Blackpool Research School

Training and Events 2018-2019

Developing evidence-informed practice across the Fylde Coast, Lancashire, and Cumbria
• Blackpool Research School at St Mary’s Catholic Academy
CONTENTS
3 Effective Professional Development
4 Professional Development Programme
Developing Metacognition and
Memory
Improving Science Teaching
Effective Use of the Pupil Premium
Literacy at Key Stage 3
Leading Learning
Developing Research Leads
Improving Maths at KS2 and KS3
8 Services
9 Events
10 researchED Blackpool 2019
11 Keep in Touch
Blackpool Research School is part of the Research School
Network, a collaboration between the Education
Endowment Foundation (EEF) and the Institute for
Effective Education (IEE).
The aim is to improve outcomes for children by using
evidence to inform and improve practice.
Research Schools work with other schools across the
country to share what they know about putting research
into practice and help them to make better use of
evidence to inform their teaching and decision making.
Blackpool Research School is based at St Mary’s Catholic
Academy, a large 11-18 school in Blackpool, and works
primarily with schools on the Fylde Coast, across
Lancashire, and in Cumbria.
Our professional learning programme for 2018-2019 has
been devised by looking at the main priorities for our
focus areas - please see the ‘Services’ page if you would
like a more bespoke training offer.
Simon Cox - Director of Research School
Phil Naylor - Assistant Director of Research School
For further information, please visit our website:
www.blackpool.researchschool.org.uk
and follow us on Twitter:
@ResearchSchSMCA
• Effective Professional Development
As a Research School, and a Teacher Development
Trust (TDT) CPD Excellence Hub, we are committed to
providing professional development that is evidence
informed.

We ensure that all of our training courses on our

professional development programme link to the
headline findings of Developing Great Teaching (TDT,
2014). This report found that “professional
development opportunities that are carefully
designed and have a strong focus on pupil outcomes
have a significant impact on students’
achievement” and went on to note that:

1. The most effective professional development

lasted at least 2 terms

2. It is important that professional development

programmes create a “rhythm” of follow-up,
consolidation and support activities

3. CPD should provide opportunities for individual

teachers both to reveal and discuss their beliefs
and engage in peer learning and support

4. Achieving a shared sense of purpose during

professional development is an important factor
for success

5. A didactic model in which facilitators simply tell

teachers what to do does not lead to positive For more information about our role as a TDT CPD
outcomes for participants or students Excellence Hub, please speak to Phil Naylor.

For booking, please contact simon.cox.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

• Professional Development Programme

Maximising the Dates

• 19 September 2018
Impact of the Pupil
• 7 November 2018
Premium
• 13 February 2019

Who is this course for? • 13 March 2019

• Headteachers • 1 May 2019

• Senior leaders All sessions are 4pm - 5.30pm

• Staff responsible for pupil premium funding

Venue

St Mary’s Catholic Academy, Blackpool

Outcomes

• Quality assured framework for Pupil Premium review

Cost
• Honest and robust self-evaluation
We are pleased to offer this training FREE of charge to
• Strategies to evaluate the impact of a Pupil Premium one delegate per school.
strategy effectively
£195 for additional delegates.
• An evidence-informed Pupil Premium strategy

Course details

Developed by the EEF and Research Schools network,

this programme draws upon the most recent and
robust evidence of impact.

It will be led by Simon Cox (Director of Blackpool

Research School) and Phil Naylor (Assistant Director of
Blackpool Research School).

We will look at the principles of effective Pupil

premium use, the foundations of good
implementation , how to use data to define tightly
focused improvement priorities, and the evidence
around what make ‘great teaching’.

For booking, please contact simon.cox.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

 Developing Memory Improving Science
and Metacognition Teaching

Who is this course for? Who is this course for?

• Teaching and Learning leads • Science leads

• Classroom teachers • Science teachers

Course details Course details

Developed by the EEF and Research Schools network
(including the guidance report author Alex Quigley),
this course will help delegates to develop an
understanding of metacognition and self-regulated
learning, be provided with the tools and processes for
self review, be provided with guidance on effective
implementation, and be offered practical resources
and tools for use in school.
Developed by the EEF and Research Schools network
and led by one of the EEF guidance report authors,
this brand new training course will help science leads
to look in detail at the recommendations of the EEF
Science guidance report, audit their current practice,
and provide tools to implement the recommendations
within their schools.

Dates
Dates
• 11 January 2019
• 17 January 2019
• 15 March 2019
• 15 February 2019
• 28 June 2019
• 29 March 2019
Venue
• 24 May 2019
St Mary’s Catholic Academy, Blackpool
Venue
Cost
St Mary’s Catholic Academy, Blackpool
£295 for a three day course
Cost

£345 for 2 delegates from the same school for a four

day course

For booking, please contact simon.cox.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

• Professional Development Programme

Developing Literacy at Leading Learning

Key Stage 3

Who is this course for? Who is this course for?

• Senior leaders • Senior leaders

• Literacy leads • CPD leads

Course details
‘Literacy’ is a word that covers a wide range of issues:
spelling, handwriting, grammar, speaking, listening,
editing… Grounded in the latest evidence, the course
will cover ‘best bet’ strategies for effective literacy
teaching, assessment, and intervention.
Dates
• 11 October 2018
Course details
Developed by the EEF and Research Schools network,
this training programme helps schools to devise a
high impact CPD programme through investigating
the evidence base for great teaching, translating this
evidence to have high impact in the classroom, and
sustaining high impact practice through evidence-
based CPD programmes.
Dates

• 21 March 2019
• 22 November 2018

• 16 May 2019
• 24 January 2019

• 20 June 2019
Venue
Venue
St Mary’s Catholic Academy, Blackpool
St Mary’s Catholic Academy, Blackpool
Cost
Cost
Two places per Blackpool secondary school have
been sponsored by the Blackpool Opportunity Area Two places per Blackpool secondary school have
Fund been sponsored by the Blackpool Opportunity Area
Fund
£295 per delegate for a three day course.
£295 per delegate for a three day course

We are delighted to be joined by Alex Quigley

from EEF for these two training programmes

For booking, please contact simon.cox.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

 Developing School Improving Mathematics
Research Leads in Key Stages 2 and 3

Who is this course for? Who is this course for?

• Senior leaders • Mathematics leads

• Research leads • Mathematics teachers

Course details Course details

A research lead will be trained in evaluating existing
school practices, interpreting sources of evidence and
judging their relevance to your setting, and making
informed decisions on school-based interventions
supporting leadership teams in developing their
practices and improving school outcomes.
Developed by the EEF and Research Schools network,
this course looks at the recent EEF maths guidance
report and helps schools to identify their priority areas
and develop a robust plan for their implementation.
Dates (+ a half day one-to-one coaching visit)

Dates • 19 October 2018

• 5 October 2018 • 7 December 2018

• 14 December 2018 • 1 February 2019

• 8 February 2019 • 5 July 2019

Venue Venues

St Mary’s Catholic Academy, Blackpool • Queen Katherine School, Kendal

Cost • Dowdales School, Dalton-in-Furness

£295 per delegate for a three day course • Furness Academy, Barrow-in-Furness

Cost

FREE to Cumbria schools participating in the Cumbria

mathematics programme, generously funded by the
Kusuma Trust

£395 for other delegates

For booking, please contact simon.cox.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

• Services

Specialist Consultancy Future Training and

We can offers support for teachers, senior leaders, Bespoke Training

headteachers, initial teacher training providers, and
As a Research School, we have access to a wide range
anyone interested in developed evidence-informed
of evidence-informed training programmes designed
practice within their setting.
by the Research Schools network and endorsed by
We have particular expertise in project evaluation, the Education Endowment Foundation.
leadership, implementation, initial teacher training,
If you are interested in any of the courses below,
NQTs, CPD, mathematics, and science.
either as a future or bespoke training package, please
Please contact us for further information and costs. contact us to find out more.

• Evidence-informed Leadership

• Improving Mathematics at Key Stages 2 and 3

• Leading Teaching Assistants

• Memory for Learning

• Literacy at Key Stage 1

• Literacy at Key Stage 2

• Literacy at the Transition (into Key Stage 3)

• Early Years Literacy

• Developing Research Leads

• A School’s Guide to Evaluation

• Improving Science Teaching

• Developing Metacognition

For booking, please contact simon.cox.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

• Events

Evidence Fairs

Will run a series of FREE Evidence Fair events across

the year. These events are twilight sessions (4pm -
5.30pm) which are designed to offer a brief look into
evidence or recently released EEF guidance report.
These will take place at various venues across the
Fylde Coast.

Our planned events for 2018-19 are:

• 26 September - Early Years Literacy

• 17 October - Science

• 28 November - Secondary Literacy

• 16 January - Parental Engagement

• 6 March - Teaching and Learning

• 8 May - Digital Technology

• 26 June - Early Years Mathematics

Please note that additional sessions may be added,

and that dates are subject to alteration if planned
guidance report release dates are changed.

For booking, please contact simon.cox.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

• researchED Blackpool 2019

Saturday 23 March 2019

We are delighted once again to partner with

researchED to bring a high-quality educational
conference with exceptional speakers to Blackpool
Research School.

The conference is for all teachers of any subject or

phase, school leaders, governors, researchers and
anyone with an interest in education.

TICKETS - £30 including lunch

Confirmed speakers (many more to be announced):

• Daisy Christodoulou • Alex Quigley • Philippa Cordingley • Mark McCourt

• Prof Daniel Muijs • Craig Barton • Clare Sealy • Prof Anne Watson

• Oliver Caviglioli • Kris Boulton • Tom Bennett • Tom Rees

• Harry Fletcher-Wood • Rosalind Walker • Prof Jeremy Hodgen • Rebecca Foster

For booking, please contact simon.cox.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

KEEP IN TOUCH

EMAIL

Simon Cox (Director) simon.cox.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

Phil Naylor (Assistant Director) phil.naylor.blackpool@researchschool.org.uk

Debbie Papa (Administration) dpa@st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk

TWITTER

@ResearchSchoolSMCA

WEBSITE

www.blackpool.researchschool.org.uk