Reach Academy Feltham

PTSA warmly welcomes Ed Vainker, Co-founder and Principal and James Foreman, Head of Science from Reach Academy Feltham.

Target Audience:

Day 1 Primary Colleagues and KS3 Leaders/Humanities teachers (HT’s – Teachers)
Day 2 Primary & Secondary Middle Leaders, Phase/Year leaders, SLT, Deputies & HTs (everyone!)

This event can be booked as a two day package for £200 or as a one day event for £150. Please follow instructions below;

Day 1

Date: Thursday 31st October

Time: 10.30 – 3.30pm

Registration from 10.00am

Curriculum Design and Implementation at Primary

The day will begin by taking attendees through the cognitive science underpinning the Reach Academy Feltham curriculum and give attendees the chance to reflect on what underpins their own curriculum. The second session will explore the knowledge-rich curriculum resources used at Reach and the rationale for the school’s approach, with a focus on History and Geography. The third session will explore what this looks like in the classroom and the way the school seeks to develop teachers’ practice through a range of 1:1 and team-wide CPD.

Facilitators: Ed Vainker & James Foreman, Reach Academy Feltham
Ed is the Executive Principal and co-founder of Reach Academy Feltham, an all-through school that opened in 2012 and has developed an excellent reputation. The school was awarded three projects on the Curriculum Fund pilot in 2018 and in the past year Ed has been working in the South West to support All Saints Academy Plymouth and build a partnership with the Ted Wragg Trust.
James is an experienced middle leader who has been coaching teachers at Reach for the past three years as part of his role as Head of Science. In the past year he has worked with the team at All Saints Academy Plymouth to support teaching and curriculum design in Science.

Day 2

Friday 1st November :  Precision Coaching for rapid improvement in Teaching & Learning

Time: 10.00-3.00pm

Registration from 09.30am

Introducing Coaching in School

This day will introduce precision coaching based on some of the most successful models in the USA. The day will start be exploring what coaching is and what it is not. The second session will support attendees to identify the key areas for improvement in a teachers practice, using a number of videos. The third session will rehearse the coaching conversation and give attendees a chance to practice, before the final session explores implementing coaching in schools and gives some things to think about.

Facilitator: James Foreman, Reach Academy Feltham
James is an experienced middle leader who has been coaching teachers at Reach for the past three years as part of his role as Head of Science. In the past year he has worked with the team at All Saints Academy Plymouth to support teaching and curriculum design in Science.