Collaborating powerfully with schools to provide excellent training and continual professional development opportunities.
Red Kite Connect is dedicated to innovative and collaborative professional development for all school colleagues. By leveraging strong strategic partnerships and drawing on expertise, we create tailored development opportunities that meet local and regional needs. Our approach focuses on sharing best practices and fostering sustained, impactful professional growth across all schools.
Red Kite Connect builds and nurtures strategic partnerships to enhance the educational system. By collaborating with schools, networks and other organisations, we bridge gaps and share expertise. Our partnerships focus on leveraging collective strengths to innovate, avoid duplication, and create impactful professional development opportunities tailored to the needs of diverse educational contexts.
Discover a range of innovative and collaborative professional development courses designed to enhance your skills and knowledge. Join us to take your professional growth to the next level.
Unlock tailored training solutions designed to meet the unique needs of your teams. Partner with us to create impactful professional development that drives growth and success.
Our strengths come from our partners. Collaborate with us to create professional development solutions for the education community.
On 5 & 12 May 2027, join our face to face 2 day Mental Health First Aider Training with our experienced facilitator. This training is open to all schools and ITT providers and is suitable for teachers, trainee teachers, support staff and school leaders.
Suitable forAll Roles
On 20 and 27 January 2027, join our face to face 2 day Mental Health First Aider Training with our experienced facilitator. This training is open to all schools and ITT providers and is suitable for teachers, trainee teachers, support staff and school leaders.
Suitable forAll Roles
On 23 and 24 September 2026, join our face to face 2 day Mental Health First Aider Training with our experienced facilitator. This training is open to all schools and ITT providers and is suitable for teachers, trainee teachers, support staff and school leaders.
Suitable forAll Roles
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strategic partners
16
collaborative partnerships
300
engaged schools
14
years delivering CPD
Mission
Our mission is to strengthen education by uniting schools, developing expertise and growing capacity across our region. We bring leaders and practitioners together to learn, innovate and respond confidently to national change. Through high-quality collaboration, we champion improvement beyond individual schools and support every educator to thrive professionally at each stage of their career.
1 June 2026
The Teacher Training Entitlement (TTE) was introduced as part of a Labour manifesto commitment, signalling a renewed investment in the development of teachers and leaders at every stage of their careers. While many will be familiar with the Early Career Framework (ECF) and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), there has, until recently, been less clarity about what a broader entitlement for all staff might look like.
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5 May 2026
Introducing the Community of Research Engaged Schools (CoRES) a new community of practice for interprofessional knowledge exchange and research partnership.
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7 April 2026
As our work as Flexible Working Ambassadors comes to an end, Neil Renton and Julie Wellacott reflect not just on what they have done, but on what they have learned.
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