This Professional Development course is intended for Headteachers, English Subject Leaders and experienced Teachers.

Presented by: Maddy Barnes

Maddy Barnes, is an English Consultant and provides training for schools and alliances.  She is passionate about ‘getting it right’ for children.

Until summer 2018, Maddy worked as a successful assistant head teacher in Manchester.  She

is a very experienced year 6 teacher and has spent most of her teaching career in Salford.  Maddy has also taught in India, China and Poland where she has observed a range of teaching styles.

Maddy has worked with the DfE in English test development for reading and GaPS.  She is an experienced English marker and team leader for KS2 GPS (she has been involved with trial papers for the future suite of tests).  Maddy is a KS2 writing moderator for Manchester.

Maddy is a published author (writing New Primary English, Achieve level 6 and Skills Builders) and series editor (Optional Tests for years 3-5, Spelling tests and the Achieve series) with Rising Stars.  She has also edited the Moderation Toolkit for Writing with Prim Ed.

The day will focus upon

• Identifying the most efficient ways to monitor writing across all year groups efficiently and effectively (focusing on progression; sentence structure; marking and standards)
• Exploring how to disseminate and support the findings that are specific to a year group and whole-school
• Discussing how to revisit and check the impact of the feedback from monitoring for all year groups
• Identifying how to coach/mentor all staff on the differences between foundational errors and misconceptions

For any queries, please telephone: 01204 338100 / 332023.