Primary First

Primary first is a professional development programme designed to meet the wide variety
of needs in staff development within primary school settings. The professional development
programme is thematic with spaced delivery over the academic year to help support
schools develop staff in a focused and manageable manner. The programme is born out of
the success that Luton First Teaching School Alliance had within Luton primaries at
delivering high-quality sustainable CPD. Building on the success and high levels of
engagement Chiltern Teaching School is supporting the scaling up of this offer in
order to support a wider network of schools from within Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, East & North
Hertfordshire.

Each CPD session is carefully considered, designed and delivered by practising experts
who have shown exemplary standards within the respective themes.

Schools have the freedom to engage with as much or as little as they need and want to with
appreciation that schools and their staff are on different journeys.

In order to support schools with planning their professional development all sessions will
be hosted at the same time and on the same day each week, Thursday at 4 pm. Sessions
will be delivered in a hybrid manner with some sessions being delivered in person and
simultaneously streamed to enable wider access.

Leadership and Quality Teaching

Leadership and Quality teaching
Title	Description	Facilitator	Date
How to be a fantastic subject leader?	The session will focus on how to lead a subject from the inside and how to inspire all members of the department.	Stewart Cowie	27/04/23	Book Here
Aspiring Middle leaders	This session will be about aspiring middle leaders and those new to the role looking at leading and inspiring others.	James Searle	18/05/23	Book Here
Preparing subject leaders for a deep dive and subject audit.	An experienced senior leader will host this Q and A session for subject leaders and will provide sample questions asked at a live inspection	Vicky James	29/06/23	Book Here

English

English
Title	Description	Facilitor	Date
Improving reading comprehension	One of the biggest barriers to reading is comprehension. This session will explore tried and tested methods of improving comprehension.	Jo Lunn	04/05/23	Book Here
Effective teaching/learning of Spellings Acquiring vocabulary	Effective teaching and learning of vocabulary acquisition will be explored and modelled by a senior leader who has successfully raised standards in their school.	Faye Brooks	22/06/23	Book Here
Journey of reading involving parents	The session will focus on igniting a passion for reading and engaging parents in their children’s journey.	Nicola Hickdon	05/07/23	Book Here

Maths

Maths
Title	Description	Facilitator	Date
Teaching the whole class with a focus on scaffolding the LA	The focus of the session is scaffolding the LA whilst teaching the whole class in mathematics as well as plugging gaps in learning.	Lisa Phee	11/5/23	Book Here

Science/Foundation

Science/Foundation subjects
Title	Description	Facilitator	Date
Where geography meets maths	Looking at how geography meets maths and how by successful planning of the curriculum both subjects can help students reach their full potential.	Lisa Phee and Jake Gurney	25/05/23	Book Here

Vulnerable Students

Vulnerable students
Title	Description	Facilitator	Date
Resilience in the classroom	These sessions will be facilitated by SEN & school leads who have a wealth of experience to help teachers deal with vulnerable students in their class.	Debbie Egbaran	20/04/23	Book Here