Zoom log in time: 9:00am

Course start time: 9:30am

Course finish time: 12:00pm

This half-day course draws upon the latest research into boys’ attainment and progress. It explores best practice in primary schools where boys perform well. The course also addresses the myths that exist around boys’ attainment and how school’s efforts to address under-performance have often not been successful in the past. Research now challenges many of these long-held ideas and proposes new ways forward in our schools.

The half -day training will:

• Summarise the latest research in this area and the implications for primary schools.

• Consider what schools can learn from the research and share best practice in raising boys’ attainment and improving attitudes to learning.

• Provide delegates with resources and research summaries to use in their own setting to inform practice

• Enable leaders to audit the quality of the provision for boys across the curriculum.

• Be better prepared to improve outcomes for boys.

This is a very useful course for senior leaders in primary schools, primary curriculum and phase leaders, governors and primary subject leaders in English and maths in particular.

Standards for Teachers’ Professional Development Statement

This course is underpinned by rigorous scholarship and supported by continual development and support. It meets the DfE’s Standards for Teachers’ Professional Development in the following ways:

• This professional development course has a focus on improving and evaluating pupil outcomes;

• It is underpinned by robust evidence and expertise, and is clear on intended outcomes and objectives;

• There is an expectation of collaboration and there will be expert challenge;

• The course is part of a CPD programme designed to equip staff with the knowledge and skills required to effectively implement within their school, and sustain improvements over time.