Support Staff
Download the full CPD Programme 21/22 here.
Please Note: As many courses are oversubscribed schools are expected to cancel 48 hours in advance. If delegates fail to attend and no cancellation is made this will incur a £30 charge.
A cancellation scale will apply to some courses. Please see individual courses for details.
Autumn Term 2021
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27 September 2021, 13.00-15.00
Emergency First Aid
MK Play Association
5 October 2021, 9.30-10.30 - Zoom Video
Dyslexia Support Series:
Tips, tricks and strategies to support student learning (1 of 6)
Paloma Forde - Education Consultant
13 & 20 October 2021, 9.30-15.30 and 1 December 2021, 9.30-12.30
BoostingReading@Primary Intervention Programme
(3 sessions)
Sejal Payne - Education Consultant
11 October 2021, 10.00-12.00
Supporting KS1 reluctant writers outdoors
Jo Clanfield - Director of Teach Outdoors
7 October 2021, 10.00-12.00
Supporting EAL readers
Sejal Payne - Education Consultant
14 October 2021, 10.00-12.00
Top 10 tips for supporting children with SLCN in class
Melissa Mcilhiney - Director of Powerful Voices Ltd
14 October 2021, 15.45-16.45
Nursery Staff Professional Development Group (1 of 5)
Fairfields Primary School
10 November 2021, 12.30-15.30
Positive Handling Training (Blended session)
Staff Safety Training Consultant
8 November 2021, 9.30-11.30 & 7 March 2021, 9.30-11.30
Supporting and creating successful playtimes (2 sessions)
Jo Clanfield - Director of Teach Outdoors
10 November 2021, 9.00-12.00
Positive Handling Training (Blended session)
Staff Safety Training Consultant
18 October 2021, 13.30-14.30
Learning Mentor Professional Development Group (1 of 3)
Oldbrook First School
11 November 2021, 10.00-12.00
How to support Non-Verbal Children within the classroom
Melissa Mcilhiney - Director of Powerful Voices Ltd
16 November 2021, 9.00-16.45 - Zoom Video
Mental Health Champion – Adult 1 Day
Simon Nichols - Director of Wellbeing
15, 16 & 22, 23 November 2021 / 1 & 2 December 2021 / 10 January 2022, all from 10.00-12.00
Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Status (remote)
HLTA- 'Step by step' Process / HLTA- Information Flyer / HLTA- Application Form
Victoria Lacy-Wills - Partnership Manager
18 November 2021, 9.30-10.30
Dyslexia Support Series:
Tips, tricks and strategies to support student learning (2 of 6)
Paloma Forde - Education Consultant
22 November 2021, 15.15-17.015 - Zoom Video
Mathematics on a page – Preparing for a Deep Dive
Toni Priddey - Primary Mathematics Consultant
22 November 2021, 13.00-15.00
Closing the vocabulary gap in the Early Years
Suzanne Dunne - EYFS teacher and consultant
24 November 2021, 9.00-16.00
Paediatric First Aid Training
Tutor Care Ltd
29 November 2021, 13.00-15.00
Emergency First Aid
MK Play Association
Summer Term 2022
4 May 2022, 12.30-15.30
Positive Handling Training (Blended session)
Staff Safety Training Consultant
4 May 2022, 9.00-12.00
Positive Handling Training (Blended session)
Staff Safety Training Consultant
9 May 2022, 10.00-12.00
Wild reading outdoors KS1 (supporting reluctant readers
including phonics outdoors)
Jo Clanfield - Director of Teach Outdoors
10 May 2022, 10.00-12.00
Making your provision outside feel inspiring
Suzanne Dunne - EYFS teacher and consultant
10 May 2022, 13.00-15.00
Assessment following the EYFS reforms
Suzanne Dunne - EYFS teacher and consultant
12 May 2022, 15.45-16.45
Nursery Staff Professional Development Group (4 of 5)
St Monica’s Catholic Primary School
16 May 2022, 9.30-12.30
Improving children’s writing skills
Rachel Clarke - Director of Primary English Education Consultancy Limited
19 May 2021, 13.30-14.30
Learning Mentor Professional Development Group (3 of 3)
Oxley Park Academy
23 May 2022, 13.00-15.00
Emergency First Aid
MK Play Association
24 May 2022, 9.30-10.30 - Zoom Video
Dyslexia Support Series:
How to best support self-esteem and anxiety (5 of 6)
Paloma Forde - Education Consultant
25 May 2022. 9.00-15.00
Supporting parents and children who are experiencing
domestic abuse
Caron Kipping - Domestic Abuse Survivor and Trainer for the Dash Charity
9 & 16 June 2022, 9.00-16.45 - Zoom Video
Mental Health First Aider – Adult 2 Day
Simon Nichols - Director of Wellbeing
14 June 2022, 9.00-16.00
Paediatric First Aid Training
Flexebee
16 June 2022, 9.30-11.30
Dyslexia Support Series:
How I successfully teach dyslexic students to read, write and spell
Paloma Forde - Education Consultant
29 June 2022, 9.00-16.45 - Zoom Video - cancelled
Mental Health Champion – Adult 1 Day
Simon Nichols - Director of Wellbeing
30 June 2022, 9.30-12.30
Improving children’s reading skills
Rachel Clarke - Director of Primary English Education Consultancy Limited
30 June 2022, 15.45-16.45
Nursery Staff Professional Development Group (5 of 5)
Russel Street School
11 July 2022, 13.00-15.00
Emergency First Aid
MK Play Association
Spring Term 2022
18 January 2022, 9.30-10.30 - Zoom Video
Dyslexia Support Series:
What is Multi-sensory learning? Including a mini-demo lesson
Paloma Forde - Education Consultant
13 January 2022, 10.00-12.00 - Zoom Video
Supporting EAL writers
Sejal Payne - Education Consultant
19 & 26 January 2022, 9.00-16.45 - Zoom Video
Mental Health First Aider – Adult 2 Day
Simon Nichols - Director of Wellbeing
31 January 2022, 13.00-15.00
Emergency First Aid
MK Play Association
8 February 2022, 13.30-14.30 - Cancelled
Learning Mentor Professional Development Group (2 of 3)
Whitehouse Primary
2 February 2022, 9.00-15.00 - postponed until 25 May 2022
Supporting parents and children who are experiencing
domestic abuse
Caron Kipping - Domestic Abuse Survivor and Trainer for the Dash Charity
27 January 2022, 15.45-16.45 - Cancelled
Nursery Staff Professional Development Group (2 of 5)
Newton Leys Primary School
2 March 2022, 9.00-16.45 - Cancelled
Mental Health Champion – Adult 1 Day
Simon Nichols - Director of Wellbeing
2 March / 9 March / 23 March / 30 March - 4 day course
ELKLAN Speech and Language Support for 5-11 year olds
Melissa McIlhiney - Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
15 March 2022, 10.00-12.00
Continuous provision – ensuring independent learning
and progress happens
Suzanne Dunne - EYFS teacher and consultant
14, 15 & 21, 22 & 28, 29 March 2022 / 10 May 2022, postponed until the new academic year
Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Status (remote
HLTA- 'Step by step' Process / HLTA- Information Flyer / HLTA- Application Form
Victoria Lacy-Wills - Partnership Manager
16 March 2022, 9.00-16.00
Paediatric First Aid Training
Tutor Care Ltd
15 March 2022, 13.00-15.00
Developing the early language and literacy skills for all
children in the EYFS
Suzanne Dunne - EYFS teacher and consultant
17 March 2022, 15.45-16.45
Nursery Staff Professional Development Group (3 of 5)
Oldbrook First School
28 March 2022, 13.00-15.00
Emergency First Aid
MediTraining Ltd
28 April 2022, 9.30-10.30 - Zoom Video
Dyslexia Support Series:
What is working memory? Strategies to support memory
Paloma Forde - Education Consultant