Please join us for a morning of excellence in phonics teaching and leadership.

Discover why writing can be one of the most cognitively demanding tasks we undertake and learn strategies to help pupils overcome these challenges. We will delve into the complexities of transcription and composition and uncover why some children might struggle with writing.

An evidence-based early language CPD that has been designed to enable participants to gain an understanding of ‘typical’ language development, help teachers to identify children who may not be developing language skills as expected and provide practical classroom skills and techniques for quality first teaching in Reception and Key Stage 1.

A sustained evidence based CPD programme aimed at English/Literacy Leaders in schools that have an embedded and successful phonics programme. Participants will attend five evidence based sessions designed to support schools to develop a reading for pleasure culture. 

Please join us for a morning of excellence in phonics teaching and leadership.

The core aims of the programme are to improve outcomes for children who need additional support with reading, including those with SEND and to ensure that all children receive quality-first teaching based on the latest research into how children learn to read.

What does Ofsted's English Education subject report mean to you? Key points and reflections for leaders of English. 

Join us for a virtual briefing on the top tips to delivering a successful Phonics Screening Check in accordance with statutory guidance. 

From access to early reading, to getting to grips with a challenging curriculum, Alex Quigley explores the issues and solutions towards the current reading and literacy challenges facing primary schools.

Our one day reading conference is aimed at school Senior Leaders and Reading Leaders and will include a summary of the updated Reading Framework and a visit from our wonderful Reading Ambassadors at the hub school.

This well-established programme is targeted at Early Years and Year 1 teachers outlining the importance of early language development and building purposeful, language rich environments with a spotlight on word learning strategies.

Are you interested in joining the Outwood English Hub to discover what we can offer your school and how you can access funding and support to improve outcomes in early reading?

Join us for two webinar sessions with a summary of the key aspects of the Reading Framework published in July 2023. 

Are you interested in joining the Outwood English Hub to discover what we can offer your school and how you can access funding and support to improve outcomes in early reading?

Are you interested in joining the Outwood English Hub to discover what we can offer your school and how you can access funding and support to improve outcomes in early reading?

If you are a leader or a teacher in a school that would like to gain practical and evidence-based strategies to improve language development in your school, this programme could be for you.

Join us for a webinar led by Lesley Sullivan (HMI) that will focus on how to ensure best practice is reflected in an Ofsted early reading deep dive.

Ofsted’s Kirsty Godfrey will be delivering a high-impact session on the key messages from the English Research Review.

Ofsted's Annual Report (December 2022) identified that "Staff in key stages 2 and 3 need expertise in teaching phonics to address weaknesses in reading." In response to this, Outwood English Hub is delivering a session on phonics subject knowledge for secondary staff. 

Join us for a one day conference aimed at Reading Leaders and Senior Leaders. 

Are you interested in joining the Outwood English Hub to discover what we can offer your school and how you can access funding and support to improve outcomes in early reading?

Are you interested in joining the Outwood English Hub to discover what we can offer your school and how you can access funding and support to improve outcomes in early reading?

This session will focus on how to develop children’s independence in reading and also how we can support children to read for different purposes. We will also explore the different aspects of comprehension in the context of a ‘real’ text'.

Join the Outwood English Hub for this online session, which will focus on children who are not meeting age-related expectations in Speech Language and Communication development across Early Years Settings led by Kirstie Page.

If you are a leader or a teacher in a school that would like to gain practical and evidence-based strategies to improve language development in your school, this programme could be for you.

Are you interested in joining the Outwood English Hub to discover what we can offer your school and how you can access funding and support to improve outcomes in early reading?

We are excited to be running our hugely successful Transforming School Reading Culture CPD from September 2022 into 2023 here at the Outwood Institute of Education in Adwick, Doncaster.

We are excited to be running online sessions of our hugely successful Transforming School Reading Culture CPD from September 2022 into 2023.

Join the Outwood English Hub for two informative sessions exploring phonics for special educational needs led by Ann Sullivan!

Kirstie qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist and specialised in the Early Years before training as a teacher. Her experience, learning and people she met along the way led her to develop the Launchpad for Literacy Toolkit. She now works with Local Authorities, MATs, DfE English Hubs, schools and PVI Settings on topics relating to Speech, Language & Communication, SLCN, SEND, Early Literacy and EYFS practice with a strong focus on gap identification and gap closing.