Upcoming Events

Behaviour and Mental Health Guidance Briefing

On behalf of BEP, Anna Bateman, a highly experienced consultant who sits on the DfE advisory group for the mental health green paper will be giving a briefing on the new DfE behaviour guidance, it’s links to the Mental Health Green paper and what it means for you in your school.This will include:The role of […]

• 26th March 2019
  08:00 - 09:30

BEP Peer Review – Improvement Champions

What is an Improvement Champion?The role of the Improvement Champion within a BEP Peer Review cluster is to; facilitate the post review workshop, enabling priorities for improvement to be identified and school to school support agreed. Their role as an objective facilitator allows all members of the review team to fully participate and get involved […]

• 27th March 2019
  08:00 - 12:30

Newstart Community of Practice

For NewStart Schools, Communities of Practice are a key event in the calendar for learning about practice across the city, sharing with colleagues and to take concepts and ideas back to your own schools. 

• 27th March 2019
  13:00 - 15:30

Improving Reading Twilight Sessions: Improving language capacity and understanding vocabulary.

Generally, vocabulary growth may not have been systematically taught in schools because it has often been believed to be an ‘organic’ side effect of reading.

• The Arthur Terry School
  12th June 2019
  16:00 - 18:00
• Holyhead School
  28th March 2019
  16:00 - 18:00

Improving Reading Twilight Sessions: Understanding the Reading Curriculum (to include the 6 key strands of reading)

This twilight session briefly explores the use of reciprocal reading in a whole class context before moving on to the key areas of inference, retrieval and justifying how information is used within children’s responses.

• The Arthur Terry School
  4th April 2019
  16:00 - 18:00
• Holyhead School
  2nd May 2019
  16:00 - 18:00

Improving Reading Twilight Sessions: Monitoring Pupil Progress In Reading

We will consider how schools can deliver reading moderation sessions with their staff based on identifying reading evidence which will enable staff to gain confidence in making accurate judgements in reading.

• Colmore Junior School
  4th April 2019
  16:00 - 18:00

Improving Reading Twilight Sessions: Making Best Use Of Teaching Assistants

Drawing on EEF research, in particular the Guidance Report ‘Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants’, this twilight training session will provide participants with practical advice and strategies to maximise the impact of Teaching Assistants in their schools and classrooms.  Further detail on the research can be found via the link below:making best use of teaching […]

• Greet Primary School
  4th April 2019
  16:00 - 18:00

Improving Reading Twilight Sessions: Creating An Environment To Inspire A Love Of Reading (Motivating Reluctant Readers)

This twilight session focuses on addressing the needs of all pupils and how they access reading within the school. In essence, how to engage reluctant readers and core groups of pupils who have become disenchanted by reading. There will be an opportunity to see a variety of approaches to creating a ‘reading school’ alongside the […]

• Colmore Junior School
  8th May 2019
  16:00 - 17:00
• Holyhead School
  9th April 2019
  16:00 - 18:00

Ofsted Framework Pilot Event

Three primary schools in the city volunteered to be part of the new Ofsted framework pilot.  We have asked them to feedback to you all on the experience and the challenges it presented. 

• Ofsted Pilot Event
  2nd May 2019
  08:00 - 10:00

Improving Reading Twilight Sessions: Understanding the Reading Curriculum in a group and whole class setting (to include an introduction to reciprocal reading).

This twilight session explores the reasons for children struggling to achieve ‘expected’ at the end of the Key Stage and how this can be tackled through group reading sessions, based on the structure and strategy of reciprocal reading.

• Greet Primary School, Percy Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 3ND
  8th May 2019 - 16th October 2019
  16:00 - 18:00

Improving Reading Twilight Sessions: Whole School Management Of Reading

Nelson Mandela School has maintained its high reading outcomes through a whole school reading approach. In this twilight session, leaders from the school will share how they achieve this.  Over the course of the training session, participants will have the opportunity to hear about and explore the following aspects of the school and its work: […]

• Colmore Junior School
  8th May 2019
  16:00 - 18:00

Newstart CPD. Emojis and Empathy – is technology killing empathy skills?

On behalf of BEP, Anna Bateman, a highly experienced consultant who sits on the DfE advisory group for the mental health green paper will be giving a briefing on the new DfE behaviour guidance, it’s links to the Mental Health Green paper and what it means for you in your school.

• The Beeches
  21st May 2019
  09:00 - 12:00
• The Beeches
  21st May 2019
  13:00 - 16:00

Learning to Shape Birmingham Conference

Following on from the huge success of Learning to Shape Birmingham 2018, BEP, Services For Education and Link2ICT are pleased to invite you to this year’s 2 day conference. Learning to Shape Birmingham 2019 will take place on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th September at The National Conference Centre.

Tickets are available now!

• 24th September 2019 - 25th September 2019
  08:00 - 16:30