What is learning? How does it work? On this online, self-paced course you try and answer these questions, exploring how you can use the science of learning to inform your teaching and support your students’ learning.Drawing upon educational neuroscience and psychology (and combating neuroscience myths), you will learn...

Location	Online
Duration	12 Hours
Fees	From £75.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

As a teacher who wants to promote the learning of your pupils, you'll want to make evidence-informed judgements and apply a range of approaches to respond and adapt teaching during and in between lessons.  Experts in assessment for learning, Emeritus Professor Dylan Wiliam, Dr Chris Harrison and Andrea Mapplebeck...

Location	Online
Duration	12 Hours
Fees	From £75.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Online, self-paced course. Participants can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date.This course explores key considerations of running a STEM club in the long term. It focusses on identifying the factors needed to support club progress and developing a club improvement plan that aids student...

Location	Online
Duration	9 Hours
Fees	Free

Online, self-paced course. Participants can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date.This course will take you through the process of planning a school science, technology, engineering or maths club, from developing a proposal and setting objectives, to creating a marketing campaign, developing...

Location	Online
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	Free

In this course, Professor Chris Harrison explains that good teaching is not about individual tuition for 30 students in a class. It’s about making use of good diagnostic assessment and then making a decision about what you need to do over the next few lessons to ensure that all students are challenged in their...

Location	Online
Duration	8 Hours
Fees	From £75.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details
Subsidy	From - £0.00

In this short course you will explore how to use informal lesson observations to help improve teaching and learning in a more proactive way and rethink the approach into a more beneficial experience for everyone. 

Location	Online
Duration	90 Minutes
Fees	From £30.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details
Subsidy	From - £0.00

Join us for the annual Science Technician Conference.The conference involves a full day of guidance and support for science technicians including a keynote speech and a choice of workshop sessions across the sciences.This year we will be hosting the conference at School of Science and Technology in Maidstone.We are...

Start date	14 May 2024
Location	Maidstone
Fees	From £100.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Teaching Tricky Topics: Learn, Share and Take away ideas on how to teach the topics that students struggle with the most. (KS3 and 4)Each session will have the following format on a selected topic -Open forum (10 mins)What do they struggle with?What are the common misconceptions?Your prepared input (15 mins?)Ideas on...

Start date	14 May 2024
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	45 Minutes
Fees	Free

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to best practice in assessing Working Scientifically. This course will give primary subject leaders and teachers the opportunity to explore how to assess working scientifically and a chance to investigate the resources that are available in the wider educational...

Start date	14 May 2024
Location	Remote delivered CPD
Duration	1 Hour
Fees	From £40.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Free for schools from Norfolk and Suffolk only.  There is no one-size-fits-all approach to best practice in assessing Working Scientifically. This course will give primary subject leaders and teachers the opportunity to explore how to assess working scientifically and a chance to investigate...

Start date	14 May 2024
Location	Remote delivered CPD
Duration	1 Hour
Fees	Free

Free for schools from Derby, Nottingham, Leicester and Northampton Only.  All other schools can be booked using the sister code RK198 A238 for £40 and £60 respectively. Q This course is ideal for primary school teachers who want to familiarise themselves with how to assess working...

Start date	14 May 2024
Location	Remote delivered CPD
Duration	1 Hour
Fees	Free

Cambridge cluster - please see below for other clusters.This 1.5 hour staff meeting explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming, how we might explore this through science education and across the primary curriculum.  Intended learning outcomes:1) Understand climate...

Start date	14 May 2024
Location	Cambridge
Fees	Free

For KS1 – KS5 teachers as aboveThis is an informal session where STEMFirst, the North West STEM Ambassador Partner will be online to help you with anything STEM related!  Each session will consist of:What’s coming up – STEM opportunities overviewHelp with the STEM Ambassador website – how...

Start date	14 May 2024
Location
Duration	45 Minutes
Fees	Free

The groundbreaking Science Leadership Benchmarks are a framework for good science leadership, supporting the best possible science education for pupils.The seven benchmarks identify what excellent looks like and outlines frameworks split into chunks to help improve provision in schools.This short online webinar will...

Start date	14 May 2024
Location	Online
Duration	30 Minutes
Fees	From £25.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details
Subsidy	From - £0.00

We can support you in identifying the CPD support that you need, provide CPD activity directly from our programme of courses, or work with you to tailor the content to meet your requirements.

Start date	15 May 2024
Location	Derby
Duration	1 Hour
Fees	Free