th 9.15am to 2.45pm | Phonics training | For teaching assistants, NQTs, teachers who need a refresher or are new to the year group. | Anne Harvey | £70 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Monday, November 20th 9.15am to noon | ASP new data session | A chance to explore the latest set of data using the ASP system which has replaced RAISEonline. | Sarah Savage | £30 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Wednesday, November 22nd 1pm to 4.30pm | Numicon taster event | A course designed to give delegates the opportunity to become confident and capable in using the Numicon approach to teach mastery and improve standards. | Oxford University Press | Free Moorlands Schools Federation, Chantry Mead Road, Bath BA2 2DE |
| Tuesday, November 14th, Wednesday, January 17th, Monday, February 26th, Wednesday, April 18th, Tuesday, June 26th 4pm to 5.30pm | English Subject Leader's cluster | Half termly cluster groups sharing best practice and exploring current issues. Please bring along examples of work and be prepared to share with colleagues. The first session will include a presentation from No-nonsense spelling, an update on SATs and school priorities - the focus for the cluster year. | Julia Battersby | Free for all BANES schools The next session on November 14th will be at Abbot Alphege School, Beckford Drive, Bath BA1 9AU |
| Tuesday, November 14th, Wednesday, January 17th, Monday, February 26th, Wednesday, April 18th, Tuesday, June 26th 4pm to 5.30pm | Maths Subject Leaders' cluster | Half termly cluster groups sharing best practice and exploring current issues. Please bring along examples of work and be prepared to share with colleagues. | Sarah Savage | Free for all BANES schools The next session on November 14th will be at St John's CofE Primary School, Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton BA3 2JN |
| Tuesday, November 14th, Wednesday, January 17th, Tuesday, February 27th, Wednesday, April 18th, Tuesday, June 26th | Science Subject Leaders' cluster | Half termly cluster groups sharing best practice and exploring current issues. Please bring along examples of work and be prepared to share with colleagues. | Mike Snook | Free for all BANES schools |
| DATE | COURSE | COURSE DETAILS | COURSE LEADER | VENUE & COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, October 11th 4pm to 5.30pm | New to special: teaching maths | Top tips for those teaching maths to children with SEND and/or newly appointed. Strategies to improve engagement, resources and practical strategies. | James Phillips | £30 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Tuesday, October 12th 9.15am to noon | Sensory processing and autism | This course is open to anyone working with a pupil with autism in the school environment and includes what is sensory integration and creating a sensory curriculum. | Tessa Hyde | Free to BANES schools and academies £50 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Thursday, October 19th 9.15am to 3.30pm | AET Tier 2 Core | Practical knowledge, hands-on tools and techniques for all practitioners working directly with school-age pupils on the autism spectrum, in both mainstream and specialist services, to develop their practice. | Becca Tranter | £50 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Wednesday, November 1st 9.15am to noon | Managing anger and anxiety in pupils with autism | Understanding why pupils with autism can have high levels of anxiety and looking at anger from an autism perspective. | Jo Clay and Conrad Hein Hartmann | Free to BANES schools and academies £50 to others Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Wednesday, November 1st 4pm to 5.30pm | New to special: Making the most of TAs | For teachers: improving the impact of TAs in the primary or special classroom. | Fiona Moody | £30 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Tuesday, November 7th 3.45pm to 5.15pm | TEACCH Practices 1 | Follow on from one day training or to refresh own practice. Focus on environment and schedules. | Alison Reevey | £35 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Thursday, November 9th 4pm to 6pm | Mindfulness taster | This introduces the basic principles behind mindfulness and offering a chance to try out the practice. It also sets out the proven benefits of engaging with mindfulness, along with the proviso that commitment and patience are required. | Donna Pearson and Claire-Louise Simmonds | £30 St Keyna Primary School, Monmouth Road, Keynsham BS31 2JP |
| Friday, November 10th 9.15am to 12.30pm | AET Tier 2 Extending and Enhancing | Deepening delegates’ understanding including theories of autism through ‘good autism practice’. Advancing skills in developing and apply strategies to facilitate progress and achievement for teachers, teaching assistants, and SENDCos working with school-age pupils on the autism spectrum in mainstream services. | Fiona Moody | £100 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Wednesday, November 15th 4pm to 5.30pm | New to special: Teaching English | Top tips for those teaching English to children with SEND in special and mainstream primary schools. | Sarah Keelty | £30 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Thursday, November 16th 9am to noon | AET Tier 2 Extended | Deepening delegates’ understanding including theories of autism through ‘good autism practice’. Advancing skills in developing and applying strategies to facilitate progress and achievement for teachers, teaching assistants, and SENCos working with school-age pupils in mainstream or specialist settings. Delegates must have completed Tier 2 core training. | Sara Tanner and Jo Chambers | Cost: £50 Room D1, Broad Lane Council Offices, Engine Common Lane, Yate, BS37 7PN |
| Tuesday, November 21st 3.45pm to 5.15pm | TEACCH Practices 2 | Follow on from one day training or to refresh own practice. Focus on work systems and tasks. | Alison Reevey | £35 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Wednesday, November 29th 4pm to 5.30pm | New to special: speech and language needs | Issues and top tips for working with children with speech, language and communication difficulties. | Virgin Care speech and language therapist | £30 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Wednesday, December 6th 9.15am to 3.30pm | AET Tier 3 | For staff who may train or lead other staff in their setting, taking a leadership role that includes responsibility for developing provisions for school-age pupils on the autism spectrum within a mainstream and specialist setting. | Becca Tranter | £100 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Friday, December 8th 9am to 3.30pm | AET Tier 2 Core | Practical knowledge, hands-on tools and techniques for all practitioners working directly with school-age pupils on the autism spectrum, in both mainstream and specialist services, to develop their practice. | £100 Integra Training Rooms, Little Stoke Primary School, Stoke Lane Bristol BS34 6HY |
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| Friday, January 12th 9.15am to 3.30pm | AET Complex Needs | This session focuses on training for staff in specialist setting who support school age pupils on the autism spectrum who have complex needs. It aims to deepen participants understanding of autism in ways which they can support pupil participation. | Fiona Moody | £100 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Wednesdays, January 24th, February 28th, March 21st, April 25th, June 6th, July 4th 3.30pm to 5.30pm | Supporting well-being in the classroom | Children and young people can easily become tangled in a web of negative thoughts and feelings about themselves and their lives. Without the appropriate responses and support from key people in their lives, these difficulties can lead to longer term mental health concerns. This course aims to equip staff to be able to support effectively children and young people in emotional distress. | Dr Veronica Roberts | £195 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Thursday, January 25th 9.30am to 2.30pm | New to special: Tools for assessment and reporting | An opportunity to hear and see how various tools are being used in different settings | Various | £TBC Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Thursdays, January 11th, 25th, February 1st, 8th, 22nd, March 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd | Nine-session .bFoundations Mindfulness course | The training is designed with staff in mind, and the particular challenges they may be familiar with working in educational settings. It offers an alternative to traditional Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) courses, with shorter sessions and home practice designed to be accessible for busy educational staff. | Donna Pearson and Claire-Louise Simmonds | £200 St Keyna Primary School, Monmouth Road, Keynsham BS31 2JP |
| Thursday and Friday, February 22nd and 23rd 9.15am to 3.30pm | TEACCH two-day introduction | Treatment and Education for Autistic and Communication impaired Children (TEACCH) is generally acknowledged to be the most widely used set of principles and practices for living and working with people with ASD. | Alison Reevey | £250 The Mendip School, Edmund Rack Road, Prestleigh, Shepton Mallet BA4 4FZ |
| Thursday, February 22nd 4pm to 5.30pm | An introduction to dyslexia: signs and strategies | This course will look at strengths and weaknesses associated with the condition as well as definitions and early indicators. It will also look and effective ways to meet the needs of children with dyslexia. | Tim Carter | £30 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Wednesday, April 18th 9.30am to 3.30pm | Girls and Autism | Parents and professionals: a conference | Alison Reevey and others | £100 £40 to BANES schools and academies £30 to BANES parents via the child’s school Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Thursday, April 26th 4pm to 5.30pm | Working with pupils with dyslexia: assessments and interventions | This will look at a number of assessments that can be administered to develop a more precise understanding of a pupils language difficulties and to inform the diagnostic process. | Tim Carter | £30 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |
| Thursday and Friday, June 21st and 22nd 9.15am to 3.30pm | TEACCH two-day introduction | Treatment and Education for Autistic and Communication impaired Children (TEACCH) is generally acknowledged to be the most widely used set of principles and practices for living and working with people with ASD. | Alison Reevey | £250 Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL |