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Good afternoon and I hope the new term has started positively for you.

This week's newsletter is brief and focused on just one teacher development opportunity: the Instructional Coaching Offer for Bradford schools and partnerships. This is funded by Bradford Opportunity Area.

Tomorrow (Wednesday 27 April), I'm hosting a briefing event for interested schools and partnerships. I've provided a link to register, below. I'll explore the research behind our decision to focus on instructional coaching, and I'll be joined by Steve Farndon, Ambition Institute, and Oliver Caviglioli, WALKTHRUs, as we explore the offer in more detail.

We believe this is a unique opportunity to develop expert teacher development capacity and to recognise and invest in many of the district's great teachers now and in the future. I hope you can join us or catch-up after the event via the recording.

Full details are available at www.teachingschoolhub.co.uk/ic. 

Best wishes

Paul

Paul Butler

Director of Exceed Teaching School Hub

Exceed Teaching School Hub, led by Copthorne Primary School and Exceed Academies Trust, has a leading role in signposting and delivering teacher development support to all 215 Bradford schools and our partners in other regions wishing to access support from Bradford Teaching School Hub.

The Hub helps to fulfil one of Exceed Academies Trust's ethical goals: to contribute to system-wide improvements in education.

Designated by the Department for Education (DfE) in February 2020, Exceed Teaching School Hub’s core functions support schools and trusts to invest in their workforce to grow, recruit, develop and retain the very best teachers, support staff and leaders. We will achieve this through a place-based approach to signposting and delivering high-quality progressive teacher development programmes that complement the internal support provided by schools and trusts. Our vision acknowledges teacher and leadership development are two of the most important forms of school improvement. We will achieve this by enhancing partnership working with schools, trusts and high-quality providers; improving the communication of opportunities with the workforce; introducing new professional learning opportunities; supporting teachers and leaders to make informed choices when selecting continuous professional development (CPD) and support, and ensuring that no school is left behind.

Find out more about our vision, strategies and priorities here.