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Teaching and Learning

Training on new OFSTED requirements.

 

Cross Phase training with a focus on “Get under the bonnet of the new inspection toolkit - find out more about expectations and what will inspectors be looking for when they come into your schools”.

Areas of Focus:

Get under the bonnet of the new inspection toolkit – find out more about expectations and what will inspectors be looking forwhen they come into your schools.

Outcome:

Have greater confidence of what inspectors will looking for and how to show them the evidence

Develop a deeper understanding of the nuances between the evaluation scales used on inspection.

 

Secondary SLA members 2 free places. Primary SLA members discounted price. Lunch included.

 

 

Event Date Thu, 06 Nov 2025 9:00 am
Event End Date Thu, 06 Nov 2025 4:00 pm
Cut off date Mon, 03 Nov 2025
Individual Participant Price Secondary SLA members 2 free places.
Location GUTP House Training Centre

Key objectives for this training:

  • Develop a confident understanding of adaptive teaching
  • Consider scaffolding as a key facet of adaptive teaching (high challenge, high support)
  • Understand adaptive reaching in relation to supporting high need pupils
  • Plan for implementing high quality universal teaching and targeted support
  • Session structure

     

    Session 1: What problem is adaptive teaching solving? Understand, define and initiate planning to establish adaptive teaching for universal teaching and targeted support

    Session 2: Consider the 3As model for adaptive teaching and the central role of scaffolding

    Session 3: Supporting implementation in every classroom – structured planning and sustaining success (targeting support to individuals, whilst providing high quality adaptive teaching for all).

     

    Session Outcomes:

Event Date Thu, 04 Dec 2025 9:00 am
Event End Date Thu, 04 Dec 2025 3:00 pm
Cut off date Fri, 28 Nov 2025
Individual Participant Price £175 per delegate non-members; Secondary SLA members 2 free places. Lunch and refreshments included
Location GUTP House Training Centre

Matt Pinkett is an English teacher with a personal and professional interest in gender and masculinity in schools. He is co-author of the bestselling book Boys Don’t Try? and the author of Boys Do Cry. Matt has also blogged and written for several publications, and delivers regular CPD sessions on the topic of teaching and masculinity.Join Matt for an eye-opening, thought-provoking training session that explores the complex world of gender, masculinity, and mental health and wellbeing in today’s classrooms. Drawing on his acclaimed books and years of experience, Matt will challenge common assumptions, share practical strategies, and help educators create environments where boys can thrive.Perfect for teachers, school leaders, and pastoral staff, this session will equip you to better understand the pressures boys face, tackle harmful stereotypes, and support wellbeing.

Focus:

Session 1 - Are boys being supported to express emotion/empathy?

Session 2 - How often is “boys will be boys” thinking challenged?

Session 3 - Challenging online misogyny in schools.

Session 4 - Creating positive role models.

Session 5 - Improving boys’ mental health and wellbeing in schools.

 

Event Date Wed, 14 Jan 2026 9:30 am
Event End Date Wed, 14 Jan 2026 3:00 pm
Cut off date Fri, 09 Jan 2026
Individual Participant Price £175 per delegate non-members; Secondary SLA members 2 free places. Lunch included.
Location GUTP House Training Centre

Samantha Austin (TOVE School Improvement Director Teaching and Learning) facilitates this training

Aimed at all  secondary school class teachers. The training will explore a range of powerful teaching approaches and strategies to foster independence, critical thinking, and motivation. To develop teachers’ pedagogical knowledge in order to encourage autonomy by creating an environment that encourages self-directed learning, challenge, decision-making, and responsibility for pupils progress. Practitioners will gain a deeper knowledge of why it is important to develop learners’ autonomy and have some practical strategies to build on their practice and take back to their departments.

 

Areas of Focus:

·       Fostering a ‘growth mindset’ in our classrooms.

·       Embedding a culture of self-reflection and evaluation in the classroom.

·       Setting clear learning goals and scaffolding.

·       Strategies to develop ‘critical thinking’ in every day teaching with a focus on creating the                        effective questions and tasks.

·       How to promote and encourage speaking and listening in in our classrooms in order to develop            autonomy.

 

 

Event Date Thu, 29 Jan 2026 9:00 am
Event End Date Thu, 29 Jan 2026 4:00 pm
Cut off date Thu, 22 Jan 2026
Individual Participant Price £50 per delegate non-members; Secondary SLA members 2 free places.
Location GUTP House Training Centre

This training is facilitated by David Robinson - School Improvement Director (SEND and Inclusion) at TOVE

The Olevi Outstanding Teaching Assistant Programme is an opportunity for experienced teaching assistants who are, or who have the potential to be, outstanding in their role.

The sessions will develop the potential for teaching assistants to build upon their existing high level of practice and have a wider impact on improving the quality of teaching and learning across the school. This will allow participants to explore their current practice within a collaborative learning environment with colleagues.

This training is suitable for both Primary and Secondary Teaching Assistants.

The training will cover the following areas:

What is an effective TA?

Using different methods and styles of support to challenge learners

Creating opportunities for learning

Maximising impact

 

Lunch provided for the first day’s training, this is a repeat of last year’s course.

Event Date Fri, 06 Feb 2026 9:30 am
Event End Date Fri, 06 Feb 2026 2:30 pm
Cut off date Fri, 30 Jan 2026
Individual Participant Price £230.00 per delegate non-members; Secondary SLA members 2 free places; Primary SLA members £170 per delegate
Event Venue Information http://bit.ly/2RyDCwm
Location GUTP House Training Centre

This training is facilitated by David Robinson - School Improvement Director (SEND and Inclusion) at TOVE

The Olevi Outstanding Teaching Assistant Programme is an opportunity for experienced teaching assistants who are, or who have the potential to be, outstanding in their role.

The sessions will develop the potential for teaching assistants to build upon their existing high level of practice and have a wider impact on improving the quality of teaching and learning across the school. This will allow participants to explore their current practice within a collaborative learning environment with colleagues.

This training is suitable for both Primary and Secondary Teaching Assistants.

The training will cover the following areas:

What is an effective TA?

Using different methods and styles of support to challenge learners

Creating opportunities for learning

Maximising impact

 

Lunch provided for the first day’s training, this is a repeat of last year’s course.

Event Date Fri, 06 Mar 2026 9:30 am
Event End Date Fri, 06 Mar 2026 1:00 pm
Individual Participant Price £230.00 per delegate non-members; Secondary SLA members 2 free places; Primary SLA members £170 per delegate
Event Venue Information http://bit.ly/2RyDCwm
Location GUTP House Training Centre

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