Saffron Teaching School Hub
Saffron Teaching School Hub is the DfE designated Teaching School Hub for Braintree, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Harlow and Uttlesford. We work with schools across Essex to deliver positive outcomes for pupils in all phases by supporting teachers at all stages of their careers, from initial teacher training through to leadership.
News & Events
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Latest News
- 14/11/24
Early Years Seminar - 10 December 2024
We would like to invite all Early Years providers in the Hub region to attend our next Early Years seminar on Tuesday 10 December. Our termly Early Years seminars are free and take place online. Each seminar includes input on a focused topic and a practitioner case study. Th... - 12/11/24
Early Career programme - subject specific sessions for ECT2s
With our transition to the Teach First programme in September 2024, our ECT2s will receive their Early Career programme through a subject lens, helping to make their learning more relevant to their experience. This year, we are offering the following subject-specific groups: SEND*, EYF... - 11/11/24
Autumn 2024 NPQ cohort launch
Colleagues from across the Saffron Teaching School Hub region recently came together at Harlow Study Centre to launch our latest cohort of NPQ programmes, including the new NPQ SENCO. Starting in October 2024, over 90 teachers and leaders will be taking the next step on their professional... - 08/11/24
New teacher training programme from the Dunmow Excellence in Education Partnership
With recruitment into teacher training at the top of the priority list for schools and settings in our region, a local consortium of schools in the Dunmow area has taken innovative steps to tackle this crisis by developing a new teacher training programme. Run by the Dunmow Excellence in Educatio... - 04/11/24
Update from the Essex Research School
Essex Research School is based at Lyons Hall Primary School in Braintree. Lyons Hall is one of the three schools that make up the Learning Pathways Trust. It launched in 2023 and its new director from September 2024 is Sarah-Louise Johnston, a former Secondary English teacher and PD and Induction Le... - 18/10/24
Opera experience - Essex Music Service project with Gabrieli Roar
On 15th and 16th October Essex Music Service was proud to support a project with Gabrieli Roar to give students a first-hand experience of opera singing alongside professional singers and musicians. The students were gathered from St John Payne School, Chelmsford County High School for Gir... - 01/10/24
Implementation for evidence informed approaches - Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning across the school
Three years ago, evidence-based practice was relatively unknown to us as a whole staff discussion point, let alone being seen as key to addressing school development, but knowing this was our next undertaking we went for it (strategically)! - 24/09/24
Saffron CPD Series: RA Butler - A School Development Journey
RA Butler Academy is a 3-form entry Infant and Junior school serving a diverse community within the heart of Saffron Walden. The school is recognised as being a highly ambitious setting which nurtures compassionate and knowledgeable global citizens. Recently graded as outstanding, RA Butler... - 23/09/24
Why should my school sign up to the DfE School Experience service?
At a time when education is experiencing a recruitment crisis, encouraging new entrants to the profession is vital. The DfE runs a Get School Experience platform which seeks to facilitate visits to schools by prospective applicants to ITT courses. As many providers do require evidence of engagement... - 19/09/24
Clips from the Classroom - supporting the development of teaching and learning
How many times when attending – or even leading – training have we thought ‘I wish there was a way of seeing what it actually looks like in practice'? A resultant search for video clips can take many hours, and also lead us down many rabbit holes. - 10/09/24
Parental Leave Group Coaching Programme
The MTPT Project’s Parental Leave Group Coaching Programme will be running throughout the academic year 2024-25. Supported by a number of Teaching School Hubs in the East of England, this three-session programme offers colleagues in the East of England empowering group coaching when... - 06/09/24
Welcome Back!
Saffron Teaching School Hub extends a warm welcome to colleagues old and new, and our best wishes for the year ahead. We're here to serve schools, leaders and teachers across our region and would love to find out how we can help you achieve your goals this year. You can find information about...
Our Hub Area
Our Hub Area
Our Hub covers the Essex local authority districts of Braintree, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Harlow and Uttlesford with over 250 primary, secondary and special schools.