Adaptive Teaching: Train the trainer

This programme will equip you to deliver high-quality professional development on adaptive teaching. It's designed to help you to develop your classroom teachers’ expertise so that they can adapt their teaching to a diverse range of pupil needs and ultimately improve learning for all.

Apply by Tuesday 1 July.

Deepen your expertise in adaptive teaching.
Access 13 domain specific resources.
Support teachers in better addressing their pupils' needs.
Evaluate the impact of your training.

Apply now

Course overview

Adaptive Teaching: Train the trainer will support you to develop your classroom teachers’ expertise so that they can adapt their teaching to a diverse range of pupil needs and ultimately improve learning for all.

Over 18 weeks you will develop and refine your expertise in the domain of adaptive teaching drawing on the latest research. You will learn how to deliver effective professional development to your teachers on adaptive teaching.

This programme aligns with the golden thread of Initial Teacher Training, the Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications. This helps teachers and leaders benefit from a shared language to talk about and improve pedagogy and practice.

What you’ll learn

Adaptive Teaching: Train the trainer will build your adaptive teaching expertise and how to:

Deploy a more effective, evidence-informed professional development offer in the domain of adaptive teaching.
Design adaptive teaching professional development resources specific to your context.
Evaluate the impact of implementing adaptive teaching professional development in your school.

How you’ll learn

This programme is delivered online over 18 weeks where you will engage in:

Two half-day online conferences on adaptive teaching and how to design training for educators.

Three sense-making twilight sessions to help you plan, facilitate and evaluate adaptive teaching professional development training in your setting.

A webinar that looks in detail at what effective adaptive teaching practice looks like in the classroom.

You’ll also get 10 evidence summaries that explore different areas of adaptive teaching practices, alongside professional development resources that can be adapted to your context.

For	Leaders with responsibility for developing teachers
Course Length	18 weeks
Application Deadline	1 July
Programme Start	November 2025
Cost	£775 + VAT per person - see Cost tab

Our train-the-trainer model

Who is eligible?

Who is eligible?

1. Apply if you are a middle or senior leader who has a remit to improve teaching or to support classroom teachers to meet the needs of all pupils in the classroom.
2. Examples of participant roles include school director of teaching, teaching and learning lead, head of department, assistant headteacher.

How much does it cost?

The programme costs £775 + VAT per person.

Please make sure you have budget holder approval when applying for this programme.

For	Leaders with responsibility for developing teachers
Course Length	18 weeks
Application Deadline	1 July
Programme Start	November 2025
Cost	£775 + VAT per person - see Cost tab

Why train with Ambition?

Programme mission
80% of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are educated in mainstream classrooms. Adaptive teaching practices are strategies that teachers can use to understand and respond to the needs of all pupils in the classroom.

Our design
Adaptive Teaching: Train the trainer is designed to enhance the quality of teaching in your setting by equipping leaders to deliver sustained professional development. Our education experts have created a programme that builds on the latest evidence-informed practices, ensuring you can effectively support your staff in mastering adaptive teaching strategies.

Deepening expertise
Leaders will develop and deepen their understanding of adaptive teaching as a domain, so that they can up-skill teachers in this area with confidence and consistency. This programme supports leaders to translate their learning and support resources into practical training approaches suitable for their context.

Benefits for you

Develop and refine your expertise in the domain of adaptive teaching from the latest research including:

The design and delivery of effective formative assessment approaches.
The effective provision of feedback to pupils.
How teachers can adapt their teaching in a responsive way based on the needs of all pupils.

Receive bespoke support on how to evaluate the impact of your training.

Benefits for your school or trust

Deepen your leaders expertise in adaptive teaching and widen their impact using a train-the-trainer model.
Support teachers to better meet the needs of their pupils in the classroom, particularly those with SEND.
Be confident that training in your school is high quality, engaging and draws on the latest evidence-informed approaches.
Align your teachers’ knowledge and practice with the evidence-informed approaches and language used across the Early Career and National Professional Qualification frameworks.

For	Leaders with responsibility for developing teachers
Course Length	18 weeks
Application Deadline	1 July
Programme Start	November 2025
Cost	£775 + VAT per person - see Cost tab

Our train-the-trainer model

How to apply

Complete the Adaptive Teaching: Train the trainer application form.

Apply by 1 July 2025. This cohort starts in November 2025.

For	Leaders with responsibility for developing teachers
Course Length	18 weeks
Application Deadline	1 July
Programme Start	November 2025
Cost	£775 + VAT per person - see Cost tab

Interested in the programme?