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  Upcoming English Courses

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  Visit our Learning Zone and search to book on any of the courses below using the course title or suggested keywords.

  Click here to view our upcoming Primary English courses.
  Click here to view our upcoming Secondary English courses.

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• Select section Primary English Core Provision 2026-27

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  Primary English Core Provision 2026-27

  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.

  Why choose our Core Provision programmes?
  

  • Collaborative learning: work alongside fellow subject leaders to share ideas and best practices.
  • Up to date content: stay informed with the latest national and local priorities to ensure your teaching is always current.
  • Strategic planning: benefit from our virtual strategic planning and update meetings with headteachers and subject leaders.

  What's included in the 2026-27 Core Provision offer?

  • A virtual headteacher and subject leader strategic planning/update meeting
  • Four face to face half-day subject leader meetings*
  • A full day conference*
    * These meetings are for attendance by subject leaders only, or their substitute if unavailable.

  Our programmes

  We offer 16 district based English programmes. You can find information on dates and times in the English Core Provision 2026-27 - programme dates overview document below.  Please check this information carefully before enrolling to identify the programme relevant to your school’s geographical area. Please note: dates/times and venue information provided in the overview documents are correct at the time of publishing but may be subject to change.

  Programme cost

  The cost of each programme for 2026-27, which includes all the elements above is:
  Sub: £640 / Full: £765 / HIAS SLA element: £435

  How to book 

  Now that the programmes have started, self-service bookings via the Learning Zone are no longer possible. However, any schools that would still like to join these programmes are kindly requested to complete the English and Maths Core Provision Programmes booking form 2026-27. Our course administration team will then make the booking on your behalf and notifications will be sent out via the Learning Zone.  Online resources are available for any missed sessions.

  Need help?

  Should you require further assistance with enrolling, please contact our course Administrator:
  Dawn Parsons: Dawn.Parsons@hants.gov.uk

  For general queries about this Core Provision offer, please contact:
  Katie Scott, Training Programme Manager: katie.scott@hants.gov.uk

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• Select section Our latest English training offers

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  Our latest English training offers

  The training delivery model for individual courses is identified in the course titles on the Learning Zone as follows:

  Webinar – virtual training via Microsoft Teams
  Blended – courses that are a mixture of virtual and face to face training
  No categorisation – venue based training

  For any queries regarding our training offer, please contact hias.training@hants.gov.uk 

  For any course booking queries, please contact cs.learninganddevelopment@hants.gov.uk 
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  Primary

  Take a look at the Primary English learning opportunities available to book:

  To search for a specific course, type the course title or keywords in the 'Find Learning' box.

  Autumn Term 2026
  Dates: 17 September, 22 October and 7 December 2026 Price: Sub £205 / SLA £90 / Full £246 Keyword Search: English Framework	Navigating the New Ofsted Framework and Developments in English: School Improvement Planning for Subject Leaders This course equips English subject leaders with the knowledge and strategies to drive and sustain school improvement in line with the latest (November 2025) Ofsted Education Inspection Framework and the DfE Reading and Writing Frameworks.    Participants will explore key developments in English teaching and learning and curriculum design, understand how inspection priorities impact subject leadership, and learn practical approaches to strategic planning for sustained improvement.
  Dates: 15 October, 26 November 2026, 14 January and 25 February 2027 Price: Sub £395 / SLA £230 / Full £474 Keyword Search: Greater Writers	Growing Greater Depth Writers in Years 5 and 6 - 26-27 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.
  Dates: 11 November 2026 and 4 February 2027 Price: Sub £235 / SLA £140 / Full £282 Keyword Search: Sentences Paragraphs	Securing Strong Foundations in Writing: Sentences and Paragraphs Across the Primary Phase 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 (see also the course ‘Securing strong foundations in writing: handwriting and spelling across the primary phase).
  Dates: 18 November 2026 and 13 January 2027 Price: Sub £235 / SLA £140 / Full £282 Keyword Search: Learning Journeys	Writing Learning Journeys in KS1 - a fresh approach 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.
  Dates: 19 November 2026, 21 January and 4 March 2027 Price: Sub £310 / SLA £185 / Full £372 Keyword Search: Writing Spelling	Securing Strong Foundations in Writing: Spelling and Handwriting Across the Primary Phase 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.
  Date: 25 November 2026 Price: Sub £210 / SLA £130 / Full £252 Keyword Search: Strengthening Practice	Writing Learning Journeys in KS2: Strengthening Practice Through the HIAS Approach This practical course will support teachers in developing high‑quality learning journeys that bring coherence and purpose to KS2 writing. Modelling the HIAS three phase writing journey approach, participants will explore how to design sequences of learning that build skills progressively, make effective use of high-quality texts and secure strong outcomes for all learners.
  Spring Term 2027
  Dates: 3 February and 24 February 2027 Price: Sub £245 / SLA £140 / Full £294 Keyword Search: Reading Model	Introducing the HIAS 5-Step Reading Model in KS2 This course explores a consistent structure to whole-class reading teaching in Key Stage 2. With many schools moving away from domain-led approaches, we will consider a simple structured method, allowing for vocabulary and knowledge instruction, oracy approaches, fluency development and appropriate tasks without losing the engagement that comes from reading and studying a great text.

   
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  Secondary

  Take a look at the Secondary English learning opportunities available to book:

  To search for a specific course, type the course title or keywords in the 'Find Learning' box.

  Autumn Term 2026
  Date: 9 November 2026 Price: Sub £105 / SLA £55 / Full £126 Keyword Search: English Autumn Network		Autumn 26-27 Secondary English Network The primary aims of the subject network meetings are to:  Ensure a clear understanding of the national picture and its application in local and school contexts.  Support effective subject leadership as appropriate to each school’s individual context.  Develop skills, expertise and capacity within school subject leaders and their teams through quality strategic CPD and the sharing of good practice.  Deepen understanding of subject specific pedagogy and knowledge that underpins good progress and attainment for ALL pupils.  Facilitate school to school networking and develop strength across the system.  Common agenda items for these meetings:  Development of subject specific knowledge and an understanding of strong progression and sequencing.  Enhancing subject leadership.  Structuring Key Stage 4 to ensure pupils are well prepared for the next phase of their education.  Providing high quality Key Stage 3 provision that builds successfully on Key Stage 2.  Ensuring all pupils, including the most vulnerable (SEN and PP) are able to make excellent progress.  Sharing good practice and work.  Project work and other CPD opportunities and networks will continue and will evolve in line with need.
  Spring Term 2027
  Date: 2 March 2027 Price: Sub £105 / SLA £55 / Full £126 Keyword Search: English Spring Network		Spring 26-27 Secondary English Network The primary aims of the subject network meetings are to:  Ensure a clear understanding of the national picture and its application in local and school contexts.  Support effective subject leadership as appropriate to each school’s individual context.  Develop skills, expertise and capacity within school subject leaders and their teams through quality strategic CPD and the sharing of good practice.  Deepen understanding of subject specific pedagogy and knowledge that underpins good progress and attainment for ALL pupils.  Facilitate school to school networking and develop strength across the system.  Common agenda items for these meetings:  Development of subject specific knowledge and an understanding of strong progression and sequencing.  Enhancing subject leadership.  Structuring Key Stage 4 to ensure pupils are well prepared for the next phase of their education.  Providing high quality Key Stage 3 provision that builds successfully on Key Stage 2.  Ensuring all pupils, including the most vulnerable (SEN and PP) are able to make excellent progress.  Sharing good practice and work.  Project work and other CPD opportunities and networks will continue and will evolve in line with need.
  Summer Term 2027
  Date: 24 June 2027 Price: Sub £110 / SLA £55 / Full £132 Keyword Search: English Summer Network		Summer 26-27 Secondary English Network The primary aims of the subject network meetings are to:  Ensure a clear understanding of the national picture and its application in local and school contexts.  Support effective subject leadership as appropriate to each school’s individual context.  Develop skills, expertise and capacity within school subject leaders and their teams through quality strategic CPD and the sharing of good practice.  Deepen understanding of subject specific pedagogy and knowledge that underpins good progress and attainment for ALL pupils.  Facilitate school to school networking and develop strength across the system.  Common agenda items for these meetings:  Development of subject specific knowledge and an understanding of strong progression and sequencing.  Enhancing subject leadership.  Structuring Key Stage 4 to ensure pupils are well prepared for the next phase of their education.  Providing high quality Key Stage 3 provision that builds successfully on Key Stage 2.  Ensuring all pupils, including the most vulnerable (SEN and PP) are able to make excellent progress.  Sharing good practice and work.  Project work and other CPD opportunities and networks will continue and will evolve in line with need.

   
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  Secondary: Join the Reading Ride-Along!

  Date:  22 September 2026, 2.00-4.00pm  Launch meeting: phonics, fluency, reading assessment and intervention  21 October 2026, 3.30-4.30pm  Interpreting reading data  19 November 2026, 3.30-4.30pm  Alderwood School – a case study  11 December 2026, 3.30-4.30pm  Community of practice  11 January 2027, 3.30-4.30pm  Systems, staffing and other practicalities  9 February 2027, 3.30-4.30pm  Tracking and adjusting interventions  24 March 2027, 3.30-4.30pm  Fluency and extended reading in the classroom  15 April 2027, 3.30-4.30pm  Setting up peer-to-peer support for  reading fluency  14 May 2027, 3.30-4.30pm  Community of practice  14 June 2027, 3.30-4.30pm  Where next? Priorities and action planning for 2027-28 6 July 2027, 3.30-4.30pm  Looking ahead to Year 8 reading tests (first testing in 2028-29)  Price:  3.5 hours HIAS time per school  HIAS SLA | Hampshire Services for Schools

  Reading Ride-Along! Hampshire’s strong foundations in reading project for the academic year 2026-2027  This project is for all schools looking to build expertise and improve provision for struggling readers across the school. Led jointly by Jo Kenyon (Inspector/Adviser for English, HIAS) and Jacqui Moller-Butcher (Assistant Headteacher, Alderwood Senior School), the project provides monthly training and support to develop your school’s reading programme at a manageable pace. Monthly CPD with its head in the research and  feet in the classroom  Starting with a two-hour launch webinar on 22 September (2-4pm), the project provides:  a one hour after-school webinar once a month across the school year 2026-2027 – a different day of the week  every time to minimise disruption to meetings and after-school activities webinar provision that allows the school to decide whether this is CPD for the literacy leader, the English leader, the whole English department, the SENCo, the SEN support team – or all of these   practical strategies, including demonstrations and walk-throughs manageable gap tasks each month to complete in school the opportunity to visit Alderwood School and see effective reading provision in action the chance to be part of a developing community of practice in Hampshire, sharing insights and supporting each other.