Schools

Audience

School special educational needs coordinator (SENCo), early years leaders, and headteachers.

Aims

To explore the early support pathway for SEND. To understand the paperwork and documentation associated with early years SEND, including risk assessments. To gain knowledge about the funding options available for school-based nursery classes and preschools.

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Audience

School-based teaching assistants in EYFS.

Aims

Enable teaching assistants new to the EYFS to feel more confident in providing high-quality provision that ensures good outcomes for all children.

Throughout this course, participants will develop their understanding of how young children learn and explore those aspects of teaching and learning that are unique to the EYFS.

These sessions will help teaching assistants explore best practices and develop strategies to support children's learning through high-quality interactions in the continuous provision. We will examine strategies for observation and assessment in the continuous provision and how to decide on the next steps.

Additional information

This is a two-part course with an additional recommended visit to the setting with an Early Years Lead Practitioner – The visit will be arranged at the first session.

Session 1: in-person training. A visit to a setting supported by an Early Years Adviser is recommended.
Session 2: online.

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Audience

This course is suitable for all school practitioners, including class teachers, assessment coordinators, and year one teachers, responsible for the end-of-year EYFS profile assessments.

This course is also suitable for private, voluntary, and independent sector practitioners with children in their settings who will turn five on or before 31 August.

Aims

This session helps Reception teachers make confident, consistent EYFS profile judgements, looks at the best-fit model and strengthens professional dialogue.

Additional information

• Please have a copy of the EYFS profile handbook, paper or electronic.
• It can be useful to bring class lists with provisional judgements to aid conversations.
• There is no requirement to bring evidence. However, you may do so if you wish.
• In line with our Net Zero pledges, there will be no printed handouts, so please bring something to take notes on.
• Slides will be emailed to you after the session.
• If you have any queries about these sessions, please contact the Early Years Improvement Adviser, Sarah.Hellary@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

Booking and reservations for Early Years Workforce Development.

Audience

Reception teachers, early years leaders and senior leaders with EYFS leadership.

Aims

This session introduces how Reception teachers can use everyday formative assessment to understand and support children’s learning, alongside effective transition practice into Reception. 

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Audience

Reception teachers and those with EYFS leadership responsibility.

Aims

To ensure practitioners consistently deliver high‑quality interactions that develop children’s spoken language – fulfilling the EYFS requirement to prioritise communication and language as the foundation for learning and aligned with Ofsted’s focus on a language‑rich curriculum. 

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Audience

Reception teachers and those with EYFS leadership responsibility.

Aims

To secure a strong, sequenced approach to early writing, including physical development, so children develop the motor control, confidence and transcriptional accuracy needed to become successful writers.

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Audience

Reception teachers and those with EYFS leadership responsibility.

Aims

To ensure the EYFS curriculum is coherently sequenced, well‑planned and responsive, so that long‑term and weekly plans demonstrate clear progression, reflect children’s needs and meet Ofsted’s expectations.

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Audience

Reception teachers and those with EYFS leadership responsibility.

Aims

To ensure indoor and outdoor environments reflect curriculum intent, respond to ongoing assessment and meet diverse needs, enabling children to access a broad, rich curriculum in line with EYFS learning and development requirements.

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Audience

Reception teachers and those with EYFS leadership responsibility.

Aims

To strengthen leadership systems so that quality assurance, SEND processes, staff development and transitions are well‑managed and drive sustained improvement – aligning with Ofsted expectations for effective leadership and management and supporting full compliance with the EYFS. 

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Audience

Reception teachers and those with EYFS leadership responsibility.

Aims

To embed nurturing, developmentally appropriate practice that supports children to manage emotions, develop self‑regulation and demonstrate positive behaviour – meeting the EYFS personal, social and emotional development requirements, and aligning with Ofsted’s expectations for behaviour and attitudes.

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Audience

Reception teachers and those with EYFS leadership responsibility.

Aims

To equip practitioners with the knowledge and strategies to support children and families as they start school and move between settings, strengthening understanding of child development and promoting effective, collaborative transition practices that ensure every child has a positive, well‑supported start.

Booking and reservations for Early Years Workforce Development.

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Audience

Reception teachers, early years leaders, and senior leaders with EYFS responsibility.

Aims

This session helps Reception teachers make confident, consistent EYFS profile judgements, looks at the best-fit model, and strengthens professional dialogue.

Booking and reservations for Early Years Workforce Development.

Cost details