198 Educators providing Professional Development courses in Wigan

Ashton-on-mersey School

ashton-on-mersey school

Cheshire

As part of our protocols, we have a number of over-arching aims and a mission that pervades all of our schools and academies as follows: Our mission: We always put ‘pupils first’ We follow Local Authority admissions criteria We believe that local children should attend local schools and we are not selective We are fully inclusive and welcome children from vulnerable groups e.g FSM, SEND, LAC etc We continuously provide high quality professional development for all of our staff We follow the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions and National Joint Council conditions of service We work positively with trade unions and actively involve them in our decision making We play our full role in behaviour partnerships/hard to place protocols We always put collaboration before competition Aims: To work in the areas of greatest challenge To move all academies in the Trust to at least ‘Good’ using The Dean Trust school improvement offer from the centre (Teaching School) To sustain improvements by developing character, values and beliefs alongside sound systems and processes To ensure that all academies in our Trust adopt The Dean Trust model for success, high aspirations, high standards and continuous improvement throughout the organisation To concentrate our operation within a 50-mile radius of the Central Hub to ensure that coverage of the academy group and lead times are manageable and focused The Trust would have at the centre The Dean Trust Teaching School and high quality School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) To have high quality academy/school governance at the heart of the process To establish a strong centralised ‘back office’ support service for the academy group which is well resourced and funded to meet operational needs.

Musical Futures

musical futures

Newton-Le-Willows

Musical Futures is a not-for-profit organisation, which first began in the UK 18 years ago as a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Special Initiative and is dedicated to supporting teachers with teaching music in a way that helps them to engage and enthuse their students. Musical Futures supports primary and secondary schools to transform their music teaching. We share the learning systems, professional development, tools and support needed to embrace an ethos of innovative, inspirational and informal music learning in the classroom and in the community. In 2017 Musical Futures was selected by global education non-profit HundrED as one of 100 most innovative education projects across the world due to its unique pioneering status and ability to create a scalable impact. Musical Futures approaches involve making music learning relevant and engaging, imaginative and authentic for students, whatever their level of experience. We offer training and consultancy predominantly in the UK, but have links with institutions and schools in many other countries around the world. Our work is supported by our team of expert Champion Teachers have tried and tested the approaches in their classrooms. Musical Futures has developed into a national and international network of more than 13,000 teachers and practitioners adapting the approaches in the UK and overseas. 500,000+ young people benefit from Musical Futures every year. It’s the way we learn Music learning is most effective when young people are making music, and when their existing passion for music is reflected and built upon. The Musical Futures approach is a tried-and-tested yet innovative way of teaching music learning. It is based on a pedagogy that is driven by the musical culture of the participants. It brings real-world music learning processes into schools and other formal settings, engaging and inspiring all and promoting inclusion and diversity.