Training courses
Take part in a variety of free training courses on our teacher development platform. Explore a range of topics, from assessing learners to planning a great lesson. Study at your own pace and join our Facebook community to share your learning with other teachers and get feedback and guidance from our experienced tutors.
Find out about all our courses running in 2026 by downloading our 2026 training courses calendar.
9–12 hours
Understanding
TeachingEnglish: How to teach reading
Boost your learners’ reading skills by learning what effective readers do and develop these skills with engaging classroom activities. How to teach reading will open on 5 October 2026 – enrol now.
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9–12 hours
TeachingEnglish: Project-based learning
Design and assess engaging projects by identifying key thinking skills and following the stages of successful project-based learning. This new course will open on 4 January 2027 and will open for enrolment soon.
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9–12 hours
Understanding
TeachingEnglish: Motivating activities for primary
Engage your primary learners with songs, games, chants and vocabulary activities that will make learning memorable. Motivating activities for primary will open on 4 January 2027, and will open for enrolment soon.
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9–12 hours
Integration
TeachingEnglish: Digital citizenship and online skills
Enhance your understanding of digital citizenship and your ability to help learners protect themselves online, be kind to others and assess information they find. Digital citizenship and online skills will open on 4 January 2027, and will open for enrolment soon.
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9–12 hours
Understanding
TeachingEnglish: Creative resources for primary
Inspire your primary learners by learning how to make high-quality resources out of creative and sustainable teaching materials. Develop your learners’ language and oral skills through effective use of resources such as flashcards, big books and puppets. Enrolment for Creative resources for primary is closed, though if you’re already enrolled you can still work on it until 30 June 2026. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.
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9–12 hours
TeachingEnglish: Communication skills
Enhance your learners’ communication skills with engaging, practical classroom activities that build a clear understanding of effective dialogue. Enrolment for Communication skills is closed, though if you’re enrolled you can still work on it until 30 June 2026. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.
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9–12 hours
Integration
TeachingEnglish: Planning courses
Discover how to plan learner-centred courses based on your learners, their context and curriculum requirements. Explore techniques for analysing learner needs and involving them as active participants in the assessment process. Enrolment for Planning courses is closed. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.
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9–12 hours
Engagement
TeachingEnglish: How to teach vocabulary
Help your learners notice, record, recycle and use new vocabulary more confidently with engaging classroom activities. Enrolment for How to teach vocabulary is closed. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.
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9–12 hours
Engagement
TeachingEnglish: How to teach writing
Improve your learners’ writing skills by exploring the subskills that make good writers, and ways of developing them in the classroom. Enrolment for How to teach writing is closed. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.
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9–12 hours
Understanding
TeachingEnglish: Managing learning
Learn how to evaluate and write engaging lesson plans, and explore techniques for effective transitions, signalling, task-setting and checking instructions. Enrolment for Managing learning is closed. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.
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