INSET - Osiris Educational

English Inspector and English Adviser

School Improvement Adviser

Former Chairman NAAE (National Association of Advisers of English)

Chair of NAGTY (National Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth)

Senior Examiner AQA Media Studies A level

QCA English steering group

Geoffs course will offer opportunities to review curriculum content and resources in an increasingly textualised age, to engage and motivate students of all abilities.

Specialist areas

English (outstanding lessons in English, learning in English and the future of the subject) / literacy across the curriculum / boys and literacy / English and the media / simple technologies in the English classroom / teaching and learning in reading and writing in English

Outstanding Learning / assessment for learning / questioning and talk for learning

Gifted and Talented/ More Able – at all key stages – challenging the more able / training leading teachers for more able / reading for more able / writing for more able / planning for more able

Writing – at all key stages / writers taking control of their writing / using grammar and language knowledge to improve writing

Personalisation / independent learning

Futures education / rethinking the curriculum

Testimonials

“I feel inspired by some of the examples of ‘visual’ texts Geoff shared with us and I will look at my planning in a whole new light from now on”

Geoff is a School Improvement Adviser. He provides training that challenges current assumptions and practices in English, by requiring teachers to consider what will be the vital future learning needs of their students.