Courses

Our Courses

We offer a variety of professional learning opportunities to educators through our courses. These courses combine research evidence and classroom practice to provide high-quality insight and learning opportunities. Many of these opportunities are delivered in collaboration with other education organisations; combining our various areas of expertise helps us to deliver the best possible learning to the profession.

Leading Inclusive Schools

Leading Inclusive Schools is an online course developed by the Chartered College of Teaching and funded by the Charity of Sir Richard Whittington (part of the Mercers’ Charitable Foundation).

As a leader who’s already invested in, or beginning to consider, a more inclusive approach to school leadership, the six modules in this course provide a space for you to reflect on your decision making and approaches, and engage in dialogue with other educators before planning next steps for your practice.

Module 1. Introduction to inclusive leadership
Duration: Self-paced
Suitable for: School leaders, including headteachers, deputy headteachers, exec. headteachers, assistant headteachers and middle leadership roles.

Module 2. Building and developing a diverse and inclusive staff team
Duration: Self-paced
Suitable for: School leaders, including headteachers, deputy headteachers, exec. headteachers, assistant headteachers and middle leadership roles.

Module 3. Leading an inclusive curriculum
Duration: Self-paced
Suitable for: School leaders, including headteachers, deputy headteachers, exec. headteachers, assistant headteachers and middle leadership roles.

Module 4. Assessment and pedagogy for equity
Duration: Self-paced
Suitable for: School leaders, including headteachers, deputy headteachers, exec. headteachers, assistant headteachers and middle leadership roles.

Module 5. Engaging parents and the school community
Duration: Self-paced
Suitable for: School leaders, including headteachers, deputy headteachers, exec. headteachers, assistant headteachers and middle leadership roles.

Module 6. Embedding and sustaining an inclusive school culture
Duration: Self-paced
Suitable for: School leaders, including headteachers, deputy headteachers, exec. headteachers, assistant headteachers and middle leadership roles.

Decolonising and diversifying the curriculum

Decolonising and diversifying the curriculum is a lifetime endeavour that involves significant critical reflection, learning and action. These modules are designed as a starting point and not the answer. We intend for your learning on this course to be a catalyst for further growth and development. Each of the modules will signpost you to further learning sources and engage you in considering future actions. As an organisation, we recognise the need to continue our own learning in this space and we commit to revisiting the content of these modules regularly.

Module 1: Defining decolonisation
Duration: 2 hours
Suitable for: Early Years Practitioners, Teachers, Teacher Educators

Module 2: Knowing our histories
Duration: 2 hours
Suitable for: Early Years Practitioners, Teachers, Teacher Educators

Module 3: Why decolonise and diversify the curriculum?
Duration: 2 hours
Suitable for: Early Years Practitioners, Teachers, Teacher Educators

Module 4: Approaches to decolonising and diversifying the curriculum
Duration: 2 hours
Suitable for: Early Years Practitioners, Teachers, Teacher Educators

Module 5: Belonging in literature
Duration: 2 hours
Suitable for: Early Years Practitioners, Teachers, Teacher Educators

Module 3: Conversations about race
Duration: 2 hours
Suitable for: Early Years Practitioners, Teachers, Teacher Educators

Bitesize CPD

Bitesize CPD is designed to support practitioners’ learning around a specific topic. The content is carefully sequenced to develop understanding, with additional learning activities to support practical application. We have a wide range of bitesize CPD units available on MyCollege exploring a variety of topics such as supporting pupil mental health, research engagement, and journal clubs. We also have bitesize CPD specifically designed for teaching assistants. You can view all our bitesize CPD here.

Supporting Pupil Mental Health series

We have compiled materials based on the themes of our Pedagogy in Practice webinar series, which we hosted in collaboration with ACAMH, into Bitesized CPD units. Key topics in the series include;

– Addiction and substance use

– Anxiety

– Bereavement

– Bullying and loneliness

– Eating disorders

– Sleep and screen time

– Social media use

– Self-harm

– Trauma

Supporting teaching assistants (TAs) with their professional learning

This collection of CPD is designed to develop knowledge around a range of topics relevant to TAs.

These topics include:

– Supporting students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

– Supporting students with English as an Additional Language (EAL)

– Supporting students to develop literacy skills

– Fostering positive relationships and learning environments

– Working effectively with teachers, parents and the wider community (coming soon)

– Developing effective learners (coming soon)

– Developing curriculum knowledge (coming soon)

Short courses

Planning your professional learning (short course)

Duration: 3 hours
Suitable for: Classroom teachers and school leaders but may also be useful to individuals in other roles supporting teaching and learning in schools.

Supporting evidence-informed teaching and learning (Associate Certificate)

Duration: Typically this course takes around half a term to complete (4-5 hours core learning time)

Suitable for: Early Years Practitioners, Teachers, Teacher Educators

Supporting Pupil Mental Health: Certified Bitesize CPD

Duration: 30 minutes

Suitable for: Teachers, school leaders and others supporting student mental health and wellbeing.

Refugee Education

This online learning module is specifically designed for school leaders and focuses on developing inclusive school policies for refugee students. The aim of the module is to combine research evidence with high-quality practice so that school leaders can learn from the best available evidence and discuss their approaches and experiences with peers.

Refugee Education

Course duration: 8 hours
Suitable for: School leaders, including headteachers, deputy headteachers, exec. headteachers, assistant headteachers and middle leadership roles.

Chartered Status units

Chartered Teacher Status
Duration: Up to 3 years

Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status
Duration: Up to 3 years

Chartered Teacher (Mentor) Status
Duration: Up to 3 years

Certificate in Evidence-Informed Practice (All pathways)
Duration: 3 months
Suitable for: Teachers, school leaders and others supporting teaching and teacher development (including school-based mentors and teacher educators)

Supporting evidence-informed teaching and learning (Associate Certificate)
Duration: Typically this course takes around half a term to complete (4-5 hours core learning time)
Suitable for: Teaching assistants and those supporting teaching and learning in schools

Please note: This is a standalone short course for teaching assistants where participants can receive formal certification; teaching assistants cannot become Chartered Teachers.