Direct Services to Schools

Courses
**Looking Ahead to Ofsted **
A workshop style training for providers to prepare for upcoming Ofsted inspections

We will be looking at:

• what to expect on the day of your inspection

• what is required to achieve Good/Outstanding at inspection

• importance of effective and consistent safeguarding practices in your setting

• the key components to ensure safe and inclusive recruitment

• tools to improve your practice

• what makes a setting truly inclusive to all children, families and staff members

• testimonials of recent Ofsted inspections

• how to confidently discuss Cultural Capital 

Greenwich Direct Services to Schools
Date
18th September 2025 (7:00pm - 9:00pm)
Venue
Online delivery - This session will be delivered virtually
Tutors
Cost
Free for non-RBG schools

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**SEND: Building blocks of behaviour**
This in person classroom based training by early
childhood specialist, Kerry Murphy, who has lived
experience of neurodivergence and disability,
focuses on providing consistent and personalised
co-regulation which holds space for children to
learn to maintain and regulate their internal and
external worlds. This course explores the origins of
children’s behaviour including stressors and the
environment and consider practical yet meaningful
strategies of support.
Course Aims: This course equips participants with
knowledge & skills to
explore the importance of adult self-regulation
in providing effective co-regulation
considering the origin of behaviour, including
those that are driven by stress and those that are
motivated by social and emotional skill
development.
develop co-regulation strategies that are
matched to children’s individual differences and
needs
Leaders & Managers
Setting SENCO
Childminders
Practitioners
Playworkers
Greenwich Direct Services to Schools
Date
20th September 2025 (9:30am - 12:30pm)
Venue
The Woolwich Centre
Tutors
Cost
£30 for RBG schools
£30 for non-RBG schools

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**Wraparound Provider Network**
This online forum via Zoom provides a termly opportunity for out of school providers to come together
  • peer-to-peer networking & support
  • receive updates from the local authority Wraparound Lead
themes - SEND Training, Out of School Alliance membership, revenue grant monitoring, & impact of EYFS safeguarding reforms
Forum Aims: This forum equips participants with knowledge & skills to
  •  share best practice policies & procedures
  • maintain high professional standards
  • keep children at the heart of practice
Target Participants:
before/after school providers (on non domestic
premises)
holiday club providers
primary schools delivering wraparound care
including breakfast clubs
youth & community clubs
Greenwich Direct Services to Schools
Date
25th September 2025 (1:00pm - 2:30pm)
Venue
Online delivery - This session will be delivered virtually
Tutors
Cost
Free for non-RBG schools

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Date
25th September 2025 (7:00pm - 8:30pm)
Venue
Online delivery - This session will be delivered virtually
Tutors
Cost
Free for non-RBG schools

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**Intermediate Safeguarding Level 2**
This in person classroom based training builds on Level 1:
Introduction to Safeguarding and is essential foundation
for Level 3: Designated Safeguarding Persons.
This course covers key safeguarding risks and provides
best practice approaches to protecting children and
young people, upholding high professional standards in
providing a robust and rigorous safeguarding culture. It
includes updates on most recent legislation changes and
incorporates local safeguarding and child protection
themes from Greenwich Safeguarding Children’s
Partnership.
  • Course Aims: This course equips participants with
  • knowledge & skills to
  • explore ways of working with complex family situations
  • have increased awareness of specialist safeguarding issues such as domestic abuse and violence, FGM, substance misuse, county lines, PREVENT, abuselinked to faith & belief
  • consider Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews in depth
  • recognise need for professional curiosity, proactive partnership working, information sharing and ways of developing confidence in staff to be alert to the risks surrounding children
  • know what makes a good quality referral toChildren’s Services Social Care
Qualified Practitioners & Playworkers
Leaders & Managers
Childminders
Lead & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Persons
Nominated Individuals
Key Members of the Governing Bodies
Greenwich Direct Services to Schools
Date
4th October 2025 (9:30am - 3:00pm)
Venue
The Woolwich Centre
Tutors
Cost
£45 for RBG schools
£45 for non-RBG schools

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Date
13th November 2025 (10:00am - 3:30pm)
Venue
The Woolwich Centre
Tutors
Cost
£45 for RBG schools
£45 for non-RBG schools

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