Professional Development for Schools
CfBT Education Trust, one of the UK’s top 30 charities and an education provider for more than 40 years, has created a Professional Development Agreement (PDA) for schools, academies and free schools.This annual partnership offers access to professional school services at different levels. All schools who buy a PDA are entitled to our Foundation Offer, which includes a dedicated website of resources, an e-mail support line, regular updates on cutting-edge education research, subject and phase specific newsletters and free places at a national education conference. This offer can be bought on its own but contains no units for additional services.
Prices for PDAs start at £900 for the Foundation offer (0 units).
Packages then increase in relation to the number of units they contain. Units are used on education services according to the school's requirements:
| Bronze (9 units) | Silver (25 units) | Gold (37 units) | Platinum (47 units) |
Units can be used for any of CfBT's education services and have the following value:
- 1 unit = 3 hours of specialist consultancy
- 1 unit = 2 places at a 5 hour training course or conference
- 1 unit = 4 places at a 3 hour training course or conference
- 1 unit = 8 hours with an independent careers and guidance adviser
- 1 unit = 8 hours with a behaviour support worker
Read on to find out more about the education services currently available:
- Consultancy
- Network meetings and seminars
- Training courses
- Direct work with pupils
- Early Years and Foundation Stage
- Primary English
- Primary Mathematics
- Secondary Science
- Ensuring robust processes in secondary schools
- Digital media and visual literacy
- Data assessment in primary school
- Careers education and guidance
- Support staff
- Leadership and management
- Governor training