About our English offer

ETF’s English CPD offer helps teachers, trainers and leaders improve learner progress through evidence-informed, practical development. As the professional body for further education and skills, ETF works in partnership with the sector to create training that reflects real challenges and drives genuine improvement – building confidence and lasting impact in every classroom. 

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Helping ESOL Learners to Pass Functional Skills English Exams - July 2026

This course aims to make your Functional Skills English courses more accessible to your ESOL learners by using a range of strategies, resources and practical tools.

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Teaching English Functional Skills: Developing Your Practice

Designed for experienced practitioners, this course helps you strengthen your Functional Skills English delivery through effective assessment and learner engagement strategies.

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Motivating and Engaging ESOL Learners using EdTech, AI and No-Tech Resources- June 2026

This course helps ESOL teachers boost learner engagement and motivation through a focus on avoiding grammar overload and creating lessons that are interactive, contextualised and cognitively accessible.

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BUILDING SUCCESS WITH THE FULLY FUNDED 16–19 ENGLISH GCSE RESIT CPD PROGRAMME 

This programme aims to empower English teachers with trainers built on evidence, delivered by experts and practitioners from the sector, and focused on improving learner experience and outcomes. 

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Our CPD focuses on practical strategies for: 

Practical strategies for: 

  • Connecting reading and writing to real communication skills
  • Boosting engagement and motivation so learners want to attend
  • Using assessment for learning, not just assessment of learning
  • Adapting lessons for SEND and neurodiverse learners 
  • Embedding trauma-informed practice to build safe, confident classrooms

By equipping teachers with proven approaches through live online CPD, self-guided eLearning, and peer communities, we are transforming resit classrooms into spaces of opportunity – where every learner has a chance to succeed.

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