This course will prepare participants to set up a nurture group in their school or setting.  It covers how to set up a nurture group, how to select children for the group, what the nurture room should look like, activities and staffing of the nurture room, target setting, assessment, tracking and monitoring.

This course aims to give participants relevant research and practical advice in setting up a nurture group in their school or setting.

Target audience – school staff who wish to set up a targeted nurture group.

 

2 courses:

28/10/25 & 11/11/25 3.30 – 5.00pm Venue TBC

28/04/26 & 19/05/26 3.30 -5.00pm  Venue TBC

 

Places will be available to book through Business World. If you have any queries about this course please email CLPL@scotborders.gov.uk and we will be happy to help.

We are excited to announce that registration for the new academic year has officially opened!  Please share this with any education colleagues or networks who may be interested in joining our online programme.

The Leading Professional Learning programme is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to plan, facilitate and evaluate a collective and collaborative approach to professional learning in their own education settings. Underpinned by educational research and centred on the national model of professional learning, the programme is specifically tailored to the Scottish education system.

Registration will close on Friday, 5^th September.

Click on the following link to find out more about the programme and book your place: Leading professional learning programme | Programmes | Professional learning programmes, webinars and events | Professional Learning | Education Scotland

 

Dr Karen Edge will be delivering the first webinar in our 25/26 Leadership+ series bringing global insight and practical strategies to help leaders re-energise themselves and their teams—perfect timing for the start of a new academic year!

Dr Karen Edge: That first-day-back feeling: Sustaining energy and optimism in yourself and your team.
Monday 8 September
4pm to 5pm
Online via MS Teams

Places are limited, and we expect high demand—so please don’t delay!

Click here to register via Eventbrite

Dr Edge’s Leadership+ session last year was attended by over 400 leaders across Scottish education – here’s what they said about the session:

 

“Karen was so interesting and engaging – she brought a lot of herself to the session which I really appreciated. Really well paced and interactive – thank you!”

 

“A fantastic session by Karen Edge – genuine and authentic and linking to the research and her own relatable experiences.

The session passed so quickly – very enjoyable and relevant to the here and now. Thank you”

 

“The ideas were very thought provoking and the interactive activities are ones that I can see me using during staff meetings “

 

Please note: This session will not be recorded, so we strongly encourage you to attend live to benefit fully. However, Dr Edge will kindly record a 15-minute post-event overview, which will be available on our Leadership+ webpage.

 

We will be offering more Leadership+ sessions in the 25/26 session, and will be publishing details of these in the coming weeks.

 

We hope you’ll join us for this inspiring first session and be part of a growing community of leaders shaping the future of Scottish education.

 

Education Scotland Leadership+ Team 

Stay informed with our Professional Learning Announcements page.

This will be an annual rolling programme to ensure all pastoral staff, members of senior management teams within secondary schools and central education team are trained. Training is valid for 3 years, then needs to be re-done. This training has been put in place to support staff following a Child Protection Learning Review and should be prioritised for staff to attend.

NHS Health Improvement Team are partially funding this two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid for SBC education staff.

12^th and 13^th May 2026, 8:50am – 5pm

An ASIST trained caregiver, will be better able to:

• Identify people who have thoughts of suicide, reach out and offer support
• Seek a shared understanding of the reasons for thoughts of suicide
• Apply a suicide intervention model
• Review current risk and develop a plan to increase safety from suicidal behaviour
• Link people with community resources

Each school has been allocated 3 places and we would be grateful if you could email CLPL@scotborders.gov.uk with attendees for your school now. Attendees will be sent a link from NHS 12 weeks prior to the programme to complete sign up.

If you require more places contact the CLPL team and they will see if this is possible

Over the last 12 months, the Scottish Attainment Challenge National Programmes have published four important reports focused on enablers of building readiness to learn, primarily from the perspectives of young people. We would like to invite you to an online event where the Child Poverty Action Group, Young Scot, YouthLink Scotland and CELCIS (Virtual School Head Teachers Network) will share learning from these reports and support a discussion to consider what children and young people say they need to thrive in school. Please do share this event with interested colleagues.

 

The session will provide opportunities to respond to insights from the reports and discuss with fellow school and youth work leads, Attainment Advisors, Local Authority Equity leads and relevant representatives from the Scottish Government:

 

•   what young people are saying about enablers of their readiness to learn
•   what young people, educators, parents and carers are saying about the role of youth work in supporting readiness to learn
•   how we can collaborate to more consistently and effectively across the system to offer the support that young people are seeking

 

Following the event, we will share participants’ key recommendations for action with some of the young people who were involved in the earlier consultations.  Our intention is that these recommendations, validated with young people, will inform the future development of the SAC National Programmes and influence thinking about the future of the Scottish Attainment Challenge more widely.

 

The event will be held online at 3.30pm-5pm on Tuesday 9th September.  Please confirm your attendance by replying via the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-together-to-support-readiness-to-learn-tickets-1487233688999?aff=oddtdtcreator

 

Cost of the School Day Big Question report and film from CPAG

YouthLink Scotland Readiness to Learn

YSAttain: Data & Insights – Young Scot Corporate

CELCIS: Virtual School Head Teachers

Please see details below for Education Scotland Relationships and Behaviour Webinars for Education professionals:

 

Webinars on New Guidance:

Relationships and behaviour: policy, guidance and professional learning – 21st August 2025 | Events | Education Scotland

New Guidance: Fostering a positive, inclusive and safe school environment – 27th August 2025 | Events | Education Scotland

Violence, aggression and dangerous behaviour risk assessment guidance – 3rd September 2025 | Events | Education Scotland

Addressing Racism and Racist Incidents: New Guidance and Practice Tickets, Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

IWS

Relationships and Behaviour CLPL webinars:

Session 1: Values, Expectations & Consequences and Policies – 28 August 2025

Session 2: Relational Approaches (Whole school) – 4 September 2025

Session 3: The Brain, Self-Regulation and the 4 Rs – 11 September 2025

Session 4: Co-Regulation and Deescalation – 18 September 2025

Session 5: Active Listening, Re-framing, and Classroom Strategies – 25 September 2025

Education Scotland continues to enhance its professional learning service to better support educators across the country. As we look ahead to the 2025/26 academic session, we’re excited to share a range of opportunities designed to support you and your colleagues to make informed decisions about your professional learning.

 

Click here for PowerPoint slide which outlines:

• Upcoming professional learning programmes opening for applications in 2025/26
• Open access resources available anytime to support flexible learning
• Activities for individuals and groups that offer recognition and a record of completion
• Guidance on how to find events via the Education Scotland website

 

These slides are a helpful starting point, but they don’t represent the full scope of our professional learning offer. For more details, we encourage you to click here to explore the Education Scotland website.

 

We’d be grateful if you could share this resource with your colleagues and teams to help them plan their learning journey for the year ahead. The application window for our Leadership Professional Learning programmes will be open from 18^th August until 5^th September, so please look out for further information on this in the coming days.

 

For our facilitated leadership professional learning, applications for the following programmes will go live at 9am on Monday 18 August and will close at 11.45pm on Friday 05 September. Application forms will be available under the ‘How do I apply?’ section of each page by 9am on Monday 18 August. It is important to note that demand for places on our facilitated programmes is high, and we may need to close application forms ahead of the published close date.

Building Racial Literacy – click here to find out more about this programme

Aspiring to Middle Leadership (facilitated cohort) – click here to find out more about this programme

Leading Professional Learning – click here to find out more about this programme

Leading the How of Change – click here to find out more about this programme

 

For our self-directed professional learning, we are again running online introductory sessions in order to support users to engage with the learning.

Aspiring to Middle Leadership – click here to learn more about this self-directed learning, and register for the introductory session

Middle Leaders Leading Change – click here to learn more about this self-directed learning, and register for the introductory session

Enquiry in Education – click here to learn more about this self-directed learning, and register for an introductory session

Coaching in Education – click here to learn more about this self-directed learning, and register for an introductory session

 

Lastly, don’t forget that you can also create a free account on our website which gives you access to our free Professional Learning Activities (PLAs) and Professional Learning Resources. And you can now download a certificate when you complete each PLA which can be kept as a log of your professional learning in 25/26. Click here to open the website and click the Register button to create a new account, or select Log in to access your existing account.

 

We look forward to supporting you with your professional learning this year.

 

Kind regards

Professional Learning and Leadership Team, Education Scotland

No previous knowledge of Gaelic is necessary.  Training dates and the content of the courses are below for your information.

Commencing week beginning 27th October 2025, 4.30-6.30pm. There is a choice of a Monday or a Thursday session. This is a 6-week online twilight course which provides teachers with some simple Gaelic which they can introduce to their learners.

You must have the agreement of your head teacher before applying as the expectation is that you would deliver Gaelic lessons to your learners during the course. The course model is designed for the learning to be consolidated by using the key language in class.

If you are interested in taking part, please complete this FORM. Places are limited and will be offered on a first come basis.

Monday 27th October 4.30-6.30	OR	Thursday 30th October 4.30-6.30	Unit 1: Introductions & Names
Monday 3rd November 4.30-6.30	OR	Thursday 6th November 4.30-6.30	Unit 2: Feelings & Days of the week
Monday 10th November 4.30-6.30	OR	Thursday 13th November 4.30-6.30	Unit 3: Numbers
Monday 17th November 4.30-6.30	OR	Thursday 20th November 4.30-6.30	Unit 4: Where you live
Monday 24th November 4.30-6.30	OR	Thursday 27th November 4.30-6.30	Unit 5: Weather
Monday 1st December 4.30-6.30	OR	Thursday 4th December 4.30-6.30	Unit 6: Colours

** NEWS: Primary teacher CPD launch

Click here for further info

We are ready to sign up our first cohort of teachers for 2025-26! Fill in the form below to sign up – CPD sessions will start on 19th September 2025.

If you have questions about the programme, please get in touch by emailing hello@lovemusic.org.uk. We are happy to call you if you provide us with a phone number.