Upcoming Events

How to Design an Inclusive, Knowledge-Rich Curriculum: Curriculum Design Conference

This half-day programme offered by Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist Primary School in Digbeth, Birmingham, combines in-depth explorations of the evidence and theory around curriculum development alongside practical advice to audit current practice, plan for change and evaluate impact.

Participants will engage with recounts of Harper Bell’s development from an Inadequate school on the brink of closure to a setting that has developed an authentic, knowledge-rich curriculum.

The session will help deepen participants understanding of curriculum design, teacher development and ways to overcome barriers to learning. 

• Curriculum Design Conference
  21st January 2021
  09:15 - 12:30

FREE Ofsted Monitoring Briefing

James McNeillie (Acting Regional Director, West Midlands) will be talking about what Schools can expect from the Spring term inspections and the change of focus from the Autumn term.

• Ofsted Briefing
  21st January 2021
  16:00 - 17:00

Mental Health Short: Gender Identity

The first of BEP’s successful mental health shorts of 2021. Relevant for both Primary and Secondary. Led by psychotherapist Anna Robinson and experienced education leaders Mandy McCrohan and Anna Bateman from BEP’s NewStart team. 

• Mental Health Short: Gender Identity
  22nd January 2021
  09:00 - 11:30

Mental Health Short: Parents who challenge us

Another  of BEP’s successful mental health shorts of 2021. Relevant for both Primary and Secondary. Led by psychotherapist Anna Robinson and experienced education leaders Mandy McCrohan and Anna Bateman from BEP’s NewStart team. 

• Mental Health Short: Parents who challenge us
  22nd January 2021
  13:00 - 15:30

Suicide First Aid

The Suicide First Aid (Lite) course gives learners the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths and some basic skills can help someone with thoughts of suicide stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive.

• 27th January 2021
  12:30 - 15:45
• 10th March 2021
  12:30 - 15:45
• 10th February 2021
  12:30 - 15:45
• 3rd March 2021
  09:30 - 12:45
• 10th March 2021
  09:30 - 12:45
• 17th March 2021
  09:30 - 12:45
• 24th March 2021
  09:30 - 12:45

Mental Health Short: Staff Well-being

Relevant for both Primary and Secondary school staff, this workshop will provide insights that will help you support your own well-being as you avidly work to support the well-being of others.

• Mental Health Short: Staff Well-being
  2nd February 2021
  09:00 - 11:30

Art Network Meeting 3

Do you lead Art in your school? Would you like support with developing your curriculum intent and implementation? Held on Zoom, this meeting is the third in the series and builds on the successful Art Subject Development Day held last year. We will have featured artist, Ildiko Nagy, talking about using mixed media art forms to explore ecological and global warming issue with Primary pupils.

Role: Subject leaders/ Primary non specialist/ Curriculum leads. Phase: Primary

• Art Network Meeting 3
  3rd February 2021
  13:30 - 16:00

Design & Technology Network Meeting 2

Following on from our Design & Technology Subject Development Day and the first DT Network meeting we are pleased to offer the second in the series.
Delivered by the Design & Technology Association (via Zoom), time will be spent exploring DT,  to ensure teachers grow in confidence delivering all compulsory aspects of D&T. This session will extend primary teachers who attended the original CPD day and support teachers who have not previously received training around the subject.

• DT Network Meeting 2
  10th February 2021
  13:30 - 16:00

Primary History Subject Development Day

Do you lead History in your school? BEP have collaborated with The Historical Association, whose specialist course leaders will use this training to support Primary school subject leaders to design and implement a powerful History curriculum in their settings.

• PRIMARY History Subject Development Day
  15th March 2021
  09:00 - 16:00

Design & Technology Network Meeting 3

Following on from our Design & Technology Subject Development Day and the first two DT Network meetings we are pleased to offer the third in the series. Delivered by the Design & Technology Association (via Zoom), time will be spent exploring DT,  to ensure teachers grow in confidence delivering all compulsory aspects of D&T. This session will extend primary teachers who attended the original CPD day and support teachers who have not previously received training around the subject.

• DT Network Meeting 3
  17th March 2021
  13:30 - 16:00

Secondary History Subject Development Day

Do you lead History in your school?  BEP have collaborated with The Historical Association, whose specialist course leaders along with Christine Counsell will lead this training in order to support Secondary school History teachers / subject leaders to design and implement a powerful History curriculum in their settings.

• SECONDARY History Subject Development Day
  24th March 2021
  09:00 - 16:15

Bereavement and Loss Training Session – hosted on Zoom

This training has been built on and developed with Pastoral and Safeguarding colleagues and Beyond the Horizon Charity. It will focus on understanding bereavement and loss in the widest sense, what you as a school can do to support those who have experienced loss and how you can ensure your school can respond appropriately to bereavements […]

• Bereavement and Loss - 29th Apr - am (Birmingham School: Free)
  29th April 2021
  09:00 - 11:30
• Bereavement and Loss - 29th Apr - am (Non Birmingham School: £30)
  29th April 2021
  09:00 - 11:30
• Bereavement and Loss - 29th Apr - pm (Birmingham School: Free)
  29th April 2021
  13:00 - 15:30
• Bereavement and Loss - 29th Apr- pm (Non Birmingham School: £30)
  29th April 2021
  13:00 - 15:30

A relational approach to eating

This workshop will look not only at eating disorders and how schools can directly help but also help staff to understand the many ways in which dis-ordered eating can manifest itself and be helped.NB: If you are booking more than one ticket, please enter the name, email address & job role of each person attending. […]

• A relational approach to eating (am)
  11th June 2021
  09:00 - 11:30
• A relational approach to eating (pm)
  11th June 2021
  13:00 - 15:30

Emojis and Empathy

Evidence why empathy is so fundamental for children’s development and important as part of your school’s whole culture and curriculum and is crucial for PHSE delivery. NB: If you are booking more than one ticket, please enter the name, email address & job role of each person attending. Please do not use the same name for […]

• Emojis and Empathy (am)
  1st July 2021
  09:00 - 11:30
• Emojis and Empathy (pm)
  1st July 2021
  13:00 - 15:30