During this 1hr webinar, Birmingham’s Moderation Manager and SFE’s own English adviser, Emma Mudge, will ensure that you leave feeling confident in these expectations, enabling you to implement great classroom practice and support your pupils to produce the best writing that they can. During this course you will deepen your understanding of:

•  the specific expectations of independent writing from the STA
•  the regular pitfalls which our moderators see teachers fall into
•  how to get the best out of your pupils whilst fulfilling the requirements

You will also have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session – a rare chance to ask Emma any questions you may have, aiding in your understanding of moderation and writing in Y6.

For more information, contact us here.

About the Adviser

Emma Mudge - Adviser, Services For Education

Emma has more than 20 years' experience in primary education and has worked in a variety of roles, including Assistant Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher and Acting Head Teacher - working at the forefront of school leadership and improvement for the majority of her career.

Emma now works as an Educational Adviser, sharing her experience and knowledge to continually promote and improve the standard of teaching and learning in English, develop and extend the safeguarding culture within schools and to support leaders with their school improvement implementation overall.

Supporting schools with the accuracy of their writing assessments is an important part of her role, using her expertise as the moderation and monitoring manager to inform, train and support teachers and school leaders.

Emma is also part of the team which delivers the Health For Life programme (improving the healthy opportunities for primary aged children) and has delivered the NPQSL for 3 years, where she proudly supports the development of our aspiring leaders in the city.

Event Details

Day 1: 12 January 2027
Start time: 16:00 GMT
End time: 17:00 GMT

Venue: Online