Professional Development
Bespoke Training and Support
Our role is to provide you with the right support at the right time. Contact us to discuss your personal needs and we can tailor a package to support you and your organisation. We specialise in education training, learning and development , coaching and leadership development. You can book staff meetings, twilights and half or full days training on a range of themes, with samples listed below.
Inclusion Audit
Work alongside us to review your inclusion provision, identifying strengths and areas for development, in preparation for your next inspection. This one day review has been written based on research from recent inspections meeting the strong standard and Ofsted documentation. This review looks at:
Culture of Inclusion & High Expectations
Early Identification & Assessment of Need
Classroom Practice, Adaptation & Support
Use of Additional Funding (PP, SEND, LAC, EAL)
Partnerships With Parents, Carers & External Agencies
Pupil Experience, Participation & Wellbeing
Leadership, Monitoring & Impact
You will receive a summary note of visit identifying practice strengths and recommendations for school.
Effective Whole School Provision for SEND Children
Work with staff and leaders of SEND to review practice including understanding national expectations, roles and responsibilities, provision for children and working to support parents.
Keys to Culture, Engagement and Behaviour
Learn how to maximise staff and pupil performance by driving school strategy through culture. Work with us to define and create a culture that is understood by all and where values ooze from every pore of the people and the building.
Understand the keys to building an effective behaviour culture in school that all stakeholders buy into, that is underpinned by research and practice and where strong relationships and values engage children in learning.
Safeguarding
We can support you to develop a strong safeguarding and pastoral system, underpinned by training on how to ask the right questions of staff and families to gain a holistic picture, ensuring you put the right support in place every time.
Teaching Assistant Toolkit
Training for teaching assistants to maximise their effectiveness and efficiency in a school setting aligned to the national teaching assistant standards: personal and professional conduct, knowledge and understanding, teaching and learning & working with others.
Subject Leadership
The EVF bespoke ‘Curriculum Forum’ model empowers middle leaders to lead their subject from the front, with subject leader training and facilitated forum meetings available. This training empowers a school to facilitate curriculum development with sustainable time management, improving workload pressures.
Aspiration for Disadvantaged: Meeting the Needs of Pupil Premium Pupils
Work with staff to unpick the specific needs of your children to create a bespoke provision for all pupils– this support includes tailored development for staff on practice best suited to your pupils.
Effective Provision for Children in the Early Stages of Learning English
Work with teachers or senior leaders to put a school policy in place that supports children with early English language acquisition to engage in the classroom and their learning.
EVF Quality Assurance Toolkit
The EVF Quality Assurance Toolkit is a model developed over a decade in five schools which can support leaders to evaluate a school rapidly and build on defined benchmarks.