Events
Past events
| 9th | CUSP Primary Reading Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 10th | OPEN WEBINAR: Introduction to CUSP Assessments, 3.45-4.30pm (online) Register now |
| 11th | CUSP KS3 English & TTRP, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 11th | CUSP Access Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 16th | CUSP Primary Writing Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 18th | CUSP Early Foundations Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 23rd | FESTIVAL: CUSP Money Matters (one day festival) |
| 23rd | CUSP Primary Science Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 24th | Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford (session 1/3) |
| 24th | OPEN WEBINAR: Introducing The Code, 10am (online) Register now |
| 25th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP response to new Ofsted Education Inspection Framework, 9.30am (online) Register now |
| 25th | CUSP Early Maths Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 29th | CUSP Primary History Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
Past events
| 2nd | CUSP Primary Geography Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 7th | CUSP Primary Art Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 8th | Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford (session 2/3) |
| 9th | CUSP Primary DT Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 13th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP and the EIF: A closer look at case sampling, 10am (online) Register now |
| 14th | CUSP Primary Music Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 15th | Lead School Visit: John Scurr Primary School, London Book now |
16th | EYFS: Language of Learning with Julie Sherrington (session 1/3) |
| 21st | Lead School Visit: Whitefield Primary School, Liverpool Book now |
| 22nd | Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford (session 3/3) |
| 23rd | Lead School Visit: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Middlesbrough Book now |
Past events
| 6th | Lead School Visit: Brooklands Primary School, Essex (EYFS) Book now |
| 10th | Pupil Book Study – Reading with Lauren Meadows (session 1/3) |
| 10th | Lead School Visit: Acle C of E Primary Academy, Norfolk Book now |
| 12th | CUSP Primary French Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 13th | CUSP Curriculum Excellence Event & The Code in person PD, York |
| 13th | EYFS: Language of Learning with Julie Sherrington (session 2/3) |
| 14th | Lead School Visit: Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy, Suffolk Book now |
| 19th | CUSP Curriculum Excellence Event, Ipswich |
| 19th | Lead School Visit: Shankhill Primary School, Cumbria Book now |
| 20th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP and the EIF: A closer look at the 3 types of Learning Walks, 1.30pm (online) Register now |
| 20th | Lead School Visit: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Middlesbrough Book now |
| 24th | OPEN WEBINAR: EAL – a CUSP approach, 11am (online) Register now |
| 25th | FESTIVAL: CUSP Spoken Language (one day festival) |
| 25th | CUSP Primary Computing Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 2nd | Pupil Book Study – Reading with Lauren Meadows (session 2/3) |
| 3rd | Lead School Visit: John Scurr Primary School, London Book now |
| 4th | CUSP Curriculum Excellence Event & The Code in person PD, Bristol |
| 4th | EYFS: Language of Learning with Julie Sherrington (session 3/3) |
| 9th | Pupil Book Study – Reading with Lauren Meadows (session 3/3) |
| 11th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP Oracy Strategy Launch, 2.15pm (online) Register now |
| 15th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP and the CAR – Digest and Reflect, 3.45pm (online) Register now |
| 8th | Lead School Visit: Brooklands Primary School, Essex (EYFS) Book now |
| 12th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP and the EIF: A closer look at reviews of pupils’ work, 9.30am (online) Register now |
| 13th | CUSP Early Foundations Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 15th | CUSP KS3 English & TTRP, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 19th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP and the CAR – Summarise and Cross-reference, 3.45pm (online) Register now |
| 19th | Lead School Visit: Acle C of E Primary Academy, Norfolk Book now |
| 20th | CUSP Access Subject Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 22nd | CUSP Early Maths Subject Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| w/c 26th | FESTIVAL: CUSP Art Festival (one week festival) |
| 27th | CUSP Primary Reading Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 28th | Lead School Visit: Newmarket Academy, Suffolk (Secondary) Book now |
| 28th | Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford (session 1/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 2nd | OPEN WEBINAR: EIF – A closer look at the pre-inspection call, 9.30am (online) Register now |
| 2nd | Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford (session 2/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 3rd | Lead School Visit: Stoke Park & St Werburgh’s, Bristol Book now |
| 3rd | CUSP Primary Writing Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 4th | Lead School Visit: John Scurr Primary School, London Book now |
| 10th | Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford (session 3/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 10th | Lead School Visit: Place Farm Academy, Suffolk Book now |
| 10th | Lead School Visit: Whitefield Primary School, Liverpool Book now |
| 11th | Lead School Visit: Shankhill Primary School, Cumbria Book now |
| 12th | Lead School Visit: St Mary’s Catholic Primary, Middlesborough Book now |
| 26th | Lead School Visit: Brooklands Primary School, Essex Book now |
| 3rd | Pupil Book Study – Reading with Lauren Meadows (session 1/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 4th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP and the CAR – Draft PoS Review and Possible Evolution, 4.15pm (online) Register now |
| 9th | CUSP Primary Science Leads, 3.45-5.15pm (online) |
| 11th | Pupil Book Study – Reading with Lauren Meadows (session 2/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 12th | CUSP Primary History Leads, 3.45-5.15pm (online) |
| 17th | Lead School Visit: Brambleside Primary School, Northamptonshire Book now |
| 17th | CUSP Primary Art Leads, 3.45-5.15pm (online) |
| 19th | Lead School Visit: Acle C of E Primary Academy, Norfolk Book now |
| 19th | CUSP Primary DT Leads, 3.45-5.15pm (online) |
| 23rd | CUSP Primary Geography Leads, 3.45-5.15pm (online) |
| 24th | CUSP Primary Music Leads, 3.45-5.15pm (online) |
| 25th | Pupil Book Study – Reading with Lauren Meadows (session 3/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 25th | Lead School Visit: Houldsworth Valley Primary, Suffolk Book now |
| 15th | Pupil Book Study – Writing with Lauren Meadows (session 1/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 22nd | Pupil Book Study – Writing with Lauren Meadows (session 2/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 29th | CUSP Primary French Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 29th | Pupil Book Study – Writing with Lauren Meadows (session 3/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 7th | CUSP Primary Computing Leads, 3.45-4.45pm (online) |
| 12th | Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford (session 1/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 18th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP and the CAR – Initial Feedback from Draft PoS Pilots, 3.45pm (online) Register now |
| 19th | Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford (session 2/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 2nd | Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford (session 3/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| w/c 15th | FESTIVAL: CUSP Food Festival (one week festival) |
| 8th | Pupil Book Study – Reading with Lauren Meadows (session 1/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 15th | Pupil Book Study – Reading with Lauren Meadows (session 2/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 22nd | Pupil Book Study – Reading with Lauren Meadows (session 3/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 30th | Pupil Book Study – Writing with Lauren Meadows (session 1/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 13th | Pupil Book Study – Writing with Lauren Meadows (session 2/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
| 14th | OPEN WEBINAR: CUSP and the CAR – Initial Thoughts on Response Draft PoS, 3.45pm (online) Register now |
| 21st | Pupil Book Study – Writing with Lauren Meadows (session 3/3) 4.00-5.00pm (online) |
About CUSP Events
Use evidence-led and structured conversations to quality assure the curriculum, teaching and learning.
Credited as influencing the Ofsted Deep Dive methodology, Pupil Book Study has reshaped national policy on how to best understand the endurance of learning.
Breathtakingly thorough, eminently sensible, purposeful and meaningful. Whatever you have been doing before, stop it and do this instead.
Clare Sealy
It became apparent to me throughout my years in education that the most obvious thing we don’t do as teachers is the very thing we should be doing more of – talking to pupils with their books. The question was how to do that without feeling overwhelmed, underprepared and wasting valuable time asking questions that lack structure and impact. This is how Pupil Book Study began, with the need for a systematic toolkit that enables leaders and teachers to focus on evaluating their curriculum, teaching and learning in a precise, evidence-rich environment.
It repositions how schools evaluate the quality of education and guides us to avoid the traps of making assumptions and, as Professor Rob Coe articulates so well, using weak proxies for learning that lack evidence and rigour. It aims to provide leaders and teachers with an insightful guide to talk with pupils and to study their work. Pupil Book Study helps schools deconstruct the working components of the curriculum, teaching and learning for its parts and aims to provide educators with a world-class evidence and research-focused route map towards excellence.
It illuminates strengths as well as focusing the user to possible limitations and traps to avoid.
The benefits of Pupil Book Study are realised professionally, academically and socially between staff and pupils. It serves as a manual that prioritises evidence to inform curriculum design, effective teaching methods and tasks that generate learning.
Alex Bedford, Curriculum Development Director (CUSP)
Alex and Lauren have modelled Pupil Book Study to Senior HMI and Policy makers at Ofsted as part of CUSP’s support to improve the quality of education and pupil engagement.
Read more about Pupil Book Study with Alex Bedford.
