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Continuous professional development

Cambridge Education @ Islington believes that Continuing Professional Development plays a central role in enabling schools to sustain improvement, work collaboratively and yet develop their autonomy to become effective self-evaluating institutions.

The central programme together with our school based and outreach offer builds on previous knowledge and experience and relates to the current and emerging roles of all staff employed in our education centres and schools. 

Its core purpose is to assist Schools and Centres as they shape the continuous professional development of their staff.

The CPD programme reflects our commitment to Cambridge Education @ Islington’s CPD Strategy and Professional Development Framework. We believe that developing the capacity for pupils’ learning is linked directly to improving the capacity for continuous learning for all staff and governors.

If you have any comments or suggestions about any of the CPD programme please contact David Sayers (020 7527 5653)

Our CPD courses are held at Laycock Street PDC, Laycock Street, Islington N1.

How to book

To book on to a course at Laycock Street PDC, either fill out our online booking form or fill in a reply slip. Assume you have a place unless you hear otherwise. The reply slips are at the back of the programme. Please use one reply slip per course. Send or fax the completed slip to:

Bookings should be made two weeks in advance, where possible. If you are booking less than seven days before the course, please reserve a place by telephone, but you must send or fax a reply slip as confirmation.

Terms and conditions

Schools will be notified five days in advance if it is necessary to cancel or reschedule an activity. Courses will automatically be rescheduled if the tutor is ill on the day of delivery or there is some other unpredictable emergency. Please note that in such circumstances we are unable to reimburse any supply cover costs incurred.

Tutors of courses that recruit small numbers (i.e. less than 6) may, with negotiation with the course applicants, alter the arrangements or timing of the activity.

Cancellation

Please let us know if you are unable to attend a course you have booked a place on, at least 2 days notice is required or you will be charged the full fee. In such cases a non-returnable booking fee of £10 will be levied.