Subcategories

Two Rivers Institute in partnership with Browne Jacobson Solicitors are proud to present our comprehensive Business Management Essentials training package - a series of six x two hour workshops covering the following:
Grievance Training – 17/11/20 - SESSION COMPLETED
This session will cover what a grievance is; the ACAS code; a grievance policy; excluded matters; rights of employee’s; do’s and don’ts; appeals and case studies.
Equality Act Training – 26/01/21
This will cover the background to the Equality Act and will break down its relevance in relation to employment and application to students including strands of discrimination; disability; reasonable adjustments; proportionality; how to avoid claims. For employment we will look at recruitment; OH and sickness absence; dismissals; flexible working and less favourable treatment.
Behaviour and Exclusions – 02/03/21
This session will cover the exclusions landscape, key documents, the staged process of the exclusions journey, natural justice, Human Rights Act and questions and case studies throughout.
Admissions and Appeals - 23/03/21
This session will look at In year admissions; fair access protocol; looked after children; admission appeals and SEN admissions.
GDPR Essentials and FOI – 11/05/21
The session will cover what GDPR is about; why it matters; what compliance looks like for an academy: data deletion; Data Protection by design: data protection impact assessments; role of the DPO; breaches of GDPR and what to do; FOI and SAR’s.
Health and Safety – 29/06/21
This session will look at the regulation of health and safety in schools; why it is important; who is responsible and the implications; what you have to do to get it right and what you need to do if doesn’t go according to plan.
In a changing education landscape, we feel it is fundamentally important to offer business management support to schools, from specialists who understand the competitive & challenging environment in which we work.
Each session will take place from 12:00pm - 2:00pm.
If you would prefer to attend INDIVIDUAL sessions only, these will be charged at £40pp per session. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with details of which session/s you would like to attend and we will add you to the register manually.
Event Date | 26-01-2021 12:00 pm |
Registration Start Date | 20-10-2020 2:00 pm |
Available places | 71 |
Cut off date | 22-06-2021 |
Individual Price | £160.00 |
Attachment | SBME Training Programme.pdf |

NEW Pastoral Network
We understand the value of meeting with colleagues to share idea and keep up to date with developments in your area of work, therefore we are pleased to announce a NEW network that will give the opportunity for anyone who works within Pastoral Support to come together online.
This will be an online termly opportunity to meet with the following aims:
·Continuing Professional Development for staff involved in providing and/or leading pastoral support in school
·Sharing practical, evidence-based approaches and interventions between staff from a range of schools including training from Sigma Teaching School and discussions between schools on relevant topics
·Updates on the latest research and resource publications.
Event Date | 28-01-2021 4:00 pm |
Registration Start Date | 09-09-2020 |
Cut off date | 29-06-2021 |
Individual Price | Free |

New Teaching and Learning Online Spring 2021
“Evidenced informed Teaching” is a series of 5 interactive CPD sessions packed with practical strategies to help teachers at every stage of their careers to bridge the gap between research and classroom pedagogy.
Event Date | 03-03-2021 4:00 pm |
Registration Start Date | 29-06-2020 |
Available places | 22 |
Cut off date | 02-03-2021 |
Individual Price | £125.00 |

Leadership: Evidence-BasedOrganisational Care
Led By Ian Hunkin
In this series of three live online sessions for school leaders we will focus on the key messages from psychology and neuroscience regarding providing effective organisational care.
Event Date | 11-03-2021 4:00 pm |
Registration Start Date | 29-01-2021 |
Available places | 193 |
Cut off date | 06-05-2021 |
Individual Price | £40.00 |

Governance - Roles and Responsibilities of a Nominated Safeguarding Governor or Trustee Spring 2021
This course is aimed at those Governors and Trustees who are new to their role, but also to those who have previously undertaken this workshop and may benefit from an up-date.
Please note this course will be online in the form of a webinar.
Event Date | 21-04-2021 6:00 pm |
Registration Start Date | 09-07-2020 |
Available places | 16 |
Cut off date | 21-04-2021 |
Individual Price | £25.00 |