Foundational skills for early writing – building on firm foundations

This package helps Early Years leaders assess the core writing skills in their curriculum. It guides whole-team development and boosts educators’ ability to support children’s writing in both adult-led and child-led activities. The focus is on giving children rich chances to practise key skills—oral composition, mark-making, fine motor control, and handwriting—at the right time. Educators…

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Leading Forward: Sustaining Impact Beyond Linking Leaders

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This course offers support for leaders at all levels to continue to drive the agendas identified in the peer review process. Over the last few years more than half our schools have taken part in the NECA-funded Linking Leaders programme, seizing the opportunity to reflect on their teaching and learning alongside regional colleagues. School leaders can…

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Ensuring quality first teaching includes neurodiverse pupils

‘These sessions help teachers grow their knowledge and confidence to support neurodiverse pupils. Neurodiversity means that people think, learn, and process information in different ways. In this course, you will learn what it means to be neurodiverse and how this can shape a pupil’s experience in school. The sessions explore ways to make your classroom…

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Adaptive teaching, moving beyond differentiation

This training shows how adaptive teaching can help every pupil succeed. It gives teachers the tools to meet individual needs, while keeping expectations high for all. You will learn how to adjust lessons so that each child is challenged and supported at the right level. The training also explores how to group pupils effectively, making…

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Whole School Behaviour and Culture review

This course helps schools celebrate their successes and identify areas for growth. It focuses on building stronger systems and better practice through collaboration across the school. You will work closely with senior leaders, including those responsible for behaviour and the SENCo, and engage with teachers and pupils to understand day-to-day experiences. A key part of…

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Developing Exploratory Talk

This course helps pupils become confident speakers who can handle complex ideas clearly. Pupils learn to think deeper than quick answers and see topics from many different angles. Pupils will work together to create “talk rules” – guidelines they build and improve as they learn. This teamwork makes sure everyone’s voice matters and creates safe…

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Developing a whole school approach to improving attendance

This course helps school leaders and staff build a clear plan to improve attendance across the whole school. It shows how leadership and culture shape the way people think about attendance, and how every adult can take part in the effort. You will learn to set fair policies, use data to spot early warning signs,…

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Scratch: How a Colourful Cat Changed Coding Forever

If you’ve ever been in a primary computing lesson and seen a cartoon cat spinning across a screen while a child proudly declares, “I made that!”, chances are you’ve met Scratch, the revolutionary programming platform that is now well over twenty years old. Not just any platform. Scratch is the first step to coding for…

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FIRST LEGO League – Gateshead and Grown-ups

This year we are bringing FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge to another new part of the North East. In the third in this three-part series, we meet our new partners, Aspire Technology Solutions, who are supporting our Gateshead event, as well as finding out what comes next for the teams that find success in the regional tournaments. I’ll…

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