CPD means more than INSET days or short-term solutions. It’s an essential ongoing strategy that supports and improves student outcomes. The Teacher Development Trust is on a mission to empower every school leader to provide effective, evidence-based staff development in thriving cultures of professional growth.
Founded by a team of teachers and school leaders in 2012, we work across the education sector to promote the principles of good CPD. We also help school and trust leaders access and implement the best evidence around what works.
Build a culture of learning, collaboration, and purpose within your staff team to help teachers thrive and children succeed.
Find out how a strategic CPD plan can aid you to realise your vision for whole school improvement.
Whether you’re new to your role or you’ve reached a fork in the road, our free tool for leaders of professional development will help you decide on the best next step towards a truly effective, supportive CPD provision.
Over 15 questions, you’ll reflect on the culture, planning, and implementation of professional development in your setting. You’ll then receive tailored recommendations of resources to help you develop in areas of improvement.
Create a free CPD Leadership Hub account to access valuable resources to help you understand and implement great professional development for teachers.
Inside our hub, you can buy interactive Online Learning Modules to help you develop different areas of your leadership, read key pieces of research, and book coaching sessions with experts in professional development.
Over more than 10 years, we’ve been lucky enough to work with thousands of leaders and teachers from all kinds of educational settings. Our impact can’t always be measured in numbers, but to give you an idea of our achievements to date:
There are many routes to excellence. Find out more about our different options for learning, our approach, and our latest exploratory work.
From online learning to personal coaching, to training a team within your school. We have options to suit every context.
Explore our research around creating cultures of improvement, developing great teaching, collaborative appraisal and improving staff retention.