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Steplab is a complete professional development platform for sustainable, whole-school CPD with tools, resources, videos & analytics. Learn more 👉 steplab.co/book-a-demo
👋 Meet Rachel Ball, one of our Professional Development Specialists.
A former T&L lead and SLE in the North West, Rachel is also co-author of What is History Teaching, Now? and The Scaffolding Effect.
At Steplab, she supports our Hub Schools network and helps leaders strengthen their PD programme.
📣 Funding available for Instructional Coaching Intensive - Dorset
📅 Thu 19 Mar | 📍 Kingston Maurward, Dorchester
Free for eligible Dorset KS2 schools/trusts via the DfE Dorset Universal RISE grant + registrations open to all.
🎟️ Dorset: bit.ly/3NMkGgD
🎟️ External: bit.ly/4q2EXfn
💡 Not using Steplab yet? Join us for a short, practical webinar focused on what works in professional development (PD).
Three steps to strengthen your PD programme in 2026 and beyond - webinar
📅 5 Feb | 4:00pm | Zoom
Recording shared with all registrants.
Sign up: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
What does evidence-informed teaching actually look like in practice?
Our latest PD for Better Teaching edition explores how teachers and schools can turn research into meaningful classroom improvement.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/eviden...
Lead impactful whole-school PD 🌟
Join us in York for two one-day intensives (with Pathfinder Educational Partnership):
📍 PD Leadership Intensive - Tue 3 Mar
👉 Book: bit.ly/4srLfaw
📍 Instructional Coaching Intensive - Wed 4 Mar
👉 Book: bit.ly/4prknVI
💷 £155 + VAT | Discounts for multiple bookings
EIT launched last week and it’s already been hugely popular with our users.
Hear from Ania Townsend, Abbie Williams and Peps Mccrea on why we built the course - and see what it looks like in practice - in our webinar on 4 Feb, 4:00 pm GMT (recording shared):
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📣 PD Leadership Intensive - with Red Kite Learning Trust ✨
📅 27 March | 📍 Harrogate
Lead PD across a school or trust? Build the clarity, tools and confidence to design and deliver evidence-informed PD that works - at scale.
💷 £155 + VAT
🎟️ Book: redkiteconnect.co.uk/courses-and-...
📣 Instructional Coaching Intensive - Newcastle - 10 March - with Three Rivers Professional Development Institute.
One-day, hands-on training to sharpen your coaching practice.
📍 St James’ Park | 💷 £155 + VAT
For coaches, ECF mentors + coaching leads.
🎟️ Book: forms.monday.com/forms/2cc605...
📣 PD Leadership Intensive - Cornwall - in partnership with Cornwall Education Learning Trust
📅 24 Mar | St Austell
Lead PD across a school or trust? Build the clarity, tools and confidence to design and deliver evidence-informed PD that works.
💷 £155 + VAT
🎟️ Book: events.steplab.co/PDLeadership...
Have you tried our new Evidence Informed Teaching course yet?
“As an experienced teacher (18 years), there was lots I got from it… very useful and relevant.” - Pete Rose, MFL Teacher, Teign School (UK)
Want to learn more? Join us for a webinar on 4 Feb, 4pm:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Peps Mccrea, Steplab’s Director of Education and part of the team behind our new Evidence Informed Teaching course, shares more in the latest edition of his Evidence Snacks.
👉 Read Evidence Snacks: snacks.pepsmccrea.com/p/new-course...
Join Peps Mccrea, Ania Townsend and Abbie Williams to explore Steplab’s new Evidence Informed Teaching course.
🗓️ Wed 4 Feb
🕓 4:00 pm
💻 Zoom
Why we created it, what it covers, and what the modules look like in practice.
Recording shared with all registrants. Sign up 👉 zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Academic research is dense - and hard to turn into classroom practice.
That’s why we built Evidence Informed Teaching (EIT): 6 interactive modules that make the evidence practical and usable.
Abbie Williams explains the what, why and science behind it.
👉 Read the blog: steplab.co/resources/in...
🎟️ Tickets: events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
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Responsible for teaching and inclusion? 🌟
Join the Steplab Conference and dive into Great inclusive teaching - hands-on workshops on the 6 universal teaching problems and how to bring inclusive practice to life.
With Daisy Christodoulou + 26 speakers, 16 sessions + more.
📅 19 June | 📍 London
🎉 Introducing our new Evidence Informed Teaching (EIT) course.
Six interactive modules that turn decades of research into practical classroom insight - with expert input from Ania Townsend and Peps Mccrea.
Built for whole-school PD or individual learning.
👉 Watch the trailer.
👋 Meet Toby Holland, one of our PD Specialists (PDS) at Steplab!
Former English teacher, Lead Practitioner and Director of English, Toby has led coaching across schools and trusts.
At Steplab, he supports schools, districts and trusts to embed and sustain professional development that works.
Three steps to strengthen your PD in 2026 and beyond - webinar
Practical, evidence-informed ideas to improve teaching and learning - without adding workload.
📅 5 Feb | 4:00 - 4:45pm | Zoom
Recording shared with all registrants.
Sign up: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎉 Delighted to welcome Leigh Academy Halley to the Steplab Hubs network.
A Steplab Hub recognises schools leading high-impact PD and IC.
Plus, LAH’s latest Ofsted inspection judged the school ‘exceptional’ in five areas.
Read more via @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
What does it take to build professional development that really works?
In PD for Better Teaching, we explore the EEF’s 14 mechanisms of effective PD and how leaders can design PD that builds knowledge, motivates staff, and embeds practice.
Read more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-d...
What does it take to transform outcomes and strengthen staff culture across a trust?
Hear from Andrew Truby (CEO, St Joseph Catholic MAT) on how a trust-wide approach to IC and PD drove major improvements across 10 schools - including schools moving from Inadequate to Good.
Read: bit.ly/49stDCZ
📣 Speaker announcement: Zach Groshell is speaking at the Steplab Conference 2026 ✨
Director of Steplab North America, author, PhD, and host of Progressively Incorrect. Expect practical, research-informed strategies.
🎟️ 10% off ends at midnight: events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
👋 Meet Alex @alexgingell, our Engagement Lead at Steplab!
Former primary headteacher, now supporting leaders to get the most out of Steplab and delivering our Instructional Coaching + PD Leadership intensives worldwide.
Off duty: Nora 🐶, the sea 🌊 and ice cream 🍦
Have you got your tickets for the Steplab Conference 2026?
Book by Friday for 10% off early bird tickets 🎉
📅 19 June 2026 | 📍 London
Keynote: Daisy Christodoulou
16 sessions across inclusive teaching, great PD + PD leadership 🌟
Book now: events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
Lead impactful whole-school PD 🌟
Join us in York for two one-day intensives (with Pathfinder Educational Partnership):
📍 PD Leadership Intensive - Tue 3 Mar
👉 Book: bit.ly/4srLfaw
📍 Instructional Coaching Intensive - Wed 4 Mar
👉 Book: bit.ly/4prknVI
💷 £155 + VAT | Discounts for multiple bookings
📣 Steplab Conference 2026 giveaway - winners!
Huge thanks to everyone who entered 🙌✨
Congrats to:
🎉 Gurjit Virk
🎉 Christopher Lane
Early bird tickets are still available - book by Friday for 10% off 🎟️
👉 events.steplab.co/SteplabConfe...
We can’t wait to see you in June!
📣 One week to go - PD Leadership Intensive (Dorset)
📅 Mon 12 Jan | 📍 Kingston Maurward, Dorchester
Free for eligible Dorset KS2 schools/trusts via the DfE Dorset Universal RISE grant +open to all.
Limited places - sign up:
Dorset schools: lnkd.in/eFCxb9pc
Schools external to Dorset: lnkd.in/evVyS-sV
✨ New Year Giveaway ✨
We’re giving away two tickets to the Steplab Conference 2026 🎟️
📅 19 June | 📍 London
To enter: like, follow + share
⏰ Closes 10am Tuesday 6 Jan (winners announced the same day)
Good luck 🍀
✨ Happy New Year from everyone at Steplab.
We hope the year ahead brings moments of thoughtful development, strong practice and learning together. We’re looking forward to supporting schools and teachers as the year unfolds.
Wishing you a calm and positive start to the new year.
As schools close for the holidays, we want to say thank you for everything you’ve done this year. Your commitment to your pupils, your colleagues and your own development really matters 🌟
From everyone at Steplab, we wish you Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Enjoy your well-deserved break 🎄
