Welcome to your Learning & Development space!
Welcome to your Learning & Development space!
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Learning is at the core of what we do in schools and we want you to have access to high quality learning and development at all times.
Learning is at the core of what we do in schools and we want you to have access to high quality learning and development at all times.
This space has been designed to support you in your current role and your future career with us.
This space has been designed to support you in your current role and your future career with us.
Courses & Programme 2024-25
Courses & Programme 2024-25
Safer Recruitment Procedures Training
Safer Recruitment Procedures Training
9th February 2026 9:30am to 12:30pm
Virtual via Google Hangout
This session gives participants an understanding of the procedures and pre-employment checks which are vital in supporting safer recruitment and ensuring statutory compliance.
Aimed at those staff responsible for providing administration support to recruitment processes, conducting safer recruitment checks and maintaining the single central record, it will cover:
why the safer recruitment procedures are so important
recruitment preparation supporting safeguarding
the necessary pre-employment checks - who they apply to, how to conduct them and how to record them on SCRs and personnel files
single central records and personnel files
requirements for regular visitors/volunteers, governors, contractors and agency staff
The session will also consider the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Procedure and all of the template resources available to schools.
Safer Recruitment Refresher Training
Safer Recruitment Refresher Training
25th February 2026 9:30am to 11:30am
Virtual via Google Hangout
This safer recruitment course supports schools to revisit and effectively discharge their responsibilities for safer recruitment.
It is designed as a refresher for anyone who has attended an accredited safer recruitment course in the last three years and needs to update their knowledge and renew their certificate in line with acknowledged good practice requirements.
The course is ideal for Principals, senior leaders, safeguarding staff, school community councillors and all others in the education sector who are involved in staff recruitment and selection.
Participants revisit the skills they need to ensure that safeguarding is at the heart of their recruitment decisions. By the end of our course, participants will have:
reflected on their understanding of offender behaviour
identified key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
considered policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt reporting
identified areas of their own school’s local policies and practices with a view to creating a safer culture and fulfilling their organisation’s statutory responsibilities
* This course is delivered as a two hour session by trainers accredited by the Lucy Faithfull Safer Recruitment Consortium. All participants who attend the full session and pass the assessment will be issued with a certificate of attendance.
Regional Finance & HR Update Sessions
Regional Finance & HR Update Sessions
East Anglia, 26th February 2026, 9:30am - 3pm - Westwood Primary School
London, 2nd March 2026, 9:30am - 3pm, John Locke Academy
West Midlands, 9th March 2026, 9:30am - 3pm, Netherbrook Primary School
Our regional Finance & HR Update session will provide relevant updates covering changes in legislation, topical issues and key Trust initiatives. The session is also an exciting networking opportunity for staff from all schools across the region to come together to meet and share practice.
The session is offered to staff delivering finance or HR work within schools.
Refreshments and lunch will be provided.
On Demand Learning
On Demand Learning
A library of TEFAT workshops and resources. Designed so that you can watch by yourself, as a team or as whole school CPD.
Event Calender 2024-25
Event Calender 2024-25
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