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Happy New Year!

In establishing Exceed Teaching School Hub, we undertook a wide range of consultation events with headteachers and senior leaders. We heard about the importance of high-quality support for foundation subjects, including geography and history.

We are delighted to be working with two subject associations - the Geographical Association and Historical Association - to offer new network meetings for primary and secondary schools. Other types of schools are welcome to attend either of these networks, too.

Not only that, Exceed Teaching School Hub will fund these networks for the academic year 2021-22.

Please ensure your geography and history subject leaders (and interest teachers) are aware of this opportunity. They can sign up for each event via the links below or via our website: www.teachingschoolhub.co.uk 

You may have noticed a small change to our name. Exceed Teaching School Hub is the new name for Bradford Teaching School Hub. Our long-established partnerships extend beyond Bradford – this name change is to reflect this. We will continue to be the primary source of teacher and leader development for Bradford schools and trusts and for our partners beyond the city.

Best wishes

Paul

Paul Butler

Director of Exceed Teaching School Hub

Exceed Teaching School Hub, led by Copthorne Primary School and Exceed Academies Trust, has a leading role in signposting and delivering teacher development support to all 215 Bradford schools and our partners in other regions wishing to access support from Bradford Teaching School Hub.

The Hub helps to fulfil one of Exceed Academies Trust's ethical goals: to contribute to system-wide improvements in education.

Designated by the Department for Education (DfE) in February 2020, Exceed Teaching School Hub’s core functions support schools and trusts to invest in their workforce to grow, recruit, develop and retain the very best teachers, support staff and leaders. We will achieve this through a place-based approach to signposting and delivering high-quality progressive teacher development programmes that complement the internal support provided by schools and trusts. Our vision acknowledges teacher and leadership development are two of the most important forms of school improvement. We will achieve this by enhancing partnership working with schools, trusts and high-quality providers; improving the communication of opportunities with the workforce; introducing new professional learning opportunities; supporting teachers and leaders to make informed choices when selecting continuous professional development (CPD) and support, and ensuring that no school is left behind.

Find out more about our vision, strategies and priorities here.