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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:
Keynotes, Training and Writing
Specialism:
Oracy, Primary, Reading and Writing
Social media:
@PrimaryEnglish (X and Bluesky) @_primaryenglish (Instagram and Threads) @PrimaryEngEd (Facebook)
Website:
primaryenglished.co.uk
Testimonials
"Rachel is an experienced, knowledgeable and motivated trainer"
"I've just had two members of staff, who have both just attended your vocabulary course, come and see me full of enthusiasm and ideas!"
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I have extensive experience in the primary phase as a teacher, deputy headteacher, local authority English advisor and now as the director of Primary English Education Consultancy.I write for several educational publishers, create resources for the Primary English website and provide training and consultancy support to schools, SCITTs and MATs.
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Type of work offered:
Assessment, Consultancy, Initial Teacher Education, Training and Writing
Specialism:
Cross-phase English, Curriculum Design, Drama, Oracy, Primary, Reading, Secondary, Secondary Literacy, Transition and Writing
Region available:
International, National and Online
Social media:
Instagram: @janebranson Facebook: JaneBransonLearning
Website:
https://www.janebransonlearning.co.uk/
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I deliver consultancy, advice and training for primary and secondary schools. Drawing on over 30 years' experience as teacher, leader, consultant and school governor, I have a warm, practical approach which develops colleagues in creative and grounded ways. As a specialist in reading, grammar, writing and oracy, I have worked in over a hundred schools to support teachers and students aged 4-18 years. I have also written numerous student and teacher textbooks, and I have experience of working with a range of organisations include the National Association for Able Children in Education, the UK Literacy Association and the DfE.
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Type of work offered:
Assessment, Consultancy, Training and Writing
Specialism:
Oracy and Primary
Region available:
Midlands
Social media:
@rebeccakennedy39
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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
Testimonials
"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, Assessment, Consultancy and Training
Specialism:
Handwriting, Oracy, Primary and Reading
Region available:
Midlands and South
Social media:
Twitter @BabcockLDPEng
Website:
https://www.babcockldp.co.uk/english
Testimonials
"‘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."
"Useful practical ideas, information that feels like it will work in the classroom"
"Excellent PRACTICAL advice. Very clear answers, lots of useful information"
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Alison is a member of the Primary English team for Babcock LDP. The team offers a wide range of training, consultancy and publication Alison is a qualified teacher with a Masters Degree in Literacy and Literacy Learning Difficulties with 30 years’ experience in education as a teacher and an adviser. She is also an accredited KS1 lead moderator.Alison provides support for schools as a literacy specialist with the English Hub, she is trained in a broad range of literacy interventions and is an accredited Reading Recovery Teacher leader. The Babcock LDP English 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:
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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