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Management and governance courses

The NRCSE can provide training anywhere in England. For local authorities and/or groups of supplementary schools we have combined our governance and quality assurance courses into a package which is offered over 3-days. These days can be consecutive, over a month or term, or even spread out over three terms.

Managing your supplementary school/out of school activity safely and effectively

The purpose of this acclaimed three-day course is to help supplementary schools (teaching core-curriculum, language, faith or a combination of these) to prepare a School Management Pack consisting of

  • A Welcome Pack for Parents
  • Staff and Volunteer Handbook
  • Management Committee Guide
  • Safeguarding Policies and Procedures for all

All schools completing the course and their own school management documents will be eligible for a school visit to assess the quality of their provision. Developed this year, the course has already been well received in Brent, Barnet, Ealing, Hammersmith, Sheffield and will be running in Kensington & Chelsea and Ipswich later this year.

Full course for 6-10 schools (10-20 individual participants) – £1,350 (3 days @£450 per day, incl. school visits on course completion for all schools having completed their Good Management pack and seeking to seeking to develop the quality of their provision through the NRCSE Quality Mark scheme. We may need to charge travel expenses.)

We’re running the 3-day course at Resource for London for individual bookings, 25, 26 June and 3 July 2018. Special offer – book for all three days and bring a colleague for free! Get in touch for more information or book here.


Accredited teacher training

OCN-accredited courses


Open training

We offer each of the courses below on a termly basis in London but we are happy to work with you to organise training to meet local need in your county or borough. We are often able to identify additional supplementary schools who would like to take part in a training course in your area and this can help lower the cost to the school/agency booking on-site training.

Please get in touch with us by email: nrc@nrcse.org.uk or by telephone: 020 7697 4055 to discuss your training needs.

To secure your place, go to the training section in our online shop (or you can download and return a booking form if you prefer).


Good Management in supplementary schools

We are offering the 3-day course within our open training offer. Each full day session is priced at £105 (£75 for subscribers) per school, you can send 1 or 2 people, we encourage you to send an existing MC member plus a parent or staff member.  The 3-days will provide practical tools and advice on how to start up, or manage and develop a supplementary school. You will learn about what is needed to run a supplementary school effectively, and be able to use this in planning and decision making for future developments. This course is also an excellent ‘update session’ for supplementary schools management committee. To get the maximum benefit send an existing committee member and a new one, or a committee member and a teacher.

Next date: Sundays 19, 26 November and 3 December 2017 @Resource for London go to the training section in our online shop to book your place. To access the discount you must log in first.


Fundraising/Funding applications made easy (FAME)

This course will take you through the steps of making a great funding application, including project development, evidencing need, outcomes and outputs.
Next date: to be confirmed @Resource for London go to the training section in our online shop to book your place.


Safeguarding for supplementary schools

This course provides practical tools and knowledge about safeguarding. It includes a very practical Safe Network resource pack and DVD, and guidance on how to apply the Safe Network standards to your school. This is a general safeguarding course for staff and management committee members. Your designated safeguarding lead person must still attend child protection training with your local safeguarding children board.
Next date: 22 November 2017 @Resource for London go to the training section in our online shop to book your place


Introduction to quality assurance

All our courses are designed with quality assurance in mind and can help you meet the NRCSE Quality Mark standards. However, if you require a session that is specific to the Quality Mark, the following bitesize or full-day training courses can be booked by clusters of supplementary schools, school networks and local authorities:


• The NRCSE Quality Mark: the basics
Two-hour twilight session, giving an overview of the NRCSE Quality Mark and focusing on meeting minimum safeguarding standards and effective management practices.
Next date: 27 September 2017 @Resource for London go to the training section in our online shop to book your place

• An introduction to the NRCSE Quality Mark
A full day’s training, covering the minimum safeguarding requirements and using the self-evaluation tools to determine whether your school is ready to attend recognition of quality of your provision and gain an NRCSE Quality Mark.
Next date: please get in touch with us via QDA@nrcse.org.uk to book this course.


Quality assurance mentor training

We run two-day training for individuals who want to support supplementary schools as mentors. We also offer peer-to-peer mentor training for clusters of supplementary schools who would like to support each other to obtain the NRCSE Quality Mark. A registered mentor or appropriately qualified person will need to visit your school in operation and provide a Witness Statement and Recommendation. Visit the mentor page to find out more.

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We offer management courses and Ofqual-registered teacher training programmes.

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What Supplementary Schools tell about us

I recommend all the supplementary schools to provide NRCSE training for their volunteers. This help schools to run their classes professionally, as well as giving teachers who have a degree in a field of Science, maths and English or other curriculum subjects to teach these subjects in supplementary schools, which might lead them later on to be a qualified teacher in mainstream schools.

— Mojgan Salmani

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