Highly qualified and experienced staff lead and facilitate a range of professional development opportunities for the alliance. We are keen to respond to schools’ individual development needs and create innovative and rigorous bespoke programmes on a needs led basis. These range from individual staff training sessions to long-term whole-school development programmes. 

The full range of programmes offered by the alliance can be viewed in our Service Offer, which you can view here, and Wiltshire Council’s CPD opportunities can be viewed on RightChoice.

Upcoming highlights that are currently available to book are:

SEMH Conference 2019 with Professor Barry Carpenter

This specialist SEMH conference will be a fantastic opportunity to hear from experts on a range of topics through keynotes and workshops.

Comparative Judgement with Daisy Christodoulou

A keynote address on Making Good Progress followed by a workshop exploring how Comparative Judgement can improve the assessment of writing by offering increased reliability, reduced workload and more powerful feedback.

Coaching & Mentoring Skills for Senior Support Staff

A 1.5 day programme for senior support staff in primary and secondary schools, with leadership or management responsibilities, including HLTAs, SBMs, Premises Managers and Executive Administrators.

Thrive Introductory Workshop

An introduction to The Thrive Approach, to provide a powerful way of working with children and young people to support optimal social and emotional development.

Intensive Reading Support

A short term reading intervention or pupils in Years 1 – 6 who are working below age-related expectations.

TA Training Programme

A comprehensive 4-day programme for primary TAs, equipping them with the skills they need to be a powerhouse of support in the classroom.
Thank you for leading this excellent course. Your expertise and experience shone through and everyone had self-belief that they could put actions in place to improve children’s learning in our school. You engaged and enthused everyone. It has definitely been the most positive and beneficial teaching course I have completed. CPD Delegate
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