School Hubs

Why Professional Development?

We know that teaching is an ever changing landscape, so at STEP we want to ensure that we meet your needs, so that you keep pace with current educational thinking and pedagogy, enabling you to fulfil your role and responsibilities, whether you are just starting out on your career, training to be a teacher, in your first two years of teaching, a middle or senior leader, an aspiring Headteacher or an Executive Leader, we are here to support your journey.

Research tells us that high quality professional development can have an impact on improving the quality of teaching, which leads to improved outcomes for children and young people. As James Zuccollo and Harry Fletcher Wood note, 'the impact of high quality PD on pupil attainment compares to the impact of having a teacher with ten years experience rather than a new graduate'.

As well as Train to Teach, Early Career Teachers and a suite of National Professional Qualifications, we want to ensure that we meet the local need of our teaching profession with high quality professional development. This will include a range of professional development courses and network meetings to ensure that practitioners and leaders have the knowledge and skills to deliver high quality provision that will impact positively on pupil outcomes. These will be evidence based and include practical application and time for reflection and action planning.

Our professional development is about sustainable change and long term impact on practitioners, leaders and outcomes for children and young people.

Unsure where to look for the support you need? Check out the DfE guide on Supporting and developing teachers and school leaders through DfE-funded hubs.

Curriculum Hubs

What are Curriculum Hubs?

In line with the DfE’s ‘Golden Thread’, STEP want to ensure that all schools in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin have access to high quality professional development. We are working in partnership with the DfE designated Maths, English, Computing, Science and Behaviour Hubs to provide high quality professional development, bespoke support and advice to our schools.

We are also proud to be able to be working with Staffordshire Research School. We will be signposting professional development and sharing any research projects that may be of interest to you.

To find out more about the Curriculum Hubs working in partnership with STEP Teaching School Hub, please follow the links below to their dedicated pages:

St. John Bosco English Hub

http://www.st-johnbosco-englishhubs.co.uk/

As you may aware, following recent DfE announcements, English Hubs will expand its offer in the academic year 2025-2026.

Part of this expansion will be to support schools to help children progress from the early stages of phonics in Reception and Year 1 through to reading fluently in KS1 and into KS2. The CPD is being led by HFL, a leader in the field of fluency.

We are offering CPD in writing, to coincide with the recent publication of the writing framework, working alongside education expert Alex Quigley with twilight and in-person sessions and HFL.

We are also excited to announce that we will be working with secondary schools. Our expert literacy specialists will be able to offer collaborative in-school audits of reading provision to secondary schools and as part of our pilot programme a sample of schools will receive intensive support.

There is a link to our website for further information: St John Bosco English Hub CPD Offers - Medium Level Support

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SHAW Maths Hub

https://www.shawmathshub.co.uk/

@shawmathshub

Funded Opportunities with SHaW Maths Hub

Please click on the links below for further information and booking…

Primary
Teaching for Mastery
Teaching for Mastery (Introductory)

Mastering Number at Reception and KS1
Mastering Number at KS2

Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics (Early Career Teachers) - second and third years of teaching

Secondary

Maths Subject Leaders

Securing Foundations at Year 7

Developing Fluency with Multiplicative Reasoning at KS3 (Year 7)

Teaching for Mastery - Improving collaborative planning and lesson observation

Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics (non-specialists)

Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics (Early Career Teachers) - second and third years of teaching

Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Assistants

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Useful Links:

Can’t find the answers?

If you are unable to find answers to your queries from our Work Groups page, please email our Maths Hub Operations Team on: operations@shawmathshub.co.uk
Check our website: www.shawmathshub.co.uk
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Go to www.shawmathshub.co.uk/register if you wish to be added to our database to receive fortnightly updates directly - stating your preference for Primary and/or Secondary.

Graham Charles
SHaW Maths Hub Strategic Lead
www.shawmathshub.co.uk
@shawmathshub

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http://www.shropshiremusichub.co.uk/

(Shropshire)

https://www.themusicpartnership.org.uk/

You can find updated information on concerts, events, activities, and a training listing on the Music Partnership website: https://www.themusicpartnership.org.uk/events/

(Telford and Wrekin schools)]

CPD:

Early years stronger practice hubs - GOV.UK

Access support from school hubs - GOV.UK

Take part in an EEF project | EEF

CONTACT:

If you have any queries please contact:

CPD Strategic Lead: Sian Deane
Email: sian.deane1@taw.org.uk
Telephone: 01952 387237