CPD for School Staff 

Targeted first aid training courses for 4-36 people to meet the needs of your school.  Popular courses for large groups of staff are 4 or 6 hours long and can be delivered in school, here, or at another venue of your choice.

Specific Outdoor First Aid and Paediatric First Aid courses can be arranged for groups of your staff.  Regular Outdoor First Aid courses are run here, which individual staff members can sign up for.

All courses run us are approved by ITC First, an Ofqual approved training organisation, ensuring high standards.  Training is led by experienced outdoor instructors, many with teaching backgrounds, and is deliberately very hands on.

Thornbridge Outdoors believes that outdoor education meets more of its outcomes if school staff are involved in the planning and delivery of activities, something that has been supported by research in the Learning Away project.

If staff attend our Low Ropes Course or Biking Leader Induction course they can then to lead those activities whilst they are at the centre.  The optional afternoon of the low ropes course focuses on other visiting staff led activities such as problem solving and orienteering.  Please note that the low ropes and biking leader induction courses are not designed to assess visiting staff members’ skills and aptitude.  It is the responsibility of the school / academy to ensure that appropriate insurance is in place to cover visiting staff led activities, that assigned staff are suitably experienced & skilled, and that the activities are led properly.

Visiting staff may also find the OEAP Outdoor Learning Card training useful as it includes orienteering, team building, bouldering and journeying – all activities that visiting staff can lead whilst here.

Thornbridge Outdoors offers the following nationally recognised training and assessment courses:

Walking

• Lowland Leader Award
  –    For those leading others through countryside such as that around Thornbridge Outdoors
• Hill and Moorland Leader Award
  –    For those who lead others onto the hills and moorland, such as that of the Dark Peak District
• Expedition Skills Module
  –    For those who train and supervise others camping, such as DofE award leaders
• Mountain Leader Award
  –    For those who lead others in the mountains, such as Snowdonia and the Lake District

 Climbing

• Climbing Wall Instructor and Abseil Module
  –    For those taking others to indoor climbing and bouldering walls
• Rock Climbing Instructor
  –    For those taking others bouldering and climbing on single pitch crags, such as the gritstone edges of the Peak District.

We pride ourselves in delivering training tailored to your needs, please contact us to discuss your requirements and how we can help.