A range of courses to support teaching staff with exploring and developing their school's curriculum.
A full day session, aimed at DT subject leaders or teachers who would like to access specialist input in the practical aspects of the DT curriculum. Participants should expect to be hands on and practical with a focus on food technology, mechanisms and CAD. The day will include a focus on progression documents, creating concept boards to take away and use in school and also thinking about difference and diversity
The sessions will be led by Caroline Walshaw, Specialist Leader in Education for DT in Devon schools.
‘Caroline Walshaw trained as a Primary School teacher with a specialism in Design & Technology and has been a D&T subject leader for most of her 20 year career. She is immensely passionate about the benefits of Design & Technology education, from the Early Years onwards. She is also committed to providing high quality CPD to support all teachers and schools to deliver an excellent Design & Technology curriculum. Caroline has led many well received CPD sessions within schools, both in person and online, and has been training ITT students on the DPSCITT for 5 years now. As a teacher and senior leader, Caroline understands completely what life in school is like and believes in training that has an immediate, practical and purposeful impact.’ The impact on your children’s understanding and developing number sense. Take place online as staff will be given time to go away during the session and try out the materials with their class.
Contact: Claire Hepher
Target Audience: DT Subject Leaders
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
A full day session, aimed at Art subject leaders or teachers who would like to access specialist input in the practical aspects of the Art curriculum.
Participants should expect to be hands on and practical with a focus on painting, thinking about difference and diversity.
The sessions will be led by Nic George, Specialist Leader in Education for Art in Devon schools.
Contact: Claire Hepher
Target Audience: Art Leaders
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
St Christopher’s Trust, in conjunction with the Devon English Team, is offering a termly briefing for English leads.
The English advisory team have a strong reputation locally and nationally for their work in English.
Subject leaders will have access to cutting edge thinking and research, as well as guidance on managing their subject leadership role. They will be updated on national and local developments in their relevant curriculum area.
Contact: Sean Millar
Audience: Leaders of English
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
St Christopher’s Trust Maths Leadership networks are an opportunity to keep up to date with the latest thinking and developments in maths and network with colleagues. Maths briefings will be led by Sam Marker, Trust Maths lead.
Subject leaders will have access to cutting edge thinking and research, as well as guidance on managing their subject leadership role. They will be updated on national and local developments in their relevant curriculum area and these events will also focus on developing a shared understanding of high-quality maths teaching and looking at teaching in action.
For all 4 sets of dates, there are repeated sessions in Exeter and Plymouth for you to choose the most convenient location.
Contact: Sam Marker
Audience: Leaders of maths
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
Our network meeting for Science ensure subject leaders have access to up to date thinking and research. Our network will take place during the year with one full day of face to face training in the Spring term.
Allie Beaumont is an independent primary science consultant who has extensive knowledge and experience of working within primary schools. She was a primary school teacher for 20 years and has led the Primary Professional Learning Department for STEM Learning within Bristol, supporting primary science teachers throughout the Southwest. More recently, she has worked with Bath Spa University on the Thinking, Doing, Talking Science project based on research from Oxford Brookes University and Science Oxford and also the Focus4TAPS research project led by Bath Spa University. She has also provided CPD for the Ogden Trust facilitating their Talk for Science EYFS CPD partnership programme. She currently holds the senior facilitator CPD quality mark badge for STEM learning.
Contact: Claire Hepher
Audience: Science Teachers
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
We are delighted that David Weatherly will be continuing to inspire us this year, working with our humanities leads to develop the fieldwork aspects of our geography curriculum. This will involve us applying our fieldwork skills whilst exploring Dartmoor with David and an experienced ranger, Orlando Rutter.
Alongside Sheena Wright, David will also deliver a day of training focused upon the development of humanities within the early years. This will provide a valuable opportunity for early years and humanities leads to access high quality training together, to strengthen the quality of teaching and learning in history and geography in their schools.
Contact: Sian Lane
Audience: Humanities Leads
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
Sam Marker will be leading a morning of observation and discussion around excellent delivery of the NCETM Mastering Number sequences. This is an opportunity to share good practise and learn from trust colleagues around the content of the Mastering Number sessions, and the pedagogy which underpins it.
Contact: Sam Marker
Audience: Maths Leads, Reception, Yrs 1 and 2 Teachers
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
Are you new to using Book Writes Sequences for Writing (previously Babcock Sequences)? Or are you a teacher who would like to refresh your understanding of how to plan, using the writing sequence approach?
These two half day sessions will cover both the theoretical principles that underpin the sequences and provide an opportunity to plan (with support from an English adviser) a sequence of learning and evaluate the impact on pupils’ writing. Participants will need to attend both half day sessions.
Contact: Sean Millar
Audience: English Teachers
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
Contact:Sian Lane
Audience: Teachers
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
A half termly online opportunity for RE, SIAMs or senior leaders to meet, share good practice and develop understanding of the SIAMs framework. Delievered by Nikki Prentice our Christian Distinctiveness Lead and Kate Gwadzyn and Marc Wheeler who have both had very successful SIAMs outcomes in their schools this year. We aim to give updates, give clarity to the framework and share great ideas.
Contact: Nikki Prentice
Audience: Headteachers, RE and SIAMS Leaders, Governors
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free to Trust Staff
Contact: Mel Johns
Target Audience: Teachers
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
Contact : Sean Millar
Book Write Inc: One-to-one teaching
Unlock the power of Read Write Inc tutoring - from quick keep up to long term support for pupils with SEND.
This session is for Reading leaders, Reading tutors, SENCO'S and SEND tutors in mainstream and special schools. This training brings everyone into the same 'lane' to give the consistency that we know works.
For more information on this session, visit:
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/booktraining/
RWInc Phonics Day 2 - Storybook Training
RWInc Day 2 Storybook Training: Create fluent readers and confident writers
The training helps Read Write Inc. Phonics teachers with:
the one-day, three-day and five-day timetables
practise teaching our reading and writing activities
Tues 2nd Sept 2025 | Old Priory | 08:45 - 03:15pm | Book |
An opportunity for Y5 teachers to collaborate in small groups, visiting a local school and observing a Maths lesson together with plentiful opportunities for discussion and reflection to develop teacher subject knowledge and masterful practice.
Contact: Sam Marker
Target Audience: Maths Leads
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free to Trust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
Programme Intention:
To ensure that Y6 teachers share excellent practice in maximising attainment in core subjects for all pupils, particularly focusing on those who not yet at ARE but are able to achieve ARE by the end of KS2. This group will ensure targeted support and teaching is as effective as possible in boosting attainment for pupils in Year 6. Through collaboration and sharing good practice, Year 6 teachers will develop a wide range of techniques and practices to ensure maximum progress across pupils final year in KS2.
Attending : Teacher from USJ, AXM, SPE, PET, MIC, MRY, LSJ, MTW, TID
Contact: Chris Briggs
Target Audience: Year 6 Teachers
Career Pathway: 3,4,5
Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person
Session 1 - Part 1: Accurate diagnosis of need, gaps, and assessment.
For each child:
SESSION 1 - Part 2: Planning for success
Note - Exemplar: Charlotte Sluman to share approach. (formats to be shared)
SESSION 2 – Up and Running
SESSION 3 Data and Impact – End of Autumn Term
SESSION 4 - Gearing Up
Refining the focus group – who still needs what?
SESSION 5 – Preparing for Success, Emotional support
SESSION 6 – Final countdown
SESSION 7 - Final Review and Celebrate Success
Contact : Mel Johns
Contact : Lindsay Cooper-Smith
2 day Wild Tribe Practitioners Award for teachers and teaching assistants.
09.00 - 15.00 hrs each day
The course delivers practical and theory sessions on; health and safety, site development and linking outdoor learning across a range of curriculum subjects.
It teaches the skills of fire lighting, cooking outdoors, use of tools, knots and shelter building. Schemes of work across the primary age are given to course attendees.
30th Sept 2025 & 1st Oct 2025 | St Peter's Tavistock | 09:00 - 03:00pm each day | Book |