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

Specialism: Early Years, Phonics, 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: 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, Training and Writing

Specialism: Phonics, Primary, Reading and Secondary Literacy

Region available: London

Social media: @phonicsandbooks

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"Thank you so much for a great session. Our teachers thoroughly enjoyed the session. It was very informative and gave everyone a good understanding of the structure for teaching the different phases. "

"Thank you so much for the staff training yesterday, it was pitched perfectly and really useful. Interestingly, staff who have been using MLS already said that it was helpful doing the training as they could relate to what you were talking about and it gave them some ideas to try out. "

"Thank you so much and once again, the training was excellent "

"The course was fantastic and we are already starting to implement ideas I got from it into our teaching. "

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Passionate advocate of high-quality teaching and learning for all children, raising standards in phonics, reading and writing and other curriculum subjects in schools. Phonics expertise, working for several validated schemes and publishers.Improving leadership and teaching in schools. Expertise in delivering high quality training to a wide range of audiences. Comprehensive knowledge of teaching and developing literacy skills in all pupils from preschool to Year 8 . Author and trainer.

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

Website: I am a lead school improvement adviser for English and moderation manager. Having taught across key stages 1 and 2, relatively recently, I am able to draw on my expertise to support schools with their English curriculum and teaching. I am passionate about empowering subject leaders and teachers to enact change in their setting. I provide training for teachers and English subject leaders around all areas of English, including a grammar course, reading course, phonics networks, subject leader networks. I also run projects with groups of schools. Recently I have been part of a successful writing project which addresses all aspects of the writing curriculum. I have also led on a secondary early reading project, empowering literacy leads withing secondaries to implement reading interventions and to develop disciplinary literacy skills across the school. My next project coming up will be implementing an effective oracy strategy in our primary and secondary schools. I also deliver assessment leader networks and provide training for teachers around various aspects of assessment, including an in-depth look at reading and writing assessments.

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I have been working as an English adviser for Achieving for Children for the past three years. I have recently taken on the role of moderation manager. My experience is within primary education. I have taught in the majority of year groups (years 1-6) for the past 17 years and have recent classroom experience. In my current role, I provide training for teachers and English subject leaders around all areas of English, including a grammar course, reading course, phonics networks, subject leader networks. I also run projects with groups of schools. Recently I have been part of a successful writing project which addresses all aspects of the writing curriculum. I have also led on a secondary early reading project, empowering literacy leads withing secondaries to implement reading interventions and to develop disciplinary literacy skills across the school. My next project coming up will be implementing an effective oracy strategy in our primary and secondary schools. I also deliver assessment leader networks and provide training for teachers around various aspects of assessment, including an in-depth look at reading and writing assessments.

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Type of work offered: Initial Teacher Education

Specialism: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Initial Teacher Education, Reading and Secondary

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Type of work offered: Consultancy, Initial Teacher Education, Keynotes, Teaching/working with pupils, Training and Writing

Specialism: Phonics, Primary and Reading

Region available: Midlands, National, Online and UK

Social media: @Miss_K_Sunray3

Website: www.linkedin.com/in/kiran-s-0b886538

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Kiran is an experienced teacher, having taught across the Primary Phase from EYFS to KS2. She is an experienced KS1 Phase Leader and Teacher, specialising in Early Reading, Phonics and Reading whole school. Kiran has written several chapters for different Edu books, including:Reimagining Fairytales for The DiverseEd Manifesto Reader Volition in the Open University's Reading Teacher's BookEnabling girls into leadership for the 3rd WomenEd book. She has also written Early Reading books for the First Steps Rocket Phonics series of books. Rocket Phonics is a DfE validated Phonics Scheme. She is the 2023 UKLA Farshore Double Award Winner - Reading Champion and Author's Choice for her DEI Pupil leadership work around Reader Volition and Agency. Kiran has spoken at several Edu conferences including the Festival of Education, Pedagoo, WomenEd Unconferences, BrewEds and Open University workshops, ranging from enabling and empowering fiction for girls diversity, equity and inclusion to Early Reading Provision, Fluency and Reading for Pleasure Pedagogy. Kiran has taught in Tanzania and recently helped build a school (in Rwanda) in collaboration with Action Aid, to enable young girls to have Equitable access to education. She is passionate about advocating alternative fairy tales and diversifying the representation in children’s literature; empowering fiction for girls #WomenEd and using texts that immerse children into different worlds and lives – specifically stories centred around immigration and the lived experiences of refugees.

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Specialism: Assessment, Cross-phase English, Oracy, Primary, Reading, Research and Secondary

Social media: Linkedin: Wendy Delf

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Wendy has a wealth of experience in education having worked as a Secondary school leader, Senior LA Adviser and 6 years as an Ofsted Inspector. She is the Lead UK trainer for Professor John Hattie's Visible Learning programme with Osiris Educational and Corwin, working with schools nationally and internationally. She also provides bespoke training and SIP consultancy working extensively with Head teachers as a School Improvement Partner, training teachers, leaders and ECTs in all phases across the UK and in Europe. Wendy is passionate about supporting all teachers to make a difference in their classrooms and for their learners.

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

Specialism: Oracy, Primary, Reading and Writing

Region available: Midlands and South

Social media: Twitter @BabcockLDPEng

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

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"Thank you so much for your presentation last Thursday-it was just what I needed to hear…Your passion and belief are infectious. Thank you for inspiring."

"I cannot express enough thanks for your valuable training tonight. All our staff are now so inspired and motivated to get our children's spellings up to standard! Thank you, thank you, thank you. We were so impressed with the whole training that we are now going to purchase the grammar programme."

"I have watched all five of your taster modules "

" in conjunction with Pearson Education and recently completed your course through ‘FutureLearn’: ‘An Introduction to Teaching Vocabulary’. I found the course to be extremely relevant, informative and easy to follow as well as incorporating useful strategies, supported by credible references. I have been very impressed by the Babcock courses and am looking forward to the new ones appearing. I have recommended your courses to my colleagues and also alerted our SLT to the value of the content."

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Rebecca leads the English team for Babcock LDP which comprises a team of Primary English advisers and a secondary English specialist. The team offers a wide range of training, consultancy and publication Rebecca is a qualified teacher with a Masters Degree in Children’s Language and Literature with 30 years’ experience in education as a teacher and an adviser. She is also an accredited KS2 moderator and is currently moderation manager for two Local Authorities. Rebecca has worked as an adviser in London and Devon. She was heavily involved in the pilot phase of the National Literacy Strategy including writing some of the national training materials. With Babcock LDP, Rebecca’s team have developed some extremely popular and well respected publications, most notably No Nonsense Spelling, Grammar and Literacy. The team are currently developing extensive materials and cpd to support schools with developing vocabulary

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

Specialism: Oracy, Primary, Reading and Writing

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

Social media: @RuthBakerLeask

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"'Ruth is one of the most knowledgeable, well-informed and enthusiastic people working in the field of primary English. I’ve learnt so much about education from her.' James Clements, writer, researcher and author of ‘Teaching English by the Book."

"'Ruth's training videos deliver great content. Her expertise is underpinned by a deep knowledge of what really works in the classroom, and her presentation style is clear and engaging.' Joe Carter, Head of Content, Teach Primary"

"'Ruth exudes passion and common sense which is infectious. My staff were genuinely inspired working alongside her, and she had a clear impact on us achieving outstanding in our OFSTED.' Darrell Butler, Principal, Jon Locke Academy, London"

"'Due to Ruth’s support, we have seen staff confidence grow in how to identify and use quality texts effectively. As a result, there has been a huge improvement in our writing! We now see our children enjoying writing and wanting to write and being able to self edit and improve.' Sally Robbins, English Leader, Pedmore C of E Primary School, West Midlands"

"'Ruth’s energy and expertise have led to the development of a completely new curriculum approach to the teaching and learning of English in the 6 primary schools within our trust. She has efficiently coordinated working with our subject leaders to produce clear and comprehensive resources, which encompass both the skills and content required by the National Curriculum in years 1-6. In the absence of face-to-face sessions, the videos Ruth produced as professional development for our teachers have been very well received. Engaging, motivating, inspiring, professional and responsive - we couldn’t have asked for more!' Katy Russell, Head of School Development, East Midlands Academy Trust"

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As a former local authority English advisor and headteacher, I have extensive leadership experience as well as curriculum expertise. I work across the country supporting academy trusts, local authorities, schools and other organisations in improving teaching, strengthening leadership and developing curriculum. I am currently the chair of the National Association of Advisors in English (NAAE) as well as working with organisations such as The National Literacy Trust (NLT) and the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) as an associate consultant/teacher and I am a member of the United Kingdom Literacy Association's (UKLA) Awards and Members Committee. I am passionate about research-informed practice and in supporting teachers to understand how children learn to read and write.

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