GCSE English resits · for colleges and post-16 providers
Funded training for your whole GCSE English resit team
Proven classroom strategies for GCSE English resit learners that your team can use tomorrow. Creative Education has been awarded Department for Education grant funding to deliver a national CPD programme for GCSE English resit teachers working in further education.
- Fully funded by the DfE
- Your whole English team
- With Research College Group
18 more funded places
After working with 55 organisations on this programme, we’ve been awarded further funding to work with another 18. It’s for FE colleges and post-16 providers with 500 or more learners across English and maths resits combined, under the condition of funding.
Why resits need a different approach
Your resit learners aren’t just repeating what didn’t work the first time. They need strategies designed for further education, that recognise their previous experience and build confidence alongside competence.
Fully funded by the DfE
No cost to your college.
Whole-department training
Your whole English team, not piecemeal CPD.
Practical, FE-based strategies
Designed by FE practitioners, for FE practitioners, to use tomorrow.
Most CPD is adapted from school-based teaching. The English Resits Excellence Programme isn’t: it uses strategies that work with learners who need a fresh start. We’ve already supported over 10,000 FE English teachers, with 98% satisfaction.
A complete, evidence-based programme
The English Resits Excellence Programme is built on four pillars: the 4M framework.
Motivation
Identity-affirming tasks, restorative practice and meaningful contexts to re-engage learners.
Metacognition
Modelling, scaffolded thinking and memory strategies that build independent learners.
Mastery
Core literacy taught through sequence-based instruction and formative feedback.
Mobilising
Planning for change, tackling barriers and embedding collaboration across the department.
What’s included
Training for your whole English team
Delivered in partnership with Research College Group, so every strategy is grounded in real FE practice and research.
- Face-to-face training: two days, or four half days, for your whole English team
- Online extension modules: deep dives on SEND strategies, reading, writing and vocabulary
- National networks: meet and share with other practitioners in the sector
- Follow-up reviews: check-ins to assess impact when you need them
- Legacy toolkit: resources and self-delivery materials to carry on after the programme
Questions about the programme
Who can take part?
FE colleges and post-16 providers with 500 or more learners in total across English and maths resits combined, under the maths and English condition of funding. Not sure if you qualify? Make an enquiry and we’ll check with you.
What does it cost?
Nothing. The programme is funded by the Department for Education.
Who delivers it?
Creative Education, in partnership with Research College Group: FE practitioners, for FE practitioners.
We’re a school sixth form. Can we join?
Usually not, because of the 500-learner threshold, but tell us your numbers and we’ll check.
Make an enquiry
There are 18 funded places. Tell us about your college and how many resit learners you have.
What happens next
- We check your eligibility in a short call about the programme.
- We agree dates for your team’s training days.
- Your team is trained with online modules, networks and a toolkit to keep going.
Rather talk it through?
Call 020 8680 4077 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm) or email [email protected].