Evidence-Based CPD That Drives Whole-School Improvement
Why do Deputy Heads Choose JMC for their Teaching and Learning INSET?
They tell us our INSET :
- Boosts pupil outcomes with proven strategies
- Supports staff retention through meaningful CPD
- Aligns with Ofsted & EEF priorities
- Tailored to the school’s development plan
“Outstanding and Inspirational INSET”
Sarah Lemmon, Headmistress, Redcliffe School, Kensington
What Is High Quality Teaching?
High quality teaching is the single most important factor in improving student achievement. Our INSET draws on:
- Cognitive science & educational research
- EEF guidance on Pupil Premium spending
- Metacognitive & adaptive teaching strategies
“Valuable professional development delivered with clarity. Clear, concise and to the point.”
Matthew Edwards, Assistant Headteacher, Northampton School for Boys
High Quality Teaching & Pupil Premium
Making sure an effective teacher is in front of every class, and that every teacher is supported to
keep improving, is especially important for socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils. Investing in high quality teaching should rightly be a top priority for Pupil Premium spending. The EEF recommend at least 50% of your school’s PP funding should be spent on this, the JMC INSET courses are the ideal way to invest in professional development for teachers to support for early career teachers, and improve recruitment and retention.
Popular INSET Courses
- Extending Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
- Improving Working Memory & Retention
- Adaptive Teaching Strategies
- Embedding Formative Assessment
- Conducting Meaningful Learning Walks
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“Staff were buzzing afterwards!”
— Karen Coles, Director of Studies, Fulham Prep
Tailored to Your School’s Needs
Every INSET session is:
- Customised to your school improvement priorities
- Delivered by expert practitioners
- Designed for whole-school or departmental impact
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“Incredibly engaging and inspiring.”
— Katherine Letts, Assistant Head, St Laurence School“Excellent! Pragmatic, realistic and no waffle.”
— Jean Raleigh, Head of Department, Bellerby’s College
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High Quality Teaching and Learning Courses
INSET : Active learning strategies to Boost Engagement
“It was informative, constructive and invaluable for me” Melanie Westlake, Head of Science, Saint Felix School From Passive to Active: Energising Classroom Practice This INSET explores how active learning—particularly through…
INSET: Using Structured talk to Unlock Pupil Engagement
In today’s classrooms, the ability to communicate effectively is more crucial than ever—not just for academic success, but for personal confidence, social development, and future employability. is Structured talk is…
INSET : Metacognition and Self-Regulation for Engagement
“Excellent ideas for how to embed metacognition & self regulation across the whole school” Catherine Brooks, Lead teacher on Metacognition, The Crypt School Thinking About Thinking: Empowering Learners Through Metacognition…
INSET: Towards Exceptional Oracy and Communication
🌟 Towards Exceptional Oracy and Communication – Building Confident Communicators in Primary Education Oracy is a vital foundation for learning, social development, and future success. It underpins pupils’ ability to…
INSET: Towards Exceptional Primary English Teaching
🌟 INSET: Towards Exceptional Primary English Teaching – Building Language, Literacy and Learning English is the cornerstone of the primary curriculum, underpinning pupils’ ability to access all subjects and express…
INSET: Towards Exceptional Primary Maths Teaching
🌟 Towards Exceptional Primary Maths Teaching – Building Fluency, Reasoning and Progress Mathematics is a core subject in the primary curriculum and a key driver of cognitive development, problem-solving ability,…
INSET: Exceptional Primary Science Teaching
🌟 Exceptional Primary Science Teaching – Inspiring Young Scientists and Building Lifelong Skills Primary science plays a vital role in shaping how children understand the world, think critically, and solve…
INSET: Exceptional GCSE Science Teaching
🌟 Exceptional GCSE Science Teaching – Raising Attainment and Engagement In the context of Ofsted’s 2025 framework and the continued importance of Progress 8 as a measure of school performance,…
Science INSET: Towards Exceptional Science Teaching
🌟 INSET: Towards Exceptional Science Teaching – Raising Standards and Impact With the 2025 Ofsted framework placing greater emphasis on curriculum coherence, learner progress, and subject-specific pedagogy, this CPD course…
INSET : Towards Exceptional Teaching & Learning at A Level
“Feedback has been extremely positive about last night’s training – ‘One colleague even described it as “life changing”. Andy Backwell, Head of 6th Form, Malmesbury School 🌟 Towards Exceptional Teaching…
INSET: Towards Exceptional Primary Maths Teaching
🌟 Towards Exceptional Primary Maths Teaching: A CPD for Ambitious Schools In light of Ofsted’s new framework, the definition of excellence in primary maths teaching has evolved. This CPD is…
INSET: Towards Exceptional Maths Teaching in Secondary Schools
“Superbly clear, inspiring, and backed by outstanding subject knowledge.”Tom Bowley, Millfield School, Head of Maths 🌟 Towards Exceptional Maths Teaching: A CPD for Ambitious Departments In an educational landscape reshaped…
Secondary INSET : Raising Attainment in Biology A level
“Left inspired!” Kim Carmichael, Head of Science, Longcroft School Improving the performance of lower attaining A level Biology students This highly interactive workshop is designed to boost exam performance in…
INSET: Improving Learning Retention to Raise GCSE Achievement
“Incredibly engaging and Inspiring” Katherine Letts, Assistant Head, St Laurence School Cognition refers to “the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.”…
Subject Knowledge & Pedagogy INSET for Multi-Academy Trusts
Elevate Teaching Quality Across Your Trust with Scalable, Subject-Specific CPD Why MAT Leaders Choose JMC INSET “It was exceptionally useful, highly relevant & personalised to our school. I cannot recommend…
INSET : Extending Pupil’s Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
Thank you again for the INSET, the staff were buzzing afterwards! Karen Coles, Director of Studies, Fulham Prep Teachers are good at writing and asking literal questions (e.g., Name the…
INSET: Great Literacy Teaching in Primary Schools
Welcome to our course on Great Literacy Teaching in Primary Schools for class teachers & teaching assistants from early years to Year 6. This course is designed to equip educators…
INSET: Improving Working Memory to Boost Learning & Retention
“Incredibly engaging and Inspiring” Katherine Letts, Assistant Head, St Laurence School Many learners can struggle with working memory and memory overload, as well as what’s termed cognitive load (the amount…
INSET: Embedding Formative Assessment
“Excellent! Pragmatic, realistic and no waffle!” Jean Raleigh, HOD, Bellerby’s College What are the benefits of embedding formative assessment ? Embedding Formative Assessment is crucial for fostering a culture of…
Primary INSET : Challenging High Achievers in Maths lessons
I feel particularly inspired. Unlike many courses, this felt achievable. Alison Tanner, Year 5/6 Teacher Cameley Primary School Maths is an exciting subject. The National Curriculum provides a framework to…
INSET : Improving Reading in Secondary Schools
‘Really helpful – lots of ideas regarding whole school literacy, as well as in department. An excellent understanding / knowledge of how the Ofsted framework will impact schools – thank…
INSET: Responsive Teaching Strategies in the Classroom
“Incredibly useful adaptive teaching strategies, which were explained brilliantly” Philippa Gleave, The Lady Eleanor Holles School Is it time for ‘responsive teaching’ to replace differentiation? Over the past few years, ‘differentiation’ has…
Curriculum Review for Schools, MATs & Academies
We are able to provide bespoke curriculum review and/or INSET depending on your needs. Our aim would be to work collaboratively and developmentally with you to develop a well-planned and…
INSET: Adaptive Teaching Strategies in the Classroom
“Incredibly useful adaptive teaching strategies, which were explained brilliantly” Philippa Gleave, The Lady Eleanor Holles School Is it time for ‘adaptive teaching’ to replace differentiation? Over the past few years, ‘differentiation’ has…
INSET: Implementing the Oracy Pedagogy into Classroom Practice
“Oracy was central to improving outcomes for all children at our school. JMC’s impact in the short term and over time reflected the quality of their comprehensive and achievable programme….
Science INSET : Challenging able pupils in Science
“Impactful , positive & inspiring – highly recommended “ Jenny Carruthers HOD , Cleeve School The PISA 2022 report reveals that in the UK, 10% of students were top performers…
Assessment Strategies: The Bridge between Teaching & Learning
This training day focuses on leveraging assessment strategies as a transformative tool for enhancing pupil learning, particularly for Pupil Premium, neurodiverse learners and those with English as an Additional Language…
INSET : Metacognition Reframing learners as thinkers
“Excellent ideas for how to embed metacognition across the whole school” Catherine Brooks, Lead teacher on Metacognition, The Crypt School The Sutton Trust highlight how metacognitive and self-regulation strategies add, on…
INSET: Applying the Rosenshine Principles to the Classroom
A practical day of applying Rosenshine ‘s principles in different subject areas. INSET Outline Barak Rosenshine suggests spending between 5-8 minutes each day, mostly at the beginning of a lesson,…
INSET: Conducting Meaningful Learning walks
Really informative Catriona Forrest Ratcliffe, Royal Masonic School for Girls , Deputy Head Academic Strategies for Learning walks, feedback and professional development to drive school improvement in teaching and learning…
INSET : Challenging the most able students in all subjects
“Great take-always , so many useful resources” Thahseen Ali, Biology Teacher, King’s Rochester Strategies for challenging the most able students in every classroom Ofsted have published a report asking whether…
INSET: Formative Assessment Strategies- Assessment as Learning
“Excellent! Pragmatic, realistic and no waffle!” Jean Raleigh, HOD, Bellerby’s College How is Assessment as learning different from AfL or AoL ? AfL or Assessment for learning grew out of…
INSET: Conducting a Meaningful Work Scrutiny
Much to think about. Very useful. Tak Sang Li, Assistant Master, Westminster School Getting your scrutiny right Work scrutiny (or book sampling) is too often about criticism and too often…
INSET : Smart Marking & Feedback Strategies
Smart Marking – making marking meaningful, manageable and motivating again! Lots of great smart marking ideas to try! Sophie Rollins, Head of Year & Head of IT How to mark…
INSET: Neurodiversity in the Classroom
The presenter was very knowledgeable on Neurodiversity and had lots of experience working as a SENDCO in schools. Very useful perspective. Really got me thinking! Jo Lindsay, St Bede’s Catholic…
INSET : Active learning strategies in the Classroom
“It was informative, constructive and invaluable for me” Melanie Westlake, Head of Science, Saint Felix School The most recent ISI and Ofsted frameworks require a certain style of teaching to…
ISI INSET : A Consistent Approach to Marking & Feedback
With the recent changes to the ISI framework it is essential that teachers and leaders get to grips with the new criteria. This course also presents practical ways to mark smarter and how the research shows that improving marking and feedback is the number one way of adding value to pupil progression and attainment.
ISI INSET : Improving Pupils’ Quality of Education
Impressed by both the content and the delivery Joe Thackway, Head, Crescent School Improving pupils’ quality of education across the school The quality of education in a school is judged…
INSET: Neurodiverse Classroom Teaching
It is estimated that neurodiverse learners make up 15% – 20% of UK school pupils, a group which includes a range of learning differences such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism, ADHD…
INSET: Metacognition in Post 16 & Secondary Classrooms
“Excellent ideas for how to embed metacognition in secondary classrooms across the whole school” Catherine Brooks, Lead teacher on Metacognition, The Crypt School Impact of Metacognition in Secondary Classrooms The…
Secondary INSET: Developing Self Regulation in the Classroom
What is self-regulation? There has been significant research interest into self-regulation, particularly in terms of how it can be best taught to students. The definition of ‘self-regulated learning’ isn’t set…
ECT INSET : The Early Career Teacher Toolkit
“To say that the ECT years of teaching are challenging would be an understatement. There are so many moving parts to manage and so many new things to learn that…
INSET : Collaborative learning strategies
“It was informative, constructive and invaluable for me” Melanie Westlake, Head of Science, Saint Felix School The most recent ISI and Ofsted frameworks require a certain style of teaching to…
INSET: Reasoning in EYFS and KS1 Maths
Coming away from the KS1 Maths reasoning course I felt inspired to share the guidance and motivate staff at my school to integrate and teach reasoning. I love how we…
INSET: Developing Reasoning in KS2 Maths
A great hands-on course with valuable messages of how to deepen reasoning in KS2 Maths with all abilities. The children are already reasoning at a deeper level in such a…
INSET: Critical thinking & Higher order thinking skills
“I really appreciated how organic the delivery was” Shelley Chapman, Teaching & Learning Coordinator, The Marist School Support your pupils to think deeper about lesson content ● Do you think…
INSET: Building confidence in KS3 & 4 Physics teaching
This INSET builds subject knowledge, confidence and pedagogy for those teaching KS3 and KS4 Physics without a Physics specialism. Non- specialist teachers in Science at Key stage 3 &4 Science…
INSET: Challenging the most able Physics students
Does your teaching stretch the most able Physics students? Are your students able to access top marks in public exams? Are you preparing your students to study Physical Science and…
INSET: Supporting Learners with Dyslexia
‘I found the course extremely useful and its importance in moving children forward in their learning cannot be underestimated.’ Melanie Boyer, SENDCo, Our Lady’s Preparatory School The SEND Code of…
Primary INSET: Assessment for Improving Learning in International Schools
AfL or AoL ? AfL or Assessment for learning is particularly useful for supporting low-attaining students, but many international schools find it difficult to implement. There is a growing recognition…
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