Technicians: Health and SafetyRX023

Technicians are at the heart of every science department, playing a crucial role in supporting effective practical work. With this comes a role in ensuring that the department is safe.  Develop a good foundation for carrying out effective health and safety, to support you in your job, but also to support teachers...

Effective transition between year 6 and year 7 in scienceRX028

This course will focus on how to establish effective transition between year 6 and year 7 in science. You will have the opportunity to consider the nature and content of the year 6 science curriculum, how to develop creative activities that build on prior learning and how to use diagnostic teaching to identify and...

KS3 computing (module 1): Creative curriculum design principles (remote)CP435

Curriculum design is centre stage once more, and nowhere is an effective computing curriculum more vital than in KS3. As the first of three linked courses this CPD builds your curriculum design and implementation capability from the ground up, modelling effective practice and supporting you to develop a...

KS3 computing (module 2): creative curriculum content, sequencing and pedagogy (remote)CP458

The second in a series of linked CPD, this course instructs participants through building the core of a curriculum to achieve the stated intent. You’ll draw upon solid evidence as you consider the order in which concepts should be taught, how interleaving can improve long-term recall of knowledge, and how...

KS3 computing (module 3): Creative curriculum enrichment and inclusion (remote)CP449

Mentoring support for computing leads - short courseCP402

Mentoring support for non-computing mentors - short courseCP401

New to computing pathway - RemoteCP479

Computing is an evolving and exciting subject to teach, which opens up a variety of career options. This pathway will support you start your journey to becoming upskilled with the subject knowledge and confidence to teach computing. By booking onto this pathway, you’ll complete two of the following courses from...

Post 16 chemistry subject knowledge enhancement: atomic structure and bondingRX077

Are you teaching outside of your specialism or looking to improve your subject knowledge for delivery of A Level Chemistry? This course will help you to prepare for teaching atomic structure and bonding and will focus on the subject knowledge needed to teach the content. This course may also be useful in supporting...

Diagnostic teaching and dealing with misconceptions in secondary scienceRX038

Improving the use of impact assessment tools in CPD deliveryFD030R

This PDLP Specialist and Support module will focus on improving the use of impact and assessment tools in CPD delivery. We will look at ways in which the return rate of impact and assessment tools from participants can be improved, and how impact and assessment data can be used to improve and refine delivery of CPD.

Computer processors and instruction sets - remoteCP431

Computer programs are written in a language that humans understand, but what about the computer itself? Every piece of software, and the instructions and data it contains, is made up of 1’s and 0’s, handled by the central processing unit or CPU.Explore the core of a modern computer - the processor. Learn...

Computer systems: input, output and storage - remoteCP421

Computers take many forms, from the smart watch on your wrist to the powerful machines used to predict the weather. They all share some key features and GCSE computer science students need to have a solid understanding of what makes a computer.Take your first steps to opening up the computer, exploring the main...

Getting started with Python programming – short courseCP351

This short course will introduce you to the text-based programming language, Python. During the 90 minutes, you’ll be introduced to the three programming constructs, sequencing, selection and iteration. You’ll have the opportunity to investigate, run and modify existing programs, whilst being supported by...

Teaching key stage 1 computing - module 1 - remoteCP450

Computing is a rich and relevant subject. It includes the foundational knowledge of computer science; the applications of information technology and the implications for digital literacy in the modern world.Computing is a rich and relevant subject. It includes the foundational knowledge of computer science; the...