Upcoming Courses

This programme is suitable for newly-appointed headteachers, heads of school and experienced deputy headteachers aspiring to headship in the next year to develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead a successful school.

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The session will cover the following areas:

• What is the core purpose of RE?
• Understanding the principles that lie behind the LDBS RE syllabus
• How to plan a unit of learning in RE
• Strategies and ideas to use in the classroom that are engaging, motivating and lead to high outcomes

This 5-day programme is aimed at leaders who want to develop their subject leadership skills to ensure it is strategic, has an impact on the whole school and is driven by the school’s distinctive Christian vision.

Programme Outline: 5 taught days, with up to 12 hours ‘out of class‘ to conduct and write up a piece of small-scale action research. Where possible, up to two visits to other schools to complete gap tasks/work collaboratively on a research project. There will be a short written reflection at the end of the programme, which focuses on the RE leader’s personal goal/s, plus an opportunity to share findings of the research project, and the impact of the study upon the school and themselves as leaders, with colleagues on Day 5.

Day 1:  Vision

• Vision for the programme
• Vision for RE: personally, locally and nationally
• Vision of Me: leading with integrity – what is my vision? Who am I as a leader?
• Thinking strategically
• Being a leader who has impact

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Led by Rebecca Swansbury (Canterbury Diocese), and supported by Shaun Burns (Southwark) and Mary Thorne (LDBS).

• Rebecca Swansbury: Acting Deputy Director of Education for the Diocese of Canterbury, where she regularly leads training to support and enable leaders, teachers and trainee teachers across the Diocese in RE, collective worship and SIAMS.
• Mary Thorne: Primary school link adviser, leading on RE for the London Diocesan Board for Schools. Her role involves supporting school improvement and leading training in the areas of middle leadership, collective worship, spirituality and RE.

This programme is suitable for newly-appointed headteachers, heads of school and experienced deputy headteachers aspiring to headship in the next year to develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead a successful school.

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Following several high-profile incidents involving schools, cyber-attacks have become a growing concern for schools. However, most of the potential risk can be addressed with a few simple changes. This course will look at the, who, what, why and how of a potential cyber-attack. Then we will give you potential solutions to the problems we have raise.

This course is certificated and can serve as evidence of the statutory 2 year training for DSLs.

It covers the following aspects:

• Understanding of the Child Protection Framework, including legislation (Education Acts) and statutory guidance (KCISE September 2021)
• Effective implementation of Duty of Care within the role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Exploration of effective and robust record keeping
• Understanding the referral process and effective information sharing
• Responding effectively to whistleblowing concerns
• Understanding of thresholds and risk analysis within the context of safeguarding
• Management of safeguarding across challenging topics including Prevent, and Peer-on-Peer abuse (including sexual violence and sexual harassment)

“Excellent session, very informative and reinforces the message that what we do is so important.”

This free session will provide an opportunity for school leaders to refresh their knowledge and understanding of the SIAMS schedule. It will also provide a helpful introduction to SIAMS for any leaders new to Church schools.

Jayne Pavlou is an experienced SIAMS inspector and a Quality Assurance Inspector for the national SIAMS team. She also leads on SIAMS for the LDBS.

This programme explores key areas of leadership within the context of schools in London and provides opportunities for self-reflection on your leadership journey. Topics are grounded in the day-to-day experience of participants and that of the experienced headteachers and senior leaders who contribute to the course.

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We are running a termly session for school business managers and will cover relevant topics, all the current issues in relation to employment contracts, recruitment administration, visas and any other topics that staff in this key role would find useful in relation to staffing.

Session will be led by our experienced HR team, aims to support school business managers and will cover:

• employment contracts
• recruitment administration
• visas
• and any other topics that staff in this key role would find useful in relation to staffing

Speakers:

The Grow Education Partners’ HR team: Terri Patterson, Robert Bullett and Fiona Andrews; David Coy, Grow Head of Data Protection; Mitch Jones and Stuart Webster, the LDBS recruitment team.

• “The session was very informative and advice was given on new legislation etc. All instructors were very helpful. I would like sessions on a regular basis if at all possible”
• “It consolidated all the information regarding the covered topics in informative presentations.”

This session will support new and existing maths subject leaders in understanding and developing their role, so as to improve the teaching and learning of maths in their school.

Course aims:

• to reflect upon research-based pedagogical approaches in mathematics
• to consider what and how to monitor maths in your school
• to know how to audit maths, identify strengths and areas to develop
• to begin to write SMART action plans and consider how they can be
• to help prepare for inspections

This session is repeated again on@

• 21 February 2023 @ 1.30pm – 4.00pm
• 26 April 2023 @ 1.30pm – 4.00pm

Peter Warwick: A Primary Maths specialist with over 23 years’ teaching experience, Peter has worked across several London boroughs helping schools achieve outstanding inspection grades.

He was an advanced skills maths teacher and a local authority Teaching & Learning Consultant. He is an accredited Numicon & Inspire Consultant; has presented at national and international conferences, and is a published author.

This one day course will provide guidance and support to teachers in their new role as the RE leader.  The course will provide ready-to-use ideas to engage staff and pupils. It will give participants the knowledge and confidence they need to be an effective and inspirational leader of RE:

• Roles and responsibilities of leading RE in a church school
• How to promote and maintain a high profile of the subject within the school
• The law and the national picture for RE
• Understanding the Church of England Statement of Entitlement for RE
• Understanding the key principles that underpin curriculum design
• Understanding the LDBS agreed syllabus

Mary Thorne leads on many of our RE courses. She leads on RE for the LDBS primary schools and runs the RE network meetings.

“I went away feeling encouraged and equipped to carry out my role. Lots to think about, but also lots of great ideas shared.”

School pay and appraisal policies must make performance-related progression the basis for all decisions on pay for classroom teachers and leaders.

This session will look at key points from the School Teachers’ Pay & Conditions Document in helping schools develop their approach to teachers’ and school leaders’ pay.

Terri Patterson is the Head of HR at the LDBS and a freelance HR trainer. She has extensive experience of working across all sectors in education.

“Really helpful. I feel much more empowered to use appraisal to support whole school development.”

This session is aimed at making your life as easy as possible when processing data. We will look at the different lawful bases for data processing and provide guidance on their use. In addition there will be a special deep dive on consent and how to maximise it’s effectiveness. We will review the what, when and how of re-consent campaigns and also when legitimate interest may be a better option.

We are delighted to offer this 4-session course as an online training opportunity run by Mental Health First Aid England instructors to help you to support adults who may be facing mental health issues.

This online course is split into 4 manageable sessions which are built around the Mental Health First Aid action plan. Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities. There will also be independent study work between sessions and tutors will be available to support you through these.

At the end of the 4 sessions, you will receive:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First-Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• A helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

The course will provide an in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well-being, the practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues and the confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

It will also help develop the enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening and build the knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix.

We will then be repeating this 4-session course again in June 2023 on the following dates. Kindly note that all sessions will be held from 9.30am – 12.30pm:

• Session 1: 6th June 2023
• Session 2: 8th June 2023
• Session 3: 13th June 2023
• Session 4: 15th June 2023

Please provide us your home address and phone number in order to receive the learning materials and certificate. Your details are for posting the learning materials purpose only, we will not use your details for any other purpose. 

This programme explores key areas of leadership within the context of schools in London and provides opportunities for self-reflection on your leadership journey. Topics are grounded in the day-to-day experience of participants and that of the experienced headteachers and senior leaders who contribute to the course.

Click here to book your place ›

This course is ideal for newly appointed heads and deputies who are new to church schools or the Diocese. 

This introduction to working in a church school will provide an opportunity to explore the significance of vision within the life of the school and how it enables both pupils and adults to flourish. We will also explore what RE and Collective Worship looks like within a flourishing Church of England school.

Jayne Pavlou is an experienced SIAMS inspector and a Quality Assurance Inspector for the national SIAMS team. She also leads on SIAMS for the LDBS.

We are delighted to offer this 4-session course as an online training opportunity run by Mental Health First Aid England instructors to help you to support adults who may be facing mental health issues.

This online course is split into 4 manageable sessions which are built around the Mental Health First Aid action plan. Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities. There will also be independent study work between sessions and tutors will be available to support you through these.

At the end of the 4 sessions, you will receive:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First-Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• A helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

The course will provide an in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well-being, the practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues and the confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

It will also help develop the enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening and build the knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix.

We will then be repeating this 4-session course again in June 2023 on the following dates. Kindly note that all sessions will be held from 9.30am – 12.30pm:

• Session 1: 6th June 2023
• Session 2: 8th June 2023
• Session 3: 13th June 2023
• Session 4: 15th June 2023

Please provide us your home address and phone number in order to receive the learning materials and certificate. Your details are for posting the learning materials purpose only, we will not use your details for any other purpose. 

This programme is suitable for newly-appointed headteachers, heads of school and experienced deputy headteachers aspiring to headship in the next year to develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead a successful school.

Click here to book your place ›

We are delighted to offer this 4-session course as an online training opportunity run by Mental Health First Aid England instructors to help you to support adults who may be facing mental health issues.

This online course is split into 4 manageable sessions which are built around the Mental Health First Aid action plan. Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities. There will also be independent study work between sessions and tutors will be available to support you through these.

At the end of the 4 sessions, you will receive:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First-Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• A helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

The course will provide an in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well-being, the practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues and the confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

It will also help develop the enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening and build the knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix.

We will then be repeating this 4-session course again in June 2023 on the following dates. Kindly note that all sessions will be held from 9.30am – 12.30pm:

• Session 1: 6th June 2023
• Session 2: 8th June 2023
• Session 3: 13th June 2023
• Session 4: 15th June 2023

Please provide us your home address and phone number in order to receive the learning materials and certificate. Your details are for posting the learning materials purpose only, we will not use your details for any other purpose. 

The course will explore the role of the science subject leader and its associated responsibilities. It will cover a range of strategies for fulfilling them; from identifying and promoting effective primary science teaching, to auditing and leading science in your school.

Participants in this course will also be able to join in the Science Network meetings for FREE.

Naomi Hiscock works for the Science Learning Centre London as a trainer, delivering INSET both at The Centre based at the Institute of Education and in schools.

“Really good course – especially being new to science leadership, good to network and share ideas. I feel confident to implement some things back to school now.”

Hosted by Naomi Hiscock, a highly experienced and science consultant, these network sessions are designed to provide subject leaders with the opportunity to discuss and share best practices in science teaching and learning.

The cost is £25 per session or FREE if attending any of the following courses:

• Developing and delivering effective Design & Technology projects
  
• Role of the Science leader
• Effective Science assessment
• Progression in scientific enquiry and working scientifically

This 3-day course is suitable for subject or phase leaders who have completed two or more years of successful classroom teaching.  It will cover a range of leadership aspects to support you has a middle leader.

Day 1:  The starting point:  Understanding whole school issues

• School context and history
• What does your school website say about your school?
• The role of the Governing Board
• Understanding external data
• What is your remit and who are your team?
• Knowing and resourcing your subject well
• ‘Championing’ your area of leadership

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We are delighted to offer this 4-session course as an online training opportunity run by Mental Health First Aid England instructors to help you to support adults who may be facing mental health issues.

This online course is split into 4 manageable sessions which are built around the Mental Health First Aid action plan. Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities. There will also be independent study work between sessions and tutors will be available to support you through these.

At the end of the 4 sessions, you will receive:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First-Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• A helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

The course will provide an in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well-being, the practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues and the confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

It will also help develop the enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening and build the knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix.

We will then be repeating this 4-session course again in June 2023 on the following dates. Kindly note that all sessions will be held from 9.30am – 12.30pm:

• Session 1: 6th June 2023
• Session 2: 8th June 2023
• Session 3: 13th June 2023
• Session 4: 15th June 2023

Please provide us your home address and phone number in order to receive the learning materials and certificate. Your details are for posting the learning materials purpose only, we will not use your details for any other purpose. 

This 5-day programme is aimed at leaders who want to develop their subject leadership skills to ensure it is strategic, has an impact on the whole school and is driven by the school’s distinctive Christian vision.

Programme Outline: 5 taught days, with up to 12 hours ‘out of class‘ to conduct and write up a piece of small-scale action research. Where possible, up to two visits to other schools to complete gap tasks/work collaboratively on a research project. There will be a short written reflection at the end of the programme, which focuses on the RE leader’s personal goal/s, plus an opportunity to share findings of the research project, and the impact of the study upon the school and themselves as leaders, with colleagues on Day 5.

Day 2:  Wisdom, Knowledge & Skills

• What does it mean to lead wisely?
• Strategic view of RE curriculum
• What is action research?

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Led by Rebecca Swansbury (Canterbury Diocese), and supported by Shaun Burns (Southwark) and Mary Thorne (LDBS).

• Rebecca Swansbury: Acting Deputy Director of Education for the Diocese of Canterbury, where she regularly leads training to support and enable leaders, teachers and trainee teachers across the Diocese in RE, collective worship and SIAMS.
• Mary Thorne: Primary school link adviser, leading on RE for the London Diocesan Board for Schools. Her role involves supporting school improvement and leading training in the areas of middle leadership, collective worship, spirituality and RE.

This session will help anyone with responsibility for the management of support staff to be able to set suitable targets to enhance the performance of teaching assistants, premises and administrative staff and to have an understanding of relevant support staff terms and conditions.

Terri Patterson is the Head of HR at the LDBS and a freelance HR trainer. She has extensive experience of working across all sectors in education.

• “A really practical and helpful course which addressed what I needed to know and told me a lot more too. I can take this into my workplace confidently.”
• “Thanks! Please run this training again.”

The purpose of the MTC (multiplication tables check) is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, and to help identify those who have not yet mastered their times tables, so that additional support can be provided.

This 2 session course will support subject leaders and class teachers, especially those in Year 4, in developing a whole school approach to teaching multiplication tables, including preparation for the MTC in Year 4.

It will cover:

• a whole school approach to the teaching and learning of times tables
• securing conceptual knowledge and quick recall of multiplication tables
• the requirements of the MTC in Year 4
• the impact of games and ICT to support the learning of multiplication tables

Session dates and times:

• 01 December @ 1.30 – 4.00pm
• 01 February @ 3.45 – 5.15pm (twilight session)

This programme explores key areas of leadership within the context of schools in London and provides opportunities for self-reflection on your leadership journey. Topics are grounded in the day-to-day experience of participants and that of the experienced headteachers and senior leaders who contribute to the course.

Click here to book your place ›

This programme is suitable for newly-appointed headteachers, heads of school and experienced deputy headteachers aspiring to headship in the next year to develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead a successful school.

Click here to book your place ›

This 3-day course is suitable for subject or phase leaders who have completed two or more years of successful classroom teaching.  It will cover a range of leadership aspects to support you has a middle leader.

Day 2:  Ensuring a quality education for all

• What makes for a high quality inclusive, diverse and anti-racist curriculum?
• Understanding the relationship between intent, implementation and impact
• Developing skills in carrying out lesson visits
• Giving effective feedback
• Developing skills in how to have a ‘difficult’ conversation
• Pupils’ attitude and behaviour – how to promote positive approaches to your area of responsibility

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This morning session, led by our experienced HR team, will support new and experienced headteachers in exploring how to effectively manage increasingly challenging parental complaints and how to address the challenges they present to management in primary schools.

Kindly note: we can also deliver this course to schools within the same local authority, where necessary tailoring content to reflect specific contextual needs and hosting it a venue convenient to your locality.

Terri Patterson is the Head of HR at the LDBS and a freelance HR trainer. She has extensive experience of working across all sectors in education.

• “Very timely as we have to rewrite our policy and have recently had some unusual complaints to deal with.”
• “Thanks for the professional delivery and for giving us lots of useful information to support us if and when handling complaints.”

The only way to 100% mitigate the risk of processing data would be to stop processing it.

As this is not a viable option, the next best thing is to understand and pre-empt what can go wrong so you can mitigate against this. This course will focus on the risks you need to be aware of whenever you make a change to your data and the strategies and documents which can support you in this.

This programme is suitable for newly-appointed headteachers, heads of school and experienced deputy headteachers aspiring to headship in the next year to develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead a successful school.

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This course is designed for senior leaders, clergy and teachers who wish to develop their understanding of the purpose and role collective worship plays in the life of church schools.

The course will address how to deliver engaging and innovative worship across the primary age range focusing particularly on the following areas:

• How to ensure collective worship is an expression of the school’s Christian vision
• The importance of effective partnership working between church and school
• How to plan effective collective worship across a week, term and year
• Developing the role of pupils in planning, leading and evaluating collective worship
• What high quality monitoring and evaluation of collective worship looks like

• Mary Thorne leads on many of our RE courses. She leads on RE for the LDBS primary schools and runs the RE network meetings.
• Kathryn Kane works closely with chaplains and secondary RE leaders.

This 5-day programme is aimed at leaders who want to develop their subject leadership skills to ensure it is strategic, has an impact on the whole school and is driven by the school’s distinctive Christian vision.

Programme Outline: 5 taught days, with up to 12 hours ‘out of class‘ to conduct and write up a piece of small-scale action research. Where possible, up to two visits to other schools to complete gap tasks/work collaboratively on a research project. There will be a short written reflection at the end of the programme, which focuses on the RE leader’s personal goal/s, plus an opportunity to share findings of the research project, and the impact of the study upon the school and themselves as leaders, with colleagues on Day 5.

Day 3: Dignity & Respect

• How can we lead with dignity and respect?
• Strategic view of assessment
• How does a commitment to generous hospitality impact: our representation of religion and worldviews; he dignity of pupils in the classroom; RE and social cohesion?
• Research Project ‘Surgery’

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Led by Rebecca Swansbury (Canterbury Diocese), and supported by Shaun Burns (Southwark) and Mary Thorne (LDBS).

• Rebecca Swansbury: Acting Deputy Director of Education for the Diocese of Canterbury, where she regularly leads training to support and enable leaders, teachers and trainee teachers across the Diocese in RE, collective worship and SIAMS.
• Mary Thorne: Primary school link adviser, leading on RE for the London Diocesan Board for Schools. Her role involves supporting school improvement and leading training in the areas of middle leadership, collective worship, spirituality and RE.

This course is certificated and can serve as evidence of the statutory 2 year training for DSLs.

It covers the following aspects:

• Understanding of the Child Protection Framework, including legislation (Education Acts) and statutory guidance (KCISE September 2021)
• Effective implementation of Duty of Care within the role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Exploration of effective and robust record keeping
• Understanding the referral process and effective information sharing
• Responding effectively to whistleblowing concerns
• Understanding of thresholds and risk analysis within the context of safeguarding
• Management of safeguarding across challenging topics including Prevent, and Peer-on-Peer abuse (including sexual violence and sexual harassment)

“Excellent session, very informative and reinforces the message that what we do is so important.”

This programme explores key areas of leadership within the context of schools in London and provides opportunities for self-reflection on your leadership journey. Topics are grounded in the day-to-day experience of participants and that of the experienced headteachers and senior leaders who contribute to the course.

Click here to book your place ›

This course is suitable for Collective Worship leaders across all key stages and Religious Education leaders & teachers in primary schools. It is aimed at those who want to feel secure in their understanding of Christianity, in the light of the SIAMS schedule and the LDBS primary RE syllabus.

Course details:
This course is designed as in introduction to the main tenets of Christianity.

• Strand 6 of the SIAMS schedule: Collective Worship should help pupils and adults to encounter the teachings of Jesus and the Bible and develop their understanding of the Christian belief in the trinitarian nature of God and its language.
• Strand 7 of the SIAMS schedule: Pupils should be able to explore core theological concepts using an approach that critically engages with text.

Course focus:

• The nature of God, Father and Creator, Son (including Jesus’ death and resurrection) and Holy Spirit (including Pentecost)
• Understanding the Trinity and explaining it to children
• The Bible, what is it? How was it written and how Christians read and use it.
• Using the Bible to teach theological concepts, with a focus on prayer and baptism.

There will also be an opportunity to ask any questions you have about the teachings of Christianity.

This session will support new and existing maths subject leaders in understanding and developing their role, so as to improve the teaching and learning of maths in their school.

Course aims:

• to reflect upon research-based pedagogical approaches in mathematics
• to consider what and how to monitor maths in your school
• to know how to audit maths, identify strengths and areas to develop
• to begin to write SMART action plans and consider how they can be
• to help prepare for inspections

This session is repeated again on@

• 21 February 2023 @ 1.30pm – 4.00pm
• 26 April 2023 @ 1.30pm – 4.00pm

Peter Warwick: A Primary Maths specialist with over 23 years’ teaching experience, Peter has worked across several London boroughs helping schools achieve outstanding inspection grades.

He was an advanced skills maths teacher and a local authority Teaching & Learning Consultant. He is an accredited Numicon & Inspire Consultant; has presented at national and international conferences, and is a published author.

Data Protection legislation has given Data subjects unprecedented access to the information held on them by Data Controllers. This has created an environment where requests to controllers are increasingly regular.

This session will focus on ensuring you have a a robust framework in place to easily identify and deal with data requests without them causing undue concern. The specific types of requests which will be addressed are Subject Access, Freedom of Information, Rectification and Educational Records Request.

This full-day course provides subject leaders and teachers with an in-depth look at the formative and summative assessment of science.

Participants will be provided with a clear understanding of the expectations of the National Curriculum statements and a range of strategies that will enable teachers to confidently make formative assessments to inform their planning, and robust summative assessments on the completion of both science themes and school years.

Participants in this course will also be able to join in the Science Network meetings for FREE.

Naomi Hiscock works for the Science Learning Centre London as a trainer, delivering INSET both at The Centre based at the Institute of Education and in schools.

Hosted by Naomi Hiscock, a highly experienced and science consultant, these network sessions are designed to provide subject leaders with the opportunity to discuss and share best practices in science teaching and learning.

The cost is £25 per session or FREE if attending any of the following courses:

• Developing and delivering effective Design & Technology projects
  
• Role of the Science leader
• Effective Science assessment
• Progression in scientific enquiry and working scientifically

This course is suitable for senior leaders, teachers and clergy leading on spiritual development in their schools. We will explore a number of different ways of looking at and understanding spirituality and share ideas on how to begin to develop high quality provision – giving participants the confidence and resources to go back and try in their own schools.

• Mary Thorne leads on many of our RE courses. She leads on RE for the LDBS primary schools and runs the RE network meetings.

“Thank you so much for the ideas and clarification on many aspects. It was great to be able to share ideas.”

This 3-day course is suitable for subject or phase leaders who have completed two or more years of successful classroom teaching.  It will cover a range of leadership aspects to support you has a middle leader.

Day 3:  Leading with a clear vision, preparing for Ofsted, engaging with all stakeholders

• Leading in a church school – what makes it different and distinctive?
• Preparing for inspection
• Understanding what a ‘deep dive’ might look like
• Engaging the wider community, including parents/carers, in school improvement
• Cultural capital – what does it mean in your context?
• Maintaining your personal resilience and wellbeing
• Effective action planning and evaluating impact
• Planning your next steps back in school in your role as a middle leader

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This programme is suitable for newly-appointed headteachers, heads of school and experienced deputy headteachers aspiring to headship in the next year to develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead a successful school.

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This accredited training is provided by the Safer Recruitment Consortium and meets the standard of training consistent with the Local Authority offer of Safer Recruitment Training.

By undertaking this endorsed training, you can be assure that the content is up to date, relevant and sector specific. Your training will meet the standards required by the DfE in Keeping children safe in education (September 2021).

Course content:

• To ensure that you are confident and competent in identifying people who may post a threat of harm, and eliminating any circumstance of risk
• Raise awareness of the safer recruitment within the wider context of the safeguarding.
• Look into the prevalence of the abuse and harm
• Understanding further details of the model of offending Behaviour

This programme explores key areas of leadership within the context of schools in London and provides opportunities for self-reflection on your leadership journey. Topics are grounded in the day-to-day experience of participants and that of the experienced headteachers and senior leaders who contribute to the course.

Click here to book your place ›

This 5-day programme is aimed at leaders who want to develop their subject leadership skills to ensure it is strategic, has an impact on the whole school and is driven by the school’s distinctive Christian vision.

Programme Outline: 5 taught days, with up to 12 hours ‘out of class‘ to conduct and write up a piece of small-scale action research. Where possible, up to two visits to other schools to complete gap tasks/work collaboratively on a research project. There will be a short written reflection at the end of the programme, which focuses on the RE leader’s personal goal/s, plus an opportunity to share findings of the research project, and the impact of the study upon the school and themselves as leaders, with colleagues on Day 5.

Day 4: Community and living well together ‘Providing skills to know how to disagree well and live with contradictory convictions, so all are confident to share their views.’

• Leading with integrity
• Implementing change as a leader
• Leading staff meetings and training sessions
• Feeding back training and principles for leading meetings
• Subject Leader ‘Surgery’ dealing with difficult situations and conversations and the right to withdraw

Click here to book your place ›

Led by Rebecca Swansbury (Canterbury Diocese), and supported by Shaun Burns (Southwark) and Mary Thorne (LDBS).

• Rebecca Swansbury: Acting Deputy Director of Education for the Diocese of Canterbury, where she regularly leads training to support and enable leaders, teachers and trainee teachers across the Diocese in RE, collective worship and SIAMS.
• Mary Thorne: Primary school link adviser, leading on RE for the London Diocesan Board for Schools. Her role involves supporting school improvement and leading training in the areas of middle leadership, collective worship, spirituality and RE.

This 1/2 day course provides subject leaders and teachers with an introduction to the Design & Technology process.

Participants will investigate and evaluate an existing product and practice a technical skill. They will then develop a design brief and design, make and evaluate a final product.

Participants in this course will also be able to join in the Science Network meeting for FREE

NOTE: this course will be held at Kentish Town Primary School in Camden and if there is sufficient interest we may be able to offer this to school clusters in other areas.

Please contact us should you like to arrange this for your schools ›

This session will support new and existing maths subject leaders in understanding and developing their role, so as to improve the teaching and learning of maths in their school.

Course aims:

• to reflect upon research-based pedagogical approaches in mathematics
• to consider what and how to monitor maths in your school
• to know how to audit maths, identify strengths and areas to develop
• to begin to write SMART action plans and consider how they can be
• to help prepare for inspections

This session is repeated again on@

• 21 February 2023 @ 1.30pm – 4.00pm
• 26 April 2023 @ 1.30pm – 4.00pm

Peter Warwick: A Primary Maths specialist with over 23 years’ teaching experience, Peter has worked across several London boroughs helping schools achieve outstanding inspection grades.

He was an advanced skills maths teacher and a local authority Teaching & Learning Consultant. He is an accredited Numicon & Inspire Consultant; has presented at national and international conferences, and is a published author.

The purpose of the MTC (multiplication tables check) is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, and to help identify those who have not yet mastered their times tables, so that additional support can be provided.

This 2 session course will support subject leaders and class teachers, especially those in Year 4, in developing a whole school approach to teaching multiplication tables, including preparation for the MTC in Year 4.

It will cover:

• a whole school approach to the teaching and learning of times tables
• securing conceptual knowledge and quick recall of multiplication tables
• the requirements of the MTC in Year 4
• the impact of games and ICT to support the learning of multiplication tables

Session dates and times:

• 01 December @ 1.30 – 4.00pm
• 01 February @ 3.45 – 5.15pm (twilight session)

 Please see Session 1 to book your place ›

This programme is suitable for newly-appointed headteachers, heads of school and experienced deputy headteachers aspiring to headship in the next year to develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead a successful school.

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This course is certificated and can serve as evidence of the statutory 2 year training for DSLs.

It covers the following aspects:

• Understanding of the Child Protection Framework, including legislation (Education Acts) and statutory guidance (KCISE September 2021)
• Effective implementation of Duty of Care within the role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Exploration of effective and robust record keeping
• Understanding the referral process and effective information sharing
• Responding effectively to whistleblowing concerns
• Understanding of thresholds and risk analysis within the context of safeguarding
• Management of safeguarding across challenging topics including Prevent, and Peer-on-Peer abuse (including sexual violence and sexual harassment)

“Nicole was extremely informative with excellent up-to-date knowledge to share.”

This programme explores key areas of leadership within the context of schools in London and provides opportunities for self-reflection on your leadership journey. Topics are grounded in the day-to-day experience of participants and that of the experienced headteachers and senior leaders who contribute to the course.

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This 1 day course gives subject leaders and teachers an in-depth look at what progression in the different types of scientific enquiry and the working scientifically skills in the National Curriculum look like from EYFS to KS2.

Participants will explore the relationship between the substantive knowledge in the National Curriculum and the two areas of disciplinary knowledge (i.e. the working scientifically skills and scientific enquiry). It will look at how children need to be taught the relevant working scientifically skills in order to answer appropriate scientific enquiry questions, and how the working scientifically skills develop from EYFS to upper KS2.

Throughout the course, they will be directed to useful resources to support the teaching and learning of this disciplinary knowledge.

Participants in this course will also be able to join in the Science Network meetings for FREE.

Naomi Hiscock works for the Science Learning Centre London as a trainer, delivering INSET both at The Centre based at the Institute of Education and in schools.

Hosted by Naomi Hiscock, a highly experienced and science consultant, these network sessions are designed to provide subject leaders with the opportunity to discuss and share best practices in science teaching and learning.

The cost is £25 per session or FREE if attending any of the following courses:

• Developing and delivering effective Design & Technology projects
  
• Role of the Science leader
• Effective Science assessment
• Progression in scientific enquiry and working scientifically

Data protection is a living, breathing legislation which requires continuous attention and administration.

The Record of Processing Activity (RoPA) is data protection’s oft forgotten mandatory document. Like a pot plant bought on a whim and then left in the corner of the room, unless periodically watered and given the right amount of attention, then the RoPA often withers into disrepair. This course will break down how you can create and maintain an effective RoPA which can help you with other data protection tasks.

We are delighted to offer this 4-session course as an online training opportunity run by Mental Health First Aid England instructors to help you to support adults who may be facing mental health issues.

This online course is split into 4 manageable sessions which are built around the Mental Health First Aid action plan. Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities. There will also be independent study work between sessions and tutors will be available to support you through these.

At the end of the 4 sessions, you will receive:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First-Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• A helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

The course will provide an in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well-being, the practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues and the confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

It will also help develop the enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening and build the knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix.

We will then be repeating this 4-session course again in June 2023 on the following dates. Kindly note that all sessions will be held from 9.30am – 12.30pm:

• Session 1: 6th June 2023
• Session 2: 8th June 2023
• Session 3: 13th June 2023
• Session 4: 15th June 2023

Please provide us your home address and phone number in order to receive the learning materials and certificate. Your details are for posting the learning materials purpose only, we will not use your details for any other purpose. 

We are delighted to offer this 4-session course as an online training opportunity run by Mental Health First Aid England instructors to help you to support adults who may be facing mental health issues.

This online course is split into 4 manageable sessions which are built around the Mental Health First Aid action plan. Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities. There will also be independent study work between sessions and tutors will be available to support you through these.

At the end of the 4 sessions, you will receive:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First-Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• A helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

The course will provide an in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well-being, the practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues and the confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

It will also help develop the enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening and build the knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix.

We will then be repeating this 4-session course again in June 2023 on the following dates. Kindly note that all sessions will be held from 9.30am – 12.30pm:

• Session 1: 6th June 2023
• Session 2: 8th June 2023
• Session 3: 13th June 2023
• Session 4: 15th June 2023

Please provide us your home address and phone number in order to receive the learning materials and certificate. Your details are for posting the learning materials purpose only, we will not use your details for any other purpose. 

This accredited training is provided by the Safer Recruitment Consortium and meets the standard of training consistent with the Local Authority offer of Safer Recruitment Training.

By undertaking this endorsed training, you can be assure that the content is up to date, relevant and sector specific. Your training will meet the standards required by the DfE in Keeping children safe in education (September 2021).

Course content:

• To ensure that you are confident and competent in identifying people who may post a threat of harm, and eliminating any circumstance of risk
• Raise awareness of the safer recruitment within the wider context of the safeguarding.
• Look into the prevalence of the abuse and harm
• Understanding further details of the model of offending Behaviour

This online course is spread out over 2 x half day sessions: 12 & 13 June 2023 @ 1.00 – 4.30pm

We are delighted to offer this 4-session course as an online training opportunity run by Mental Health First Aid England instructors to help you to support adults who may be facing mental health issues.

This online course is split into 4 manageable sessions which are built around the Mental Health First Aid action plan. Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities. There will also be independent study work between sessions and tutors will be available to support you through these.

At the end of the 4 sessions, you will receive:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First-Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• A helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

The course will provide an in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well-being, the practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues and the confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

It will also help develop the enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening and build the knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix.

We will then be repeating this 4-session course again in June 2023 on the following dates. Kindly note that all sessions will be held from 9.30am – 12.30pm:

• Session 1: 6th June 2023
• Session 2: 8th June 2023
• Session 3: 13th June 2023
• Session 4: 15th June 2023

Please provide us your home address and phone number in order to receive the learning materials and certificate. Your details are for posting the learning materials purpose only, we will not use your details for any other purpose. 

This accredited training is provided by the Safer Recruitment Consortium and meets the standard of training consistent with the Local Authority offer of Safer Recruitment Training.

By undertaking this endorsed training, you can be assure that the content is up to date, relevant and sector specific. Your training will meet the standards required by the DfE in Keeping children safe in education (September 2021).

Course content:

• To ensure that you are confident and competent in identifying people who may post a threat of harm, and eliminating any circumstance of risk
• Raise awareness of the safer recruitment within the wider context of the safeguarding.
• Look into the prevalence of the abuse and harm
• Understanding further details of the model of offending Behaviour

This online course is spread out over 2 x half day sessions: 12 & 13 June 2023 @ 1.00 – 4.30pm. Please see Day 1 to book your place ›

We are delighted to offer this 4-session course as an online training opportunity run by Mental Health First Aid England instructors to help you to support adults who may be facing mental health issues.

This online course is split into 4 manageable sessions which are built around the Mental Health First Aid action plan. Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities. There will also be independent study work between sessions and tutors will be available to support you through these.

At the end of the 4 sessions, you will receive:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are a Mental Health First-Aider
• A manual to refer to whenever you need it
• A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
• A helpful toolkit to support your own mental health

The course will provide an in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect well-being, the practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues and the confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.

It will also help develop the enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening and build the knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix.

We will then be repeating this 4-session course again in June 2023 on the following dates. Kindly note that all sessions will be held from 9.30am – 12.30pm:

• Session 1: 6th June 2023
• Session 2: 8th June 2023
• Session 3: 13th June 2023
• Session 4: 15th June 2023

Please provide us your home address and phone number in order to receive the learning materials and certificate. Your details are for posting the learning materials purpose only, we will not use your details for any other purpose. 

This 5-day programme is aimed at leaders who want to develop their subject leadership skills to ensure it is strategic, has an impact on the whole school and is driven by the school’s distinctive Christian vision.

Programme Outline: 5 taught days, with up to 12 hours ‘out of class‘ to conduct and write up a piece of small-scale action research. Where possible, up to two visits to other schools to complete gap tasks/work collaboratively on a research project. There will be a short written reflection at the end of the programme, which focuses on the RE leader’s personal goal/s, plus an opportunity to share findings of the research project, and the impact of the study upon the school and themselves as leaders, with colleagues on Day 5.

Day 5: Hope & Aspiration ‘Reflecting on the journey’

• What does it mean to be hopeful and full of aspiration?
• Personal reflection on development of leadership skills
• Sharing of research projects
• What now?
• Evaluation of the programme

Click here to book your place ›

Led by Rebecca Swansbury (Canterbury Diocese), and supported by Shaun Burns (Southwark) and Mary Thorne (LDBS).

• Rebecca Swansbury: Acting Deputy Director of Education for the Diocese of Canterbury, where she regularly leads training to support and enable leaders, teachers and trainee teachers across the Diocese in RE, collective worship and SIAMS.
• Mary Thorne: Primary school link adviser, leading on RE for the London Diocesan Board for Schools. Her role involves supporting school improvement and leading training in the areas of middle leadership, collective worship, spirituality and RE.