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Real Group is honoured to be the infrastructure and delivery partner for the new national early years SEND CPD courses, delivered by early years charity, Dingley’s Promise. This is part of the DfE’s wider £200 million SEND CPD teacher training programme, which the Government are planning to extend to £800…
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Real Group is honoured to be the infrastructure and delivery partner for the new national early years SEND CPD courses, delivered by early years charity, Dingley’s Promise. This is part of the DfE’s wider £200 million SEND CPD teacher training programme, which the Government are planning to extend to £800 million. The courses are now […]
Stephanie is a SENCO at a mainstream school in the West Midlands. She completed her NASENCO training with us back in 2024 and then went on to complete our CPT3A qualification in 2026. Her setting had been using external exam access arrangement assessors, but taking the CPT3A course was something Stephanie always wanted to do. […]
By Katie Hickin, Real Training’s MEd Academic and Programme Lead and former SENCO. Have you looked in your literacy/maths cupboards lately? How high are the boxes of interventions old and new stacked? And that’s before we factor in a spiralling collection of educational apps and websites… The sheer volume of available interventions can be overwhelming. […]
On Wednesday, Real Training delegates braved the heat to attend their graduation event at Middlesex University. As anyone who has completed a postgraduate course or Masters in Education with us and attended the ceremony will know, the event is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate your achievements. We are always impressed by the hard work and […]
By Dr Sue Sheppard, Educational Psychologist and Module Leader for Real TrainingThis article originally appeared in the Tes and is available here How do you help a student who becomes nauseous and has panic attacks whenever they set foot near their school? I once worked with a young person for whom this was true. She […]
Feedback from our delegates is very important to us. This is why we ask every delegate to fill out a feedback form upon completion of their course. This provides us with extremely valuable data on what we’re doing right, and where we can improve. We’ve been carefully analysing the data from 2025, and below are […]
Now that the dust is beginning to settle around the white paper, join our panel of leading SEND and inclusion experts as they discuss the key issues raised and help you lead your teams through the proposed policy shifts. We’ll be covering the following: Recommended for: SLT/SENCOs from primary, secondary and special settings Date and […]
On Monday, the government released its major new white paper for schools, representing the biggest proposed shake-up to SEND policy in the last decade. We believe the intention to increase direct, early access to expert support and make inclusion a priority in all mainstream schools is a positive step forward, as is the commitment to placing […]
Improve outcomes for your students by extending your team’s SEND training Inclusive classrooms need skilled support professionals so that all learners can succeed. We are proud to launch the all-new International Diploma in Inclusive Classroom Support, designed to extend the expertise of experienced teaching assistants, LSAs, individual support assistants, and junior assistant teachers specifically in international […]
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Earlier this year, our sister company, ESF Apprenticeships commissioned a Teacher Tapp poll of 2,196 schools. Although just a snapshot, it showed that 35% of surveyed schools now employ an Assistant SENCO. A further 12% are either planning to appoint an Assistant SENCO, or specifically thinking about upskilling a TA. The launch of the Assistant SENCO programme provides a fully-funded way for Assistant SENCOs to train.
Teaching assistants have the opportunity to build close bonds with the pupils they support and play a highly significant role in shaping their experience of learning. In this article, we take a look at how TAs can provide the best support to dyslexic pupils, not only in terms of developing reading and writing skills, but also helping to build self-confident, independent learners.
We are pleased to share with you the news that our recently released product the Test of Retrieval Efficiency (TORE) has been approved by SASC, and is now included on the approved list of tests on their website! Becoming SASC-approved marks a significant milestone in the launch of this new product. If you have been thinking about taking the plunge and ordering TORE, then there has never been a better time to enhance your assessment battery with this new innovation!