How we train staff to be reading experts at St Dennis Primary Academy

• All staff have received recent RWI training through development days led by an approved RWI trainer.
• Staff attend regular refresher sessions with the Early Reading Lead. Practice Maps are kept up to date.
• The school is a Graduate school with English Hub Kernow and receives updates and access to training opportunities. 
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• Experts have been identified within the school team and peer mentors created to cascade excellence from within.
• Through monitoring, the Reading Lead ensures adherence to the reading guidance booklet best practice.
• Early Reading Lead and English Lead offer in-house coaching at the point of teaching.
• Links have been made across Trust schools to give staff the opportunity to observe staff teaching in other settings.
• First phase teaching is high quality across the school and is evident through personalised CPD.
• Trust Lead in place to support any identified training needs.
• Teaching assistants receive the same CPD opportunities as teachers, and are viewed as teaching partners.
• Reading Lead attends TPAT English network meetings and key information is fed back to all staff.
• A full monitoring schedule is in place to ensure agreed approaches and consistency in reading across the school.