Information and Resources

This page contains links to information, websites, presentations, publications etc  which will provide you with a picture of what iniatives are taking place within the City both by the CIty Council and Children's to help with the regeneration of the City and raising the aspirations and acheivements of our young people and the wider community.

We have produced a recruitment CD ROM this will give you details about the City the Service as well as the opportunities for NQTs, it is appropriate for other teaching/schoolworkforce posts

To View CD ROM please use the link in the menu bar.

Click on this link to read FEATURE ARTICLE - A CITY FOR THE FUTURE recently published in a local magazine.

Roy Leighton

Roy  was a big success as the Key Note Speaker at our 2005 NQT Welcome Event, he covered areas of 'Skills for the 21st Century - and has allowed us to use his presentation Vision Values & Goals .  He  is a star of stage and screen in his own right including a major role in the BBC TV programme ‘Confidence Lab’. (Check out the BBC website bbc.co.uk/health/confidence for more information and a range of tips and ideas to help with your own confidence.) He has worked in education for many years with the whole range of sectors of the educational world from the disaffected to supremely able – that is for teachers as well as for the children! Creativity, motivation, learning styles, self esteem and confidence, communication and value creation are all areas in which Roy excels and has successfully led Events for Independent Thinking Ltd from day-long INSET sessions, student workshops, parent evenings and conference addresses By using this links youu can also find out more about Roy and the organisation Independent Thinking for which he works.

Ian Harris from Model Learning will be the Key Note motivational speaker at the NQT Event on 7th February - his theme will be mapwise,thinking skills and creative problem solving to have a preview of these topic, IQ and IThink as well as his well known mapwise, visit his web site.

Learning Mentors are an essential link in schools for those pipils/students who need extra help to overcome barriers to learning inside and outside education establishments we have several successful learning mentors in our schools. The link here will help you find out more.

Useful Websites:-

Information and Resources for Teachers, plus networks and links visit Teachernet:

For up to date information regarding Initial Teacher Training, NQT Induction, CPD visit Teacher Development Agency (previously the Teacher Training Agency)  

For details of QTS, Codes of  Conduct and Registration visit General Teaching Council for England:

If you are a Primary NQT  you will find Planning packs for English and Maths a wonderful site you can also apply for a free CDROM containing planning tools and resources on the Save our Sundays Site, sponsored by the Hamilton Trust.

The Hamilton Trust also produce other educational resources to download or purchase.

For educational books, articles and other resources, visit Trentham Books > > >