Continuing professional development

Chelsea Academy recognises that teaching staff are its most important resource and believes that the strongest teachers are equally the most responsive and effective learners themselves.

Teaching is a ‘learning profession’ and students learn best when their teachers remain committed to learning themselves, so to raise student achievement we must  promote teacher progress and development. We therefore create, maintain, review and nourish a culture and environment in which teachers can flourish. This is supported through the development of a coherent long and short term Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, based upon:

  • the Academy Development plan
  • Curriculum Area development plans
  • Appraisal objectives  – which may include individual personal development needs

Some of the CPD opportunities at Chelsea Academy

We offer a range of in-house and externally facilitated CPD. Including:

  • Academy INSET days
  • Wednesday afternoon weekly CPD sessions for all staff (3-5pm) 
  • National Professional Qualifications (NPQ) 
  • ECF in partnership with Ambition Institute
  • Internal bespoke weekly ECT CPD programme
  • Middle Leader in-house ‘excellence in pastoral leadership’ programme.
  • Flourish Days in partnerships with other schools
  • Supporting partner schools’ T&L reviews and /or recruitment processes
  • Secondments to the Leadership Team by arrangement

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