Our intent is to create a culture of continuous learning for trainees by giving them the tools, support and time to take ownership of their professional development. This could be through enhancing their pedagogical skills, their subject knowledge or their understanding of the child. By focusing on the development of research-literate and policy-informed classroom practitioners, we believe our trainees will be in the optimum position to secure employment, and to cope with the demands of being an ECT.
Primary General and Secondary trainees participate in EPS sessions on Wednesday afternoons. Some sessions are cross-phase where trainees have the opportunity to form links between the different stages of pupils learning; from early years through to KS4. Other sessions are focussed on developing subject and curriculum knowledge and are tailored for trainees in a specific phase.
One of our greatest assets is the range of Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE) and members of Senior Leadership Teams (SLT) who deliver sessions on their area of expertise.
Each year, we refine our programme in response to the needs of the cohort and emerging educational issues. Our sessions are wide ranging, and may include issues such as:
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Questioning
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Literacy across the curriculum | Planning |
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Mixed attainment teaching
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Behaviour and bullying | Mental Health |
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Diversity in Education
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Phonics | Recruitment workshop |
| SEND
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EAL | Primary Art/Music/RE |
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