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Type of work offered: Consultancy, Training and Writing

Specialism: Cross-phase English and Oracy

Region available: International and UK

Social media: Twitter @think_talk_org

Website: www.leahcrawford.com

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"'I am more confident now to ‘facilitate’ when questioning and I feel more able to reinforce the ‘ease’ in which grammatical knowledge can be applied to complex tasks through talk.' Primary English Subject Leader"

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Leah had 15 years experience as a Local Authority English Inspector/Adviser, working across the primary and secondary phases before becoming an independent consultant. In her school career, she held pastoral and subject leader roles. She now leads Thinktalk consultancy, is a Tutor for the King’s College Let’s Think in English Cognitive Acceleration programme and is a consultant and writer for Bob Cox’s Opening Doors publications and consultancy. She has completed a Masters in Education Degree on teacher learning and development and has supported a European Erasmus project on the Assessment of Thinking Skills. Leah has led extended professional learning courses through Teaching Schools and MATS on Mastery of Reading at primary, Writing Design and Process, Grammar for Purpose and Viewpoint, and Word Study – combining the teaching of spelling and vocabulary. She is delivering the new NPQ in Leading Literacy through the University of Winchester.

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Type of work offered: Advisory work for government bodies/organisations, Assessment, Consultancy and Training

Specialism: Handwriting, Oracy, Primary and Reading

Region available: South

Social media: Twitter @BabcockLDPEng

Website: https://www.babcockldp.co.uk/english

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"‘Thank you very much for the detailed responses and links and for your time last week. I found it very useful and thought-provoking… I really appreciated the time and it is great to know there are people on the end of a phone or email who can help. I've been really impressed with the English team at Babcock since moving to Devon from Surrey 2 years ago.’ – a primary English subject leader after a consultancy call to support post-COVID school closures"

"‘The reading was really good last week - we are looking forward to the next one! Thank you.’ – a primary English subject leader after an online training session/staff INSET"

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Rebecca is a Primary English Adviser with Babcock LDP, having joined the team in 2016 after over eighteen years’ experience of teaching in Key Stages 2 and 3. She has worked as a Leading Literacy Teacher for Bath & North East Somerset, an Advanced Skills Teacher for Somerset, was Head of English and Assistant Headteacher at a middle school, alongside her class teaching. Rebecca has a Master of Arts degree in Education and is an accredited KS2 moderator.As an adviser, she supports schools and teachers with all aspects of primary English, through training, consultancy and publication. She has co-written several popular publications such as Re-think Reading!, No Nonsense Literacy, and developed a suite of CPD materials to support a whole school approach to developing vocabulary.

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Type of work offered: Advisory work for government bodies/organisations, Assessment, Consultancy, Initial Teacher Education, Research, Training and Writing

Specialism: Initial Teacher Education, Primary, Secondary and Secondary Literacy

Region available: London, Online and South

Social media: Twitter @MuchAdoALJ

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I'm passionate about all things English; oracy, reading and writing. I've been working as an independent consultant since September 2018, having previously been an English Subject Leader, local authority adviser (in two different LAs) and a primary Head. I provide support and training for senior leaders, subject leaders and class teachers in individual schools, clusters of schools and multi-academy trusts. I am also a KS2 Moderation Manager for two London LAs and have worked with the Standards and Testing Agency as an Operation External Moderator and Deputy Standardisation Team Leader.

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Type of work offered: Consultancy, Keynotes and Writing

Specialism: Cross-phase English

Region available: International, Midlands, National, North, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South, UK and Wales

Social media: @BobCox_SFE

Website: www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk

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"See lots on the website"

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Writer of the ‘Opening Doors’ series and national/international presenter on approaches to a richer and more challenging English curriculum

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Type of work offered: Assessment, Consultancy, Training and Writing

Specialism: Assessment, Phonics and Reading

Region available: London and South

Website: https://www.dyslexiahq.com

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"Thank you for delivering our whole staff INSET - you have raised our awareness and provided us with a bank of practical ideas and resources to use with all our children, not just those with dyslexia."

"I wanted to thank you personally for the workshop you delivered at our school. You were so well informed, flexible and accommodating - rare these days!"

"Can I give this training 11 out of 10? The training was all very inclusive and structured. I really enjoyed it."

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Kath qualified as a primary class teacher in 1995 and worked as a class teacher and SENCO before retraining as a literacy specialist in 2010. She has supported schools in London and the South-East as a phonics and early literacy consultant and trainer, both independently and for an English Hub, training hundreds of teachers. Kath qualified as a dyslexia assessor in 2018 and offers SEND/Literacy consultancy and support to primary and secondary schools and to a number of reading charities.Most recently, Kath was SEND consultant for a DfE validated phonics scheme and co-authored their keep-up programme for children at risk of falling behind in phonics.

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Social media: Twitter: @Mr_P_Teach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-pattison-71119083

Website: https://theliteracyadvisor.co.uk

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I currently lead one of the 34 English Hubs as well as fulfil the role of Early Reading lead for a large primary-based trust. After headship, I made the transition into consultancy work so that I could follow my passion for supporting early literacy. In recent years, I have enhanced my expertise further and also work independently as a Literacy advisor. Further details can be found here:https://theliteracyadvisor.co.uk/about/

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Type of work offered: Advisory work for government bodies/organisations, Consultancy, Teaching/working with pupils and Training

Specialism: Early Years, Primary, Reading and Writing

Region available: Midlands and South

Social media: @Julie_Sargent1

Website: www.innovateducation.co.uk

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"Thank you once again for yesterday’s training session. It was just what the team needed: non-threatening, encouraging and full of practical suggestions."

"We have had some real success so far with the text-based planning and some lovely feedback from the children about it. It is having an impact!"

"Just a note of thanks for yesterday's training. It was incredibly helpful and very clear to follow. I appreciated every minute. It was engaging and interactive as well as relaxed and conversational. And who knew that you could do so many amazing collaborative things (break out groups and visualisers) on Zoom!"

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I work with SLT, English subject leaders and staff in developing all aspects of primary English. Bespoke support could include: developing the reading and writing curriculum, progression and development of literacy skills; planning units of work with teachers; or specific subject leader support. I also offer a variety of training around aspects of literacy such as phonics and spelling; teaching grammar in context; reading for meaning; and developing writers.

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Type of work offered: Consultancy, Teaching/working with pupils and Training

Specialism: Secondary and Secondary Literacy

Region available: Midlands, North and South

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"Natalie is an excellent presenter. I’ve found this to be one of the most relevant and informative CPDs I’ve attended."

"Thank you! Most useful course I’ve been on!"

"Natalie has built a very good rapport with some of our most disaffected students and they feel valued. Thank you."

"Many excellent strategies for outstanding practice…perfect pitch and length…a thoroughly rewarding course, thank you!"

"Really great to hear Natalie’s overview – puts it all into context very clearly… Ever-helpful advice and ideas… supportive and creative."

"All the things I’ve come up against and worried about have been discussed today – exactly what I wanted!"

"Extremely useful. One of the best CPD events I have attended in a very long time!"

"An excellent, informative and supportive session – thank you!"

"Thoroughly enjoyable and useful course."

"Thank you for another superb morning of ‘talking literacy’ and being enthused!"

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Natalie has been teaching English in secondary schools for over twenty years. She also has extensive experience of a wide range of school leadership roles including English Subject Leader, Whole School Literacy Lead, Director of Teaching and Assistant Headteacher. Natalie is a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) with a proven track record in improving student outcomes and she works closely with senior leaders, supporting schools on a wide variety of school improvement projects. Natalie also has a strong reputation in devising and delivering directly relevant professional development training to a wide range of both primary and secondary schools, across the UK. Most recently, Natalie’s CPD training has centred around supporting leaders to develop ‘outstanding’ literacy provision in secondary schools.Natalie maintains that ‘no two schools are the same’ and her professional approach has always been highly regarded by schools.

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