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School Based Assessment in Mathematics
School Based Assessment in Mathematics
Date: (2 day course) (delegates must attend both dates) - Thursday 4 February 2027 and Thursday 11 March 2027
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm both days
Cost: £80
Venue: Room G4 Training Room, New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester, LE3 9RN
Who is this course for: SENDCos, SEN Teachers with responsibility for assessments in Maths.
Areas Covered:
Day One: (am only)
•Understanding the challenges inherent in learning mathematics.
•Exploring some of the ways we can identify mathematical difficulties.
•Introduction to the ‘Quick Numeracy Check’ (QNC) and other useful assessments.
Day Two: (am only)
•What is maths anxiety?
•Discussion of findings from your exploration of Numeracy SBA in school.
•Identifying ways to support pupils who are finding maths challenging in class through high quality teaching.
•Exploring evidence-based intervention approaches.
•A brief introduction to dyscalculia.
Course Outcomes:
•Receive a QNC resource pack
•Be able to complete basic maths-assessments.
•Knowledge of high-quality teaching and resources to use with pupils who find maths challenging.
•Increased confidence in identifying pupils with dyscalculia or maths anxiety.
This course will be delivered by the LCI Team
£80.00
Lets Talk
Date: Wednesday 24 February 2027
Time: 9:00-3:30pm
Fee: £80 per delegate
£65 per school for electronic resources folder which will be charged separately.
Venue: Room G4 Training Room, New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester, LE3 9RN
Who is this course for: SENDCos, Teachers and Teaching Assistant pairs or 2 TAs if SENDCo has already trained in Let’s Talk.
Areas Covered:
- The communication process.
- What a language group looks like.
- Pre and post screening.
- Language group activities
Course Outcomes:
- The Delegates will be equipped to run a Let’s Talk Language group intervention.
Each School will receive access to a Virtual folder which contains: -
- Pre & Post screening materials.
- 10 weeks of Language group plans for KS1 and KS2 Children.
- Printable Resources.
To be delivered by the LCI Team
£80.00
Supporting learners with literacy difficulties - including dyslexia
This is a short introduction to the many ways that learners with literacy difficulties (reading, writing, spelling), and dyslexia can be supported to make progress in school. The course gives strategies on how to adapt everyday classroom teaching and ideas about which interventions to use to boost literacy.
Dates:
- Thursday 29 October 2026, 1pm - 4pm,
or
- Friday 26 February 2027, 9am - 12pm
Venue: G4 Training Room, New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester, LE3 9RN
Who is this course for: SENCos, SLT, Teaching Assistants, Class Teachers
Cost: £50
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Choose the most appropriate interventions for their school to help boost literacy levels for learners with specifically literacy difficulties.
- Begin to understand how they may adapt their everyday teaching to support learners with literacy difficulties to access the learning.
- Understand which learners need something more than adaptive teaching to be successful in learning to read, write and spell.
This course will be delivered by the LCI Team (Samantha Marriott)
£50.00
ELKLAN Secondary
Dates:
- Day 1 - Wednesday 30 September 2026
- Day 2 - Wednesday 28 October 2026
- Day 3 - Wednesday 25 November 2026
All sessions will run 9:00am - 4:00pm
Who Is It For: Teaching assistants -Key Stages 3 and 4.
Cost: £470 per delegate,
Venue: New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester, LE3 9RN
This course offers practical strategies for teaching assistants to support children in the classroom, focusing on the communication process and potential difficulties with speech, language, and communication.
Suitable for TAs working in secondary settings including DSPs.
Course Outcomes:
- •Accreditation at level 2 or level 3 (OCN).
- •Increased understanding of the communication process.
- •Increased understanding of speech, language and communication needs in students.
- •Knowledge of a range of strategies, approaches and resources to use in the classroom and with individual students to support SLCN.
NB for accreditation delegates are expected to submit a short, written learning log weekly.
This course will be delivered by an accredited Elklan trainer from the LCI Team. (Jeanette Wright)