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Our Primary English Core Provision offer is designed to empower subject leaders in Hampshire schools. Through collaborative subject network meetings and an annual conference, English leaders will gain invaluable insights and strategies to enhance their teaching practices.
To ensure you don’t miss out on the first sessions, please register your English subject lead via the Learning Zone.
Following the publication of the Writing Framework and a growing emphasis on foundational skills, many schools are reviewing their structures for writing teaching in KS1. This course provides a structured approach to writing teaching with a clear focus on transcription and sentence mastery, without losing the text-led engagement and rich talk opportunities of a holistic English learning journey.
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Learning Journeys
Price: Sub £235 / SLA £140 / Full £282
This highly popular, multi-session course is specifically aimed at increasing the confidence of teachers to grow more GDS writers within their class. The practical nature of the course means that it will give plenty of ideas, approaches, activities and techniques that can be immediately implemented in their classroom.
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Greater Writers
Price: Sub £395 / SLA £230 / Full £474
Securing Strong Foundations in Writing: Sentences and Paragraphs Across the Primary Phase – 11 November 2026 and 4 February 2027
Unlock composition at sentence and paragraph level – build subject knowledge and confidence in effective methods of teaching sentence structure, punctuation and paragraphs from the ground up.
All schools will be aware of the renewed emphasis on the importance of securing foundational skills and knowledge in all recent publications and advice from the DfE and Ofsted – this course is part of the HIAS offer focusing on how to ensure that pupils acquire and grow the fundamentals of writing across the primary age range.
This two-session course enables primary teachers and English subject leaders to develop effective practice in their own classes and across the primary school, including providing support for those pupils who need additional help to secure their sentence grammar, punctuation and paragraphing. The training explores progression in these areas from the foundations within KS1 to cohesive and varied writing at KS2.
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Sentences Paragraphs
Price: Sub £235 / SLA £140 / Full £282
Securing Strong Foundations in Writing: Spelling and Handwriting Across the Primary Phase – 19 November 2026, 21 January and 4 March 2027
Build subject knowledge and confidence in effective methods of teaching handwriting and spelling.
All schools will be aware of the renewed emphasis on the importance of securing foundational skills and knowledge in all recent publications and advice from the DfE and Ofsted – this course is part of the HIAS offer, focusing on how to ensure that pupils acquire and grow the fundamentals of handwriting and spelling across the primary age range.
This three-session course enables primary teachers and English subject leaders to develop effective practice in their own classes and across the primary school, including providing support for those pupils who need additional help to secure their spelling and handwriting.
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Writing Spelling
Price: Sub £310 / SLA £185 / Full £372
Our Primary English Core Provision offer is designed to empower subject leaders in Hampshire schools. Through collaborative subject network meetings and an annual conference, English leaders will gain invaluable insights and strategies to enhance their teaching practices.
Dates:
We offer 16 district based English programmes. See the dates and locations of our programmes.
Price: Sub £640 / SLA £435 / Full £765
More information and how to book:
Programme details and booking guidance can be found here: Primary English Core Provision 2026-27
