Search for Learning and Development Services and Pathways

This full-day course, with optional half day follow up session, is delivered jointly by the English and Assessment teams, and will focus on what ‘working at great depth’ in Year 6 could look like for writing in the Year 6 classroom.

Using the Teacher Assessment Framework in conjunction with writing exemplars, delegates will explore the requirements for greater depth and provide detailed guidance on the sorts of evidence that would support a judgement at this standard. A range of teaching approaches, writing opportunities and suitable texts to support pupils in achieving the greater depth measure will be shared. Developing pupils as confident, mature writers - both in technical and authorial terms - will underpin the course content.

New for 2019-2020: A limited number of places are available for delegates to return for a half-day follow up session on 20th January. This session will provide an opportunity for delegates to review the progress made in their focus pupils’ writing and to evaluate their performance in relation to the GDS standard.

Places are strictly limited in order to facilitate tightly focused professional dialogue and guidance. A total of 20 places are avaialble. Please book separately using course code 20ASS/001P. Places available on a first come, first served basis at a cost of £78 per delegate.

This two-part course will help practitioners to find out about how they can have the maximum impact on children’s learning during their self-initiated play.

It will provide a deeper understanding of what high-quality teaching in child initiated learning (CIL) looks like. Practitioners will explore the 'play cycle' and its impact on children's learning and development.

This course will largely be a repeat of content from the 19th March conference, for those unable to attend on that day or addressing the requirements later. It will support schools to ensure full compliance with the new curriculum as a minimum offer to students and to meet the expectations of Ofsted from September 2020.

This half-day session is provided by Data Management Services to assist schools in the production of an accurate School Workforce Census (SWC) return. The first part of the session will involve understanding the data in Personnel within SIMS and running and checking reports relevant to the SWC return. The second part of the session will involve running the SWC return, correcting errors and checking the details reports generated. These sessions are offered to nursery, primary, special, middle and secondary school users.

This additional course, will allow delegates to carry out the processes covered in the School Workforce Census training, on their own school data, enabling delegates to complete the process with guidance from a DMS consultant.

Delegates should have a basic familiarity of Personnel in SIMS and have their own login to the system.

Shortly before the course your school will be provided with instructions for setting up the remote connection. It is the school’s responsibility to ensure that these instructions are followed and it should be noted that failure to do so may result in the delegates being unable to work on their school’s own data during this session.

This essential workshop is part of a county-wide programme to introduce schools to the Hertfordshire SEND toolkit. This newly developed resource accompanies the Hertfordshire SEND Quality Offer and the SEND Benchmark & Planning Tool. Together this suite of materials provides schools with a vision, a self-evaluation framework and now has a toolkit providing a range of resources, tools and guidance to support the onward journey.

This course is designed for those who are new to the role of designated senior person (DSP) for child protection and have completed stage one safeguarding children training for school staff. The course explores the role and the responsibilities of the DSP. This course is for all schools in the Hertfordshire area.

This course, spread over two sessions, is aimed at early career headteachers and deputy headteachers aspiring to headship, who want to:
- gain a firm understanding of how to use finance as a tool to support their strategic leadership
- build their understanding of how to use their resources more efficiently
- have a greater confidence in their financial management of their school
- empower their school leadership team to be their own critical friend
- build their confidence to work effectively with their governing body
- develop an overview of the budgeting and reporting processes
- build personal networks to support their financial management
- understand the further support available

Early Years transition surgery - supporting smooth transitions

The programme has been formulated by successful and experienced senior leaders from the education sector, and designed for all heads of Sixth Form who are aspiring to excellence. 
 
Delegates will hear insights from practitioners and other experts, learn how outstanding leadership can be achieved in the Sixth Form, and take away practical solutions from an outstanding Sixth Form.

In addition to understanding the key leadership skills required to evaluate the Sixth Form and hold staff to account, the programme will also focus on setting the vision, ethos and culture of an effective Sixth Form.