Development Applied

Development Applied is Transform Applied’s training for coaches and for colleagues who lead staff learning.

Our aim is simple: to grow the people who grow others.

We help staff build the habits, skills and confidence needed to lead professional learning through high‑quality conversations, structured practice and values‑led facilitation.

What we do.

We develop the capability of those who guide, support and develop others.
This includes colleagues who coach, those who lead CPD, and those who hold responsibility for improving practice in teams and classrooms.

We do this through:

• Programmes for coaches and facilitators – including Intro to Coaching and Advanced Coaching 
• Bespoke support for schools, leadership teams and specific development priorities
• Practical tools that strengthen dialogue, sharpen thinking and focus improvement
• Collaborative learning communities where people come together to learn, practise and reflect (Development Applied Network)

Everything is designed to transfer straight into day‑to‑day leadership and classroom practice.

How We Do It

We teach tools that work.
Simple, repeatable approaches that help people listen well, ask purposeful questions and support colleagues to think clearly.

We enable, rather than direct.
Our role is to make thinking easier for others — not to provide answers, but to create the conditions for insight and agency.

We model the behaviours we value.
Presence, curiosity, kindness, clarity and trust.

We create space for practice.
Because confidence grows when people try things out, receive feedback, and refine their approach.

We connect people.
Bringing colleagues together builds shared habits, common language and a consistent approach across the Trust.

What We Believe About Coaching.

Coaching at Transform Applied is bigger than any one model.

We believe:

• Coaching is a way of working, not a single technique
• High‑quality thinking happens when someone listens deeply
• Values and identity anchor professional behaviour
• Tools like GROW or questioning structures help — but they aren’t the coaching themselves
• Coaching strengthens relationships, leadership and teaching
• Everyone can grow with the right conditions

This belief shapes how we design, teach and support staff learning.

How You Benefit.

Colleagues who take part in Development Applied:

• gain confidence in leading professional conversations
• grow clearer about their identity as a coach or facilitator
• develop practical tools they can use immediately
• feel more equipped to support and challenge others
• build stronger, more trusting professional relationships
• improve their impact on teaching, learning and school culture

In short: you become more able to develop others – and yourself.

A space for aspiring coaches & mentors

 

It’s a space to learn to be an inspiring coach or mentor, a confident facilitator of CPD and an expert in handling and encouraging robust dialogue at every scale. We’re excited to help you create spaces where the adults can think and learn together.

 

Demystifying impactful adult learning

Underpinned by our Conceptual Framework for Learning and our three part Learn it, Live it, Legacy approach, we can support and challenge you to provide great learning and development for your staff.

Development Applied allows us to demystify what underpins inspirational and impactful adult learning.