Training and Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Early Years Designated Safeguarding Leads / Coordinators - termly update

The termly meetings will provide an update on:

• local and national Data
• information related to outcomes from Ofsted inspections
• relevant legislation
• DfE and other national developments, strategies and issues, assessment and models
• CPD opportunities
• Early Years Education Adviser - Virtual School team for children in care.

Dates for 2023 - 2024: 

• 30 November 2024 - 4pm - 5.30pm
• 21 March 2024 - .pm - 5.30pm
• 13 June 2024 - 4pm - 5.30pm.

The venue for the above dates is to be confirmed. 

Visit the School Performance webpage to book your place on our sessions

Online Personal Education Plan (PEP) refresher / new to role training

As a Virtual School we offer the following CPD for new and existing Designated Teachers that will cover the following areas:

• accessing and completing the online PEP - step by step presentation
• support with the writing of SMART target
• Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) spend and guidance
• the PEP quality assurance form and non negotiables
• SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) completed annually every spring term
• Arts and Culture entitlement - new requirement from September 2021

The sessions and training are for all school staff / Designated Practitioners in Early Years settings that lead and complete the online PEPs for your children in care as well as Designated Teachers.

Dates for academic year 2023 - 2024 are:

• Tuesday 19 September 2023 - 9.30am - 11am 
• Wednesday 20 September 2023 - 4pm - 5.30pm
• Monday 15 January 2024 - 4pm - 5.30pm
• Tuesday 16 January 2024 - 9.30am - 11am
• Monday 22 April 2024 - 4pm - 5.30pm
• Tuesday 23 April 2024 - 9.30am - 11am.

If you would like to book onto any of the sessions listed above please email kerriann.hughes@telford.gov.uk.

(Please note: the sessions will be held remotely using Microsoft Teams unless otherwise stated).

Last updated: 27/09/2023 12:13