Please use this template to arrange the SPN support sessions for the partners schools in your area. You will need to check the action plans for times of the sessions. Please hide the instances from web and use the back-office booking function to book participants from the partner school and mark attendance per session...

Start date	31 Jul 2025
Location	Newent
Fees	Free
Subsidy	From - £0.00

Technicians are at the heart of every science department, playing a crucial role in supporting effective practical work. With this comes a role in ensuring that the department is safe.Develop a good foundation for carrying out effective health and safety, to support you in your job, but also to support teachers and...

Start date	24 Sep 2025
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	3 Hours
Fees	From £139.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Science has a generally excellent safety record in schools and colleges, but good, effective health and safety planning is essential. A pragmatic, risk based approach needs to be taken, based on evidence and with the cooperation of all staff and students.This course, aimed at Heads of Department, senior technicians...

Start date	01 Oct 2025
Location	York
Duration	2 Days
Fees	From £640.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details
Subsidy	From - £0.00

Are you a technician looking for help with biology practicals? If so, this is the course for you!You'll learn how to support teachers and create impactful science lessons by exploring biology practical work. The content has been designed to fulfil the biology curriculum for A level students and will include topics...

Start date	02 Oct 2025
Location	York
Duration	2 Days
Fees	From £640.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Are you looking to improve your subject knowledge and pedagogy in physics and start your journey towards really excellent teaching?Clarify your basic subject knowledge of concepts, then deepen and challenge your understanding even further. You will focus on how to improve student progress in KS4 physics and bring...

Start date	06 Oct 2025
Location	York
Duration	1 Day
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Are you new to the science technician profession? If so, this course is perfect for you!Through a range of intensive hands-on sessions, we'll explore the necessary basic skills a science technician needs to effectively prepare practical lessons.The course is split into two residential periods. The first part...

Start date	06 Oct 2025
Location	York
Duration	5 Days
Fees	From £1,640.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Are you new to teaching A level physics? This course will support you with effective teaching and learning of year 12 content in A level physics. Common student misconceptions, the key substantive knowledge and practical techniques will be investigated, with lots of hands-on practice to hone your approach to...

Start date	09 Oct 2025
Location
Duration	2 Days
Fees	From £640.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

There is significant overlap between science and mathematics curricula at key stage 3, key stage 4 and key stage 5, but students’ experience of shared topics is often very different in the two subjects. Are applications from science regularly used to explore concepts in maths lessons? Are the mathematical...

Start date	14 Oct 2025
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	From £199.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

New to the role of head of a science subject or are you ready to take on the challenge and looking to acquire the necessary skills to gain promotion? Gain the strategies and techniques you will need to be successful by looking at four key areas of leading your own subject:  leading teams and change, Planning...

Start date	16 Oct 2025
Location	York
Duration	1 Day
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Do you struggle with implementing behaviour management strategies in a laboratory where students are moving around and with science equipment and chemicals? Discover how to develop strong routines and classroom management techniques to help prevent behaviour incidents and ensure health and safety is at the forefront....

Start date	05 Nov 2025
Location	York
Duration	1 Day
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

This intensive course is for non-scientists starting to deliver key stage 3 science as either a class teacher or in small group support. You'll learn the key principles needed to teach key stage 3 biology, chemistry and physics effectively and explore a range of teaching strategies and practical activities to do...

Start date	11 Nov 2025
Location	York
Duration	3 Days
Fees	From £1,000.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

During this course you will review strategies to enable the students with high prior attainment to aim for grade 9, allowing them to develop a much deeper understanding of the science content and context.Look at how you can help students create complex schema, provide high quality practical work and structure lessons...

Start date	12 Nov 2025
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	From £199.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Are you looking to improve your subject knowledge and pedagogy in chemistry and start your journey towards really excellent teaching? Clarify your basic subject knowledge of concepts, then deepen and challenge your understanding even further. Focus on how to improve student progress in key stage 4 chemistry and...

Start date	13 Nov 2025
Location	York
Duration	1 Day
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

This course will support you with effective teaching and learning at the year 12 part of A level in chemistry. Common student misconceptions, the key substantive knowledge and practical techniques will be investigated, with lots of hands-on practice to hone your approach to student learning. If you're new to teaching...

Start date	20 Nov 2025
Location	York
Duration	2 Days
Fees	From £640.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Are you looking to improve your subject knowledge and pedagogy in biology and start your journey towards really excellent teaching?Clarify your basic subject knowledge of concepts, then deepen and challenge your understanding even further. Focus on how to improve student progress in key stage 4 biology and bring...

Start date	03 Dec 2025
Location	York
Duration	1 Day
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details