Category Archives: CPD Events

100 things 1% better

Posted on January 28, 2019 by classteaching

On Friday at our DMAT Leadership Conference, Humphrey Walters talked to us about his experience of working with winning teams – you can read more about it here.  One of the points he made is that winning teams don’t make … Continue reading →

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Learning from our most successful teams

Posted on September 3, 2018 by classteaching

Today’s INSET day had a very clear focus – ‘Getting better at getting better’.  The quotes above were shared, because they summarise what it means to be a teacher at Durrington: Regardless of our experience, we are all committed to … Continue reading →

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Durrington Research School Training Programme 2018-19

Posted on June 25, 2018 by classteaching

Now is the time of year in schools, when leaders are beginning to plan their improvement priorities and plans for next year.  At the Durrington Research School, we have planned our training programme for next year, around key themes that … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog from Jack Tavassoly-Marsh, Senior Assistant Headteacher at Farnham Heath End School.

Posted on June 4, 2018 by classteaching

Guest Blog from Jack Tavassoly-Marsh, Senior Assistant Headteacher at Farnham Heath End School. As a Research School, we are very keen to work with colleagues from other schools and share ideas about effective teaching and learning. Last term, we had … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots: SPDS

Posted on April 17, 2018 by classteaching

One of our greatest successes at Durrington High School is our subject planning and development sessions (SPDS). These are fortnightly, subject-specific CPD sessions in which curriculum teams meet to develop subject and pedagogical knowledge and ideas. To ensure the most effective practice … Continue reading →

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Mobilising the evidence – Part 2

Posted on March 7, 2018 by classteaching

On our January INSET day, five teachers presented to the rest of the teaching staff, about how they had taken the research evidence that had been presented to them at previous INSET days and other CPD activities and mobilised it … Continue reading →

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Mobilising the Evidence

Posted on January 29, 2018 by classteaching

One of the most important roles for Research Schools such as us, is to support teachers and leaders who work in schools and colleges to mobilise the research evidence that is out there, so that it can make a positive … Continue reading →

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Explicit Vocabulary Instruction as a Whole-School Literacy Strategy

Posted on November 29, 2017 by classteaching

Whole-School Literacy: Where to Begin Last week at Durrington High School we spent a part of our INSET refocusing our whole-school literacy strategy. This began through comparing literacy to a toolbox that students can, and should, have available in every curriculum area. In … Continue reading →

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Effective CPD – Subject Planning and Development Sessions in Maths

Posted on November 20, 2017 by classteaching

Last year at Durrington we introduced a new approach to CPD – Subject Planning & Development Sessions.  The idea behind them is very straightforward – once a fortnight subject teams meet and discuss, what are we teaching over the next … Continue reading →

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What will the Durrington Research School do for you?

Posted on September 20, 2017 by classteaching

We are incredibly excited to have been designated as a Research School this year, as a part of the Research Schools Network.  We will share what we know about putting research into practice and will support local primary and secondary … Continue reading →

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