Courses and Events

New – Bitesize Training Recordings

Take a look at our list of Bitesize recordings. These a between 30min – 45mins long which make them ideal for using as CPD at Staff Meetings or by individuals. They contain infomation about specific areas of SEND.  Each recording is downloadable and comes with a copy of the slides and, often, some useful handouts.

Titles currently available are:

How to Write and Use Effective Social Stories

Planning Effective Y6 to Y7 Transition

Access Arrangements Procedures for GCSE and Beyond

Using Technology to make Learning Accessible to Children with Learning Differences

Coming soon:

Access Arrangements for KS2 SATs: Which assessments and information to use to provide evidence for a monitoring visit.

Planning Curricula and Using the Engagement Model

Pre-Key Stage Indicators: When they should be used and How? 

Analysing Dyslexia Screenings & Planning Focused Support

Training Courses running in November 2025 – March 2026

         Online Course Dates Outcomes Cost

Supporting Learners with Autism to Achieve their Potential

 

This course can be accessed via the live zoom session  or as recordings

 

Fri 14th

November

1pm – 4pm

You will gain:

Ø  A greater understanding of Autism as a spectrum of conditions.

Ø  Increased awareness of the behaviours associated with Autism, (including PDA)

Ø  Knowledge of how Autism often presents differently in girls

Ø  An understanding about the strengths of an Autistic brain and how these can be used in the classroom.

Ø A clear understanding of the support and strategies that you can use to ensure your Autistic learners achieve their potential.

 

•        

 

 

£55

Per person

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

 

Supporting Children with Learning Differences to Engage and Make Progress with Writing

Accessed via the live zoom session  or as a recording

Friday

5th December

1pm – 4pm

You will gain:

 

·        A clear understanding of why some find children the art of writing difficult.

 

·      A range of ideas, strategies and activities to inspire and support them.

 

£55

Per person

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

Understanding Reading Difficulties & Planning Different Teaching Approaches

Accessed via the live zoom session  or as a recording

 

Friday 16th January 2026

1pm – 4pm 

 

The training will give you:

·        Understanding how different types of SEND impact on reading

·        Knowledge of alternative ways to teach reading

·        Strategies to improve the comprehension skills of readers with SEND

·        Knowledge of how to support the fluency of readers with SEND

·         How to foster a love of reading in children with SEND including how to help parents to do this.

 

£55

Per person

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

 

Understanding and Supporting Sensory Processing Needs in Children

Accessed via the live zoom session  or as a recording

Friday 13th  February

2026

1pm – 4pm

The training will give you:

·       Knowledge of how sensory processing needs affect learning in the classroom

·       An understanding of how different types of SEN need can lead to sensory processing difficulties

·       The ability to recognize different types of sensory processing difficulties and how to support them

 

£55

Per person

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

 

Meeting SEND Statutory Requirements and Preparing for OfSTED

2 part course

Part 1 – Friday 7th March

1:30 pm to 3.30pm

Part 2 – Friday 14st March,

1.30 pm to 3.30pm

 

You will gain:

⮚    A clear understanding the SEN Code of Practice and your statutory responsibilities

 

⮚    An understanding of how to meet the SEND requirements of the Education Inspection Framework.

 

⮚   Confidence to make an Action Plan to ensure OfSTED readiness

 

£90

Per person

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

*All recordings have a 7 day expiry on them from the date they are emailed to a recipient 

WE ARE TAKING BOOKING NOW FOR OUR VERY POPULAR AUTUMN 2025 TRAINING COURSES FOR TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND SENCOS…

also look further below for our annual Code of Practice Workshops being run in July…

 

 

An Introduction to the Role of a Teaching Assistant in Mainstream Schools

(This is a five-part course)

Accessed via the live zoom sessions  or as a recordings

 

 

     

Mon Sep15th

Mon Sept 22nd

Mon Sept 29th

Mon Oct 6th

Mon Oct 13th

 

All 1:30 – 3:30

 

 

You will gain:

 ·       A knowledge of initial strategies for supporting learning in the classroom

·       The importance of relationship-building

·       An understanding of how to support children with specific learning needs

·       An understanding and strategies to support behaviours that challenge in the classroom

·       How to run effective small group or 1:1 interventions successfully.

 

 

£150

Per person

 

Reductions available for more than one person from the same school

Please email for details.

                  

Planning Your Year as SENCo

(This is a three-part course)

 

Accessed via the live zoom sessions  or as a recordings

 

 

 

 

Wed  Sept 17th

Wed  Sept 24th

Wed  Oct 1st

 

All 3:30 – 5:30

 

 

.

 

You will gain:

  • An understanding of how to write an effective SEN Action Plan for 2025/26
  • A clear understanding of the SEN Code of Practice 2015 and your responsibilities as a SENCo including OfSTED expectations.
  • An understanding of the proposed changes to come in SEND
  • Templates for the Assess, Plan, Do, Review cycle
  • Strategies for planning interventions and measuring their impact
  • Ideas for effective monitoring of progress

 

 

 

 £90 per person.

 

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

 

 

COURSE FOR SUMMER TERM 2025

 

 

Online Course

Dates Outcomes Cost
 

Enabling Learners with SEN to Make Progress in Reading

 

This course can be accessed via the live zoom session  or as recordings

 

Fri 25th April

1pm – 4pm

You will gain:

•      An understanding of why some children find learning to read difficult

 

•       The importance of Phonological Awareness

 

•      A range of ideas, strategies and activities to support them.

 

•      Ideas for some ‘quick wins’ for boosting comprehension for Y6 SATs

 

 

 

£50

Per person

 

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

 

 How to Support Successful Transition

for Children and/or Young People

 

 

 

You will need to choose and book the appropriate session,  

Fri 9th May

 

Primary & Y6/Y7 1pm – 3pm

or

Y6/7 & Secondary

2pm – 4pm

You will gain:

•      An understanding of why some pupils find transition to different classes and/or schools challenging

 

•      Knowledge of how to support these pupils effectively to ensure successful transition

£40

Per person for one session

 

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

 

Understanding the Impact

of Anxiety on Learning and How to Support the Learner

 

 

 

 

Accessed via the live zoom session  or as a recording

 

Friday

13th June

1pm – 4pm

 

You will gain:

 

·        A clear understanding of what makes  some learners anxious

 

•      Knowledge of how to recognise different signs of anxiety

 

•       Knowledge of how to reduce learners’ anxiety and support them to learn well.

£50

Per person

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

Code of Practice Workshop

This workshop can be accessed via the live zoom sessions on any of the dates

 

Weds 9h July

3:30pm -5.30pm

or

Friday 4th July

1.15pm – 3.15pm

Use our straightforward templates (or your own) and make the most of on-hand expert advice and guidance to ensure your documents meet the requirements of the SEN Code of Practice and OfSTED.

Take dedicated time to complete some of your Statutory End of Year tasks:

·        Write your Annual SEN Information Report Update your SEN Policy

·        Review your School Offer

·         Write your SEN Action Plan for 2025/26

 

£35

For up to 2 people

 

COURSES FOR SPRING 2025

New for 2024

Effective Use of Visuals to Support a range of SEN in Mainstream Schools

This course can be accessed via the live zoom session  or as recordings

Fri 6th December 2024

1pm – 4pm

You will gain:

•       A clear understanding of why visuals are a vital strategy for supporting the learning, communication and well-being of most children with Special Educational Needs.

•       Knowledge of what visuals should be used, when, how and with whom.

•        

£50

Per person

 

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

 

Understanding and Supporting Children who have Attachment Difficulties

This course can be accessed via the live zoom session  or as a recording

 

 

Mon 11th November

1pm – 4pm

You will gain:

•       Knowledge of how different models of attachment develop

•       An understanding of how the attachment model an individual child has developed may affect their behaviour, learning and emotional well-being

•       How to identify these children.

•       Strategies and interventions to support children in the classroom with specific attachment difficulties

•       An understanding of ‘PACE’ and how it is used to support the wellbeing of children who have attachment difficulties.

 

£50

Per person

 

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

Spring 2025

Identifying and Supporting Learners with Processing and/or Working Memory Difficulties

 

Friday 17th January

1pm – 4pm

Accessed via the live zoom session  or as a recording

 

You will gain:

 

·         An understanding of how processing and working memory interact to affect learning

·         Knowledge of how to identify learners who may have difficulties with their processing and/or working memory

·         Universal srategies to support the processing and working memory of all learners

·         An understanding of how metacognition can be used to support the independence of pupils with processing and/or working memory difficulties

£50

Per person

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

Developing Emotional Self-Regulation Skills in Learners with SEND Friday 7th February 2025

1pm – 4pm

Accessed via the live zoom session  or as a recording

 

You will gain:

•       Knowledge of what emotional self-regulation skills are

•       An understanding of how metacognition & self-regulation can be used to support independence

•       How to use co-regulation to scaffold the development of independent skills in individual or small group interventions.

•      A clear understanding of why the use of effective visuals are a vital strategy for supporting the learning & emotional well-being of children with SEND

£50

Per person

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

Meeting SEND Statutory Requirements and Preparing for OfSTED

NB If you attended our ‘Planning Your Year as SENCO’ in Autumn Term 24, much of this course was covered.

2-part course:

 

Friday 7th & 14th March

2025

1:30pm – 3:30pm

Accessed via the live zoom sessions,  as  recordings or mixture of both

 

You will leave with:

·         A clear understanding the SEN Code of Practice of your statutory responsibilities

·         An understanding of how to meet the SEND requirements of the Education Inspection Framework.

·         Confidence to make an Action Plan to ensure OfSTED readiness

 

£90

Per person

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

COURSES FOR AUTUMN TERM 2024

           Online Course Dates Outcomes Cost

New for 2024

Understanding and Supporting Children (and their parents)with School-Based Anxiety

 

 

 

 

Friday

 18th  October 2024      

1pm to 4pm

 

You will gain:

•       A clear understanding of what ‘school-based anxiety’ is and why it is affecting many children of all ages.

 •       Knowledge about ‘Emotional-Based School Avoidance’   (School refusal) and how it can be supported.        

                • Knowledge of how to recognise the signs of anxiety in your learners ,

 •       An understanding of how parental anxiety may contribute to their child’s own anxiety and what can be done to help with this.

 •       Strategies and interventions to support learners who have school-based anxiety

 

 

£50 Per person

 10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

Understanding and Supporting Children who have Attachment Difficulties

This course can be accessed via the live zoom session  or as recordings

 

 

Mon 11th November

1pm – 4pm

You will gain:

•      Knowledge of how different models of attachment develop

•      An understanding of how the attachment model an individual child has developed may affect their behaviour, learning and emotional well-being

•      How to identify these children.

•      Strategies and interventions to support children in the classroom with specific attachment difficulties

•      An understanding of ‘PACE’ and how it is used to support the wellbeing of children who have attachment difficulties.

 

 

£50 Per person

 

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

New

Effective Use of Visuals to Support a range of SEN in Mainstream Schools

This course can be accessed via the live zoom session  or as recordings

 

 

Fri 6th December 2024

1pm – 4pm

You will gain:

•      A clear understanding of why visuals are a vital strategy for supporting the learning, communication and well-being of most children with Special Educational Needs.

•      Knowledge of what visuals should be used, when, how and with whom.

£50

Per person

 

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

We are still taking bookings for the recordings of:

 

An Introduction to the Role of a Teaching Assistant in Mainstream Schools

(This is a five-part course)

 

 

 

5 x 2 hours

You will gain:

 ·       A knowledge of initial strategies for supporting learning in the classroom

·       The importance of relationship-building

·       An understanding of how to support children with specific learning needs

·       An understanding and strategies to support behaviours that challenge in the classroom

·       How to run effective small group or 1:1 interventions successfully.

 

 

£150

Per person

 

Reductions available for more than one perso    n from the same school

Please email for details.

We are still taking bookings for the recordings of:

                  

Planning Your Year as SENCo

(This is a three-part course)

 

 

 

 

3 x 2 hours

.

 

You will gain:

  • An understanding of how to write an effective SEN Action Plan for 2024/25
  • A clear understanding of the SEN Code of Practice 2015 and your responsibilities as a SENCo including OfSTED expectations.
  • An understanding of the changes to come following the publication of the SEND & AP Improvement Plan: Right Support. Right Place, Right Time.
  • Templates for the Assess, Plan, Do, Review cycle
  • Strategies for planning interventions and measuring their impact
  • Ideas for effective monitoring of progress

 

 

 

 £90 per person.

 

10% reduction for more than one person on the same course

 

COURSES FOR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023

Training Courses Dates Outcomes Cost

Understanding & Supporting Children whose Behaviour is Challenging

*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as  a recording

Fri 10th November

2023

 

1:00pm – 4:00pm

You will gain:

–        An understanding of why some children demonstrate behaviour that is challenging.

–         How to support children with their behaviour challenges

–        An ability to recognise how behaviour can escalate

–         Strategies to be able to de-escalate challenging behaviours

 

£50

 per person

10% reduction for schools booking two or more places

Understanding and Supporting Sensory Processing Needs in a Mainstream Setting

 

*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as  a recording

 

Fri 24th November

2023

 

1:00pm – 4:00pm

 

You will gain:

●      Understanding of sensory processing and difficulties that impact on learning

●       Knowledge of why some children have sensory needs

●       Strategies for addressing the needs of children with sensory processing difficulties in the classroom.

●       Knowledge of additional interventions to address sensory needs for individual children

£50

 per person

10% reduction for schools booking two or more places

Understanding and Supporting Children whose Learning is Affected by Dyspraxia

 

*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as  a recording

Fri 8th December

2023

 

1pm – 4pm

You will gain:

·       An understanding of what dyspraxia is and how it might affect learners

·       An ability to recognise learners who have dyspraxia

·       Strategies to support learners with dyspraxia so they can reach their full potential

 

£50

per person

10% reduction for schools booking two or more places

COURSES FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2023

Planning Your Year as SENCo

Delivered over 3 sessions: Thursday 13th, 21st, 28th September, 3:30pm to 5:30pm.  £80 per person.

You will gain:

  • An understanding of how to write an effective SEN Action Plan for 2023/24
  • A clear understanding of the SEN Code of Practice 2015 and your responsibilities as a SENCo including OfSTED expectations.
  • An initial understanding of the changes to come following the publication of the SEND & AP Improvement Plan: Right Support. Right Place, Right Time.
  • Templates for the Assess, Plan, Do, Review cycle
  • Strategies for planning interventions and measuring their impact
  • Ideas for effective monitoring of progress

An Introduction to the Role of Teaching Assistant – Primary and Secondary mainstrem.

Delivered over 5 sessions:  Monday 11th, 18th, 25th September, 2nd, 9th October, 1:30pm to 3:30pm.  £125 per person (multiple booking discount available – please contact for a quote).

You will gain:

  • A knowledge of initial strategies for supporting learning in the classroom
  • The importance of relationship-building
  • An understanding of how to support children with specific learning needs
  • An understanding and strategies to support behaviours that challenge in the classroom
  • How to run effective small group or 1:1 interventions successfully.

COURSES FOR SPRING TERM 2023

Online Course Dates Outcomes Cost

*New for 2023*

An Introduction to the Role of a Teaching Assistant in Mainstream Schools

(This is a four-part course)

 

This course can be accessed via the live zoom sessions on the dates or as recordings(or a mixture of both)

Fri 13th January 2023

Fri 20th January

2023

 

Fri 27th January

2023

 

Fri 3rd February

2023

 

1.30pm – 3.30pm

 

You will gain:

 

·       A knowledge of initial strategies for supporting learning in the classroom

·       The importance of relationship-building

·       An understanding of how to support children with specific learning needs

·       An understanding and strategies to support behaviours that challenge in the classroom

·       How to run effective small group or 1:1 interventions successfully.

 

£100 per

Person

 

10% reduction for schools booking two places.

For more than two places contact us for to negotiate further discount.

*New for 2023*

Administrating and Organising Access Arrangements Testing for GCSEs

*This course can be accessed via the live zoom sessions on the dates or as a  recording

Wed 1st February 2023

 

3:30pm – 5:00pm

You will gain:

 

· A clear understanding of how to identify students that require Access Arrangements

· Knowledge of how to gather evidence of ‘normal way of working.’

· Knowledge of JCQ requirements regarding access arrangements testing and requests

· An understanding of communicating with parents

 

 

 

 

£25 per

Person

.

 

Understanding and Supporting Learners with Autism.

 

 

*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as a recording

 

 

 

 

Thurs 2nd March 2023

 

12:30pm – 4:30pm

You will gain:

 

Ø A greater understanding of Autism as a spectrum of conditions.

Ø Increased awareness of the behaviours and their causes, associated with Autism, (including PDA)

Ø Knowledge of how Autism often presents differently in girls

Ø Strategies for addressing and supporting the needs, and harnessing the strengths of learners with Autism Spectrum Conditions in the classroom.

 

 

 

£60

per person

10% reduction for schools booking two or more places

Meeting SEND Statutory  Requirements and Preparing for OfSTED

(2-part course)

Please note: if you have completed the Planning Your Year as SENCo training with us, the content of this course is very similar

*This course can be accessed via the live zoom sessions on the dates or as  recordings(or a mixture of both)

 

 

Thurs 16th March 2023

 

and

 

Thurs 23rd March

2023

 

3:15pm – 5:15pm

 

 

 

You will gain:

 

●      A clear understanding of the SEN Code of Practice 

●      An understanding of how to meet the SEND requirements of the new Education Inspection Framework.

●      Knowledge of national data and how to analyse your setting data and information to inform provision

●      An Action Plan to ensure Ofsted readiness

 

 

£60 total per person

10% reduction for schools booking two or more places

*New for 2023*

Developing the Use of ICT & Other Technology for Children with Learning Differences

*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as  a recording

 

 

 

 

Fri 28th April

2023

 

1:00pm – 4:00pm

You will gain:

 

·       Knowledge of the use of Accessibility Tools

·       An understanding of the effective use of alternative recording methods

·       An understanding of how to develop a whole-school approach to using ICT to support learning differences.

 

 

 

 

 

£45

 per person

10% reduction for schools booking two or more places

Courses can be booked by phone or by email.  Contact details available on Contact Page