Diabetes is one of the most common long-term health conditions affecting children and young people in the UK. In a school of any reasonable size, there will almost certainly be pupils managing diabetes day to day — navigating blood glucose levels, monitoring equipment, insulin, and the particular challenges that come with doing all of that in a busy, social, and often unpredictable school environment. More Than Sugar is a 20–25 minute on-demand CPD course designed for all school staff, regardless of role or prior knowledge. Using plain language and school-based scenarios, it provides a clear and accessible introduction to what diabetes is, how it affects pupils in the school day, how to recognise when something is wrong, and what to do about it. This is an awareness course. Staff who complete it will not be qualified to administer clinical treatment, but they will know enough to recognise a diabetic episode when they see one, to act appropriately in the first critical moments, and to support pupils with diabetes to feel confident and included rather than anxious or singled out.   What the course covers

• What diabetes is, the difference between Type 1 and Type 2, and why the common myth about sugar needs to be challenged
• How diabetes affects a pupil’s day-to-day experience at school, including blood glucose monitoring, insulin management, mealtimes, and physical activity
• What an individual healthcare plan is and why staff should know where it is and what it says
• The signs of hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) and why they can be mistaken for tiredness, distraction, or poor behaviour
• The signs of hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar) and how it differs from a hypo
• How to respond if a pupil shows signs of a hypo or hyper, including when to call 999
• Post-incident responsibilities: recording what happened, communicating with parents and relevant staff, and supporting the pupil sensitively

  Who it is for This course is suitable for all staff in schools and educational settings, including teachers, teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors, office and support staff, and any other adult working with or around pupils. No prior medical knowledge is assumed. It is particularly valuable for staff who may not have received formal diabetes awareness training and for schools wanting to ensure whole-staff confidence around this common condition.

Most school emergencies are not dramatic. They are a pupil who has fallen in the playground, a colleague who has fainted during a staff meeting, a child in distress after a collision on the sports field. In the minutes before a trained first aider arrives or an ambulance is called, the response of the nearest adult can make a significant difference — not just to outcomes, but to how safe and supported the person in difficulty feels. First Aid Awareness for School Staff: Be Ready, Be Confident is a comprehensive, on-demand CPD course designed for all school staff regardless of their role or prior first aid experience. Across six clearly structured sections, it introduces the principles of first aid, covers the most common emergency situations that arise in schools, and gives every member of staff the knowledge and confidence to act appropriately in those critical first moments. This course is an awareness programme. It is not a substitute for hands-on, accredited first aid training, and completing it does not qualify staff as designated first aiders. It is designed to sit alongside — and complement — the school's formal first aid provision, ensuring that every adult in the building has a confident working knowledge of what to do, who to call, and how to help.   What the course covers

• The legal framework for first aid in schools and the responsibilities of employers, governing bodies, and individual staff members
• How to assess a first aid situation safely using the primary survey (DRSABC)
• The most common emergencies in school settings, including loss of consciousness, choking, asthma attacks, seizures, head injuries, and fainting
• CPR — including hands-only CPR for bystanders — and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• First aid for bleeding, burns and scalds, and head injuries
• First aid for musculoskeletal injuries including broken bones, sprains, and strains
• Post-incident responsibilities: record-keeping, communication with parents, and how schools review and learn from first aid events
• What every member of staff should know: where the first aid kit is, who the trained first aiders are, how to raise the alarm, and where the AED is located

  Who it is for This course is suitable for all school-based staff, including teachers, teaching assistants, support staff, office and administrative staff, site and premises staff, lunchtime supervisors, and any other role in a school or educational setting. No prior first aid knowledge is assumed.

Conflict in schools is inevitable — but how it's handled makes all the difference. This honest, practical course is built around one central idea: conflict, approached well, doesn't have to damage relationships. It can actually strengthen them. Across five engaging video modules, this course explores the full range of difficult conversations that school staff encounter — from navigating tension with a colleague to handling an emotionally charged parent, to staying regulated in a charged moment with a student. Rather than offering scripts to memorise, this course gives staff a genuine understanding of why conflict escalates, what gets in the way of resolution, and how to show up to difficult conversations with both confidence and care. The final module turns the lens inward, looking at how to manage your own emotional response after a hard conversation — and how to repair and rebuild when things don't go as planned.

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The workshop will include: levels of young people’s exposure to drugs, what young people, parents and carers need to know about the risks, factors that affect young people’s decision-making, how to have effective conversations at home, and practical suggestions to help them stay safe. It will also look at what to do if you have concerns, and where to go for more information and support.

This course has been designed for teachers, TA’s or anyone working with or supporting children. I’ll discuss how reaching positive emotional states in play can enable children to learn the skill of emotional regulation.     

Through this course, Sonya will share practical tips and ideas on making and using Sensory bottles in engaging and exciting ways to support learning and development. She will also share examples of her student’s engagement and positivity, and how you can work on specific areas of learning.

This module introduces the topics and provides a brief overview of what to expect from the course. 

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Pupils with PMLD access the world around by using their senses. As a result, we then need to teach them using a sensory curriculum. They need to engage in hands on experiences. Touch is one area of a sensory curriculum. Through this course, Sarah will share information about touch. We can learn so much by using our sense of touch. However, some of our pupils may be inhibited by physical limitations, cognitive levels or sensory impairment. Tactile defensiveness may be physiological or psychological. Sarah includes ideas for activities to try in order for our pupils to be engaged in activities meaningful to them.  

This course will explore a range of strategies to help embed a strong emphasis of phonics within your setting. It will encompass the techniques and ideas previously explored within ‘Getting Started with Phonics’ and ‘Continuing with phonics’. The course will also support you with assessing pupils’ phonetic progress and preparation for the phonics screening in Year 1.

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This course explores Gender incongruence as one example of the ways that the language we use to talk about gender and sexuality has changed.