Expert Schools Membership
A growing international network of leaders and experts in professional development
When you engage with our Expert Schools Programme we immediately welcome you into our national Expert Schools Member Network, where you enjoy access to our online tools and resources, learning modules and networking events.
Many schools who complete our programme want to stay connected, accessing the most up to date research, discussion and knowledge sharing around effective professional development. Expert Schools Members help us shape our network, hold us to our values and contribute to our advocacy and research.
TDT Learn
Online training modules to guide you and colleagues through understanding and implementing effective approaches to school improvement through people development.
TDT Diagnostic Review Tool
Supports you to conduct a self review, a staff survey and gather evidence in preparation for a TDT led Diagnostic Review, and in time, to conduct your own internal Diagnostic Review
Membership Resources
Curated additional reading, resources, research and recordings of past network events to support continued professional growth. Access to the Teachers Working Environments Survey.
Expert Schools Network
Number of teachers and school leaders who engage with our NPQs and/or Expert Schools Membership Network
Number of schools that have completed a Diagnostic Review
Wherever you are in your development journey discover more about our programmes
Our Research and Insights
Read about the research that underpins our work, plus insights into effective CPD
Newsletters
Sign up to our monthly intelligence briefing for everyone interested in professional learning
Our Impact
On school improvement, teaching and learning, morale and teacher retention
Our Blog
Ofsted: “TDT relentlessly pursue and model a vision of excellence that is embodied in their values of smart, heart, humble”
Teacher Development Trust (TDT) is England's national charity for effective professional development in schools, colleges and early years settings. We help give leaders the clarity, confidence and capacity to build and lead cultures of expertise in schools and trusts,...
Creating a CPD entitlement that works – our findings
Read full report The teaching profession is up against it at the moment. It faces challenges around recruitment and retention, restrictions on funding, and too often feels a lack of trust in its ability to educate children and young people. As an organisation, we know...
Improving Education Policy Together
In this blog, our CEO, Gareth Conyard, talks about what we can expect in his co-authored new book on how to make better education policy. Before joining the Teacher Development Trust, I was privileged to be a civil servant at the Department for Education for nearly...
SchoolDash data shows that spend on CPD is flatlining – why does that matter?
The latest data analysis from SchoolDash is published today and it shows a challenging picture in terms of spend on professional development by schools in England. Coming in the midst of a General Election campaign - in which the idea of an entitlement to...
Smart, Heart, Humble: Developing meaningful education policy during a General Election campaign
So the starting gun has been fired and the race has begun. The next six weeks will see leading figures in all parties try to set out their stalls and we should expect that education will be a major area of policy to be discussed. What should we hope for? It is...
TDT Response to the Education Select Committee Report: Teacher Recruitment, Training & Retention
TDT welcomes today’s publication of the Education Select Committee report on teacher recruitment and retention. Alongside Labour’s announcement yesterday to increase the number of teachers entering the profession, we are glad to see politicians of all political...
Using AI: Being Smart, Heart, and Humble
In out latest guest blog, Mike Goves of the Oxfordshire Teaching School Hub & River Learning Trust begins to explore the mechanisms and research behind artificial intelligence models and highlights how the TDT values can support us in being critically selective of...
Highs and lows: developing staff in a demanding sector
Two hundred leaders of professional learning gathered at TDT's National Conference in January 2024 to explore and reflect on the highs and lows of developing school staff in a demanding but ultimately rewarding sector. Here, TDT’s Curriculum Designer, Ariana Wells,...