Professional learning programmes

Useful information for school leaders, administrators and DSLs. This two-hour session will help you test out the rigour of safeguarding in your school.

Helpful, humorous tips for writing with clarity and confidence. This course is for anyone who writes or proofreads written information that is sent out from school.

This session provides important information about Ofsted and school inspection from November 2025. A must for school leaders.

Online training for primary and secondary schools. This half-day online course explains the expectations and essentials for high-quality personal development (including PSHE and RSHE) in your school. It provides a detailed insight into how a school’s curriculum and extra-curricular offer can support excellent personal development.

An online half-day course for early years teachers and curriculum leaders. This course focuses on curriculum design in the early years.

Aimed at SENDCOs, but useful for any teacher of pupils with SEND, this evidence-based half-day session is informed by the HMI research reviews and current curriculum thinking in English, mathematics and science.

Aimed at SENDCOs, but useful for any teacher of pupils with SEND, this evidence-based half-day session is informed by the HMI research reviews and current curriculum thinking in the foundation subjects.

What headteachers need to know about effective curriculum design, guiding subject leadership and articulating vision and ambition. This session, aimed at school leaders, sets out an overview of the key features. It explains what to focus on, how to reduce workload, and how to articulate your rationale and vision.

Holmer CE Academy would like to invite you to join us for a day of inspiring early years face-to-face CPD with Diane Pye. Informed by HMI subject reviews, subject reports, and current curriculum thinking, this course shows how the whole-school curriculum starts in early years.

Inspirational ideas to develop and strengthen teaching, learning and executive function. Informed by research and proven impact. At Shrewsbury Town Football Club, Croud Meadow, Oteley Road, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6ST

The session provides important information about Ofsted and school inspection from November 2025. A must for school leaders.

Inspirational ideas to develop and strengthen teaching, learning and executive function. Informed by research and proven impact. At Shrewsbury Town Football Club, Croud Meadow, Oteley Road, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6ST

Developing fluency and comprehension across the primary phase.

Holmer CE Academy would like to invite you to join us for a day of inspiring early years face-to-face CPD with Diane Pye. Informed by HMI subject reviews, subject reports, and current curriculum thinking, this course shows how the whole-school curriculum starts in early years.

Planning for progression in reading and spoken language, this course looks at the curriculum beyond phonics.

Informed by HMI subject reviews, subject reports, current curriculum thinking and the renewed Ofsted framework, this course covers progress and assessment in history from early years to Year 6.

A day of inspiring early years CPD with Diane Pye at Holmer CE Academy, Hereford

Informed by HMI subject reviews, subject reports, current curriculum thinking, locally agreed syllabuses and the renewed Ofsted framework, this course covers progress and assessment in Religious Eduation from early years to Year 6.

Informed by the HMI Geography subject review, the geography subject report, current curriculum thinking and the renewed Ofsted framework, this course covers progress and assessment in geography from early years to Year 6.

Informed by the HMI research reviews and current curriculum thinking, this evidence-based half-day session covers what to check and how to do it in manageable and effective ways. This session is part of the DPSI Knowledge Education assessment in foundation subjects series.