Durrington Research School

https://researchschool.org.uk/durrington/https://researchschool.org.uk/durrington/

Contact: research@durring.com

Additional contacts: 

Benjamin Crockett bcrockett@durring.com

James Crane jcrane@durring.com

Key stages: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4

Regions covered: South East (in-person), Nationally (online training/ twilights)

Twilights

During the 2025 - 26 academic year Durrington Research School will be offering nine online professional development twilight programmes. The topics have been chosen based on what teachers and school leaders have requested most often when engaging with us over the past few years. Other than secondary science and secondary reading, each of the programmes are designed to be cross-phase and suitable for teachers of all age groups.

The twilight programmes are open to all, each programme will run from 3:30pm-5pm, fitting into a 6–8week block of three 90-minute online sessions. For West Sussex schools we are offering a special promotion this year with a discounted cost of £150 per twilight (normal rate £200), plus a second twilight topic free of charge. A flyer of upcoming Twilights can be downloaded below, or found on the Durrington Research School website here. Bookings for any of the twilights can be made via this form.

FREE Face-to-Face Session Tackling Educational Disadvantage with Marc Rowland:

This year we are also offering all West Sussex schools the chance to attend a free one off training session with Marc Rowland, a leading expert of tackling education disadvantage, on how to maxmise the impact of your Pupil Premium strategy. The session is on the 4^th November and places can be booked via this form.

2025_2026 Durrington RS Twilights:

Tackling Educational Disadvantage Twilight:

3:30-5:00pm – 16th Sept 25/ 25th Sept 25/ 20th Oct 25

Mobilising Metacognition Twilight:

3:30-5:00pm – 10th Nov 25/ 4th Dec 25/ 11th Dec 25

Feedback to Improve Learning Twilight:

3:30-5:00pm – 8th Oct 25/ 22nd Oct 25/ 12th Nov 25

Responsive Teaching Twilight:

3:30-5:00pm – 26th Feb 26/ 5th Mar 26/ 12th Mar 26

Unpicking Oracy Twilight:

3:30-5:00pm – 24th Feb 26/ 4th Mar 26/ 19th Mar 26

How to Improve Behaviour in Schools Twilight:

3:30-5:00pm – 9th Oct 25/ 16th Oct 25/ 23rd Oct 25

Supporting Attendance Twilight:

3:30pm – 5:00pm - 30th Sept 25/ 21st Oct 25/ 25th Nov 25

Reading in Secondary Schools Twilight:

3:30 - 5:00pm – Summer 2026 TBC

Supporting Secondary Science Twilight:

3:30pm – 5:00pm – 14th Jan 26/ 28th Jan 26/ 11th Feb 26

How to Drive and Sustain Change for New Leaders Twilight:

3:30 – 5:00pm - 6th Nov 25/13th Nov 25/ 20th Nov 25

Bespoke Support

As a research school we are always happy to provide bespoke support and training to individual schools or trusts depending on their needs. We can cover a range of topics from designing effective professional development to improving questioning in the classroom. If you would like to discuss a bespoke training program please get in touch via research@durring.com.