At ATT, we understand that investing in the development of our people is a crucial to our mission to transform the lives of our learners through quality education. It’s hugely important to us that our colleagues have access to the training and development opportunities they need to succeed in their roles and progress in their careers.

Professional development at ATT is led by our ATT Institute, a small team of dedicated and expert colleagues working to develop an innovative, inclusive and impactful CPD offer for all our colleagues.

Innovative Offer

We strive to provide an innovative professional development programme with a range of courses, workshops, webinars and other learning to get involved in. As well as engaging with accredited courses, like National Professional Qualifications, our colleagues can access context-specific training with visiting experts, such as our Adaptive Teaching webinars. We’ve also developed short courses that help our staff learn or refresh the fundamentals of their role, like our Pivotal Pedagogy and EEC Essentials series.

We work with expert partners like Ambition Institute ad Steplab to ensure our PD offer is at the forefront of research and knowledge in the education sector.

“The Trust has supported the school well… Its training programmes enable staff, including teachers new to the profession, to develop their skills rapidly and grow in professional confidence”

-Ofsted on Jubilee Academy, September 2024

Inclusive Opportunities

We believe that PD is for everyone, no matter their role or level. To help staff understand which opportunities might be useful for them, we use four groupings that describe how colleagues across our Trust contribute to our mission in different ways. With this system, we can ensure that we not only have excellent training for teachers and leaders, but also offer valuable learning for support staff, student-facing and otherwise.

We want to make sure that our PD offer empowers everybody to thrive in their career journey. Last year, we launched our ongoing Elevating Women programme, designed to help the next generation of female leaders in education reach their full potential.

“ATT have created a culture which ensures that we feel valued and trusted in the specific roles we carry out. The training and communication provided to us in our facilitator roles provides sufficient support and challenge, ensuring that we are delivering a high quality offer”

Susan Samra, ECF Facilitator

Impactful PD

Our professional development programme is designed to be impactful not only on an individual scale, but also for our academies and their learners. Developing the skills and knowledge of our colleagues allows them to provide and contribute to the highest quality of education for all our students.

We’re proud to receive incredible feedback from our course participants and from external organisations. We’ve recently been shortlisted for the Staff Development Award at the 2025 MAT Excellence Awards!

“Trust leaders provide a bespoke range of professional development for staff…. As a result of this support, the school has established a stable team whose members feel valued and respected.”

-Ofsted on The Hathaway Academy, June 2024

Institute Team Structure

Our ATT Institute is led by Director Cat Rushton with the support of Deputy Director Katie Pattinson. Our Professional Learning Leads, James Abley and Vicki Evans, manage the delivery of accredited courses such as Initial Teacher Training, the Early Career Teachers programme and National Professional Qualifications; facilitation of these courses is enabled by our ATTI Fellows. ATT Institute’s work is also supported by the expert knowledge of Abi Joachim, our SEND Specialist, and Viv John, HR Business Partner.