This course identifies and provides strategies for teaching the crucial concepts that children need to learn in the early stages of reading, from directionality through to working on unknown words in context. 

It identifies the three main sources of information that good readers use to read: Meaning, Language Structure and Phonics, and provides training on how to support these three areas in simple, practical ways. 

Participants will be taught how to take a Running Record. This is a simple assessment that can be taken on any text. They are a quick and efficient way of gathering information about a child’s reading and is particularly useful for children who struggle with reading, providing valuable information about the strategies a child uses/ignores. Once gaps have been identified they can be addressed in order to support the child’s reading development. 

Participants will:

• have a clear understanding of the building blocks that need to be taught in order for children to develop into good readers 
• be able to take and analyse a Running Record in order to identify key strengths and weaknesses of readers 
• be able to use a range of simple strategies to support children in addressing any specific gaps

Early Years, KS1 & KS2 Practitioners and Teaching Assistants

This course will cover the effective management of the Governing Board’s work, including:

• Establishing professional and supportive senior managers
• Ensuring that all the meetings are run effectively
• Managing meeting and agenda settings
• Ensuring the Governing Board is prepared for an Ofsted inspection
• Developing secure succession planning to ensure business continuity

Chair of Governors will:

• be able to challenge school performance
• be fully involved in school Improvement
• be able to hold strategic and focused meetings
• be able to ensure that the whole Governing Board becomes an effective and strategic group which robustly holds the school to account at all levels
• be able to secure an effective professional relationship with leaders at all levels
• be prepared for an Ofsted inspection

All Chairs, Vice Chairs or Chairs of Committees including Prospective Chairs

This workshop is the Safer Recruitment Consortium accredited, updated version of the Safer Recruitment training for Headteachers, school Governors and other staff who are likely to sit on interview panels or appoint staff.

It is still a requirement for every school appointments panel to include at least one member who has completed the Safer Recruitment training.

Course content provides clear explanations of government guidance regarding the safer recruitment process. It also includes an update of the most recent legislation changes (Keeping Children Safe in Education) and the pre-employment checking process that impacts on Safeguarding and Child Protection. 

It is recommended that you refresh your training every 5 years.   

Pupils will:

• be safer and have safeguarding needs met in a more appropriate and timely manner

Practitioners will:

• have an awareness and understanding of offender behaviour
• be able to identify the key features of staff recruitment that helps deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
• be able to consider policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse
• begin to review their own and their settings' policies and practices, with a view to making them safer

 Settings will:

• be safer organisations
• comply with government guidance and legislation

All Headteachers, school Governors, Business Managers and other staff likely to sit on interview panels or administer staff appointment