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This is an introductory course for all staff and volunteers working with children in schools and colleges. This course will explore where mental health problems in young people might indicate that they are being abused or harmed. We will consider what abuse is, how children experiencing mental health issues may be more vulnerable to abuse and consider mental health as an indicator of harm. You will also learn what to do if you are concerned about the mental health or wellbeing of a child in your school. 

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion can be challenging when working with learners in Education. This course will look at each stage of the learner journey to seek opportunities to ensure that all learners are treated in a fair and inclusive manner. This course is suitable for all managers, teachers and support staff and requires no specialist knowledge.

This is a short presentation by Mary Yucel the Mental Health Coordinator at Tregolls School. The presentation outlines the wellbeing strategy introduced at the school. Mary's presentation was shared with mental health leads across Cornwall as part of our work with HeadStart Kernow which is a lottery funded project.  We found the session to be valuable and Mary kindly agreed it could be shared more widely.

This is a presentation by Mike McGovern the Mental Health Lead Practitioner at Redruth Secondary School on Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing.  Mike's presentation was shared with mental health leads across Cornwall as part of our work with HeadStart Kernow which is a lottery funded project.  We found the session to be valuable and Mike kindly agreed it could be shared more widely.

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We'll learn from head teacher Dan File about how he took his school improvement plan from forty pages to one and how that one page now drives decision and action every day bought into by the entire school community. Led by primary school head Dan File, who’ll be providing practical ideas for both new and experienced primary school heads and deputies.

In this course, Matt Bromley talks about the part school leaders can play in reducing teacher workload. We have a teacher retention crisis in our schools.  One in 10 teachers left the profession in 2016.  Of these, an increasing proportion left the profession for other sectors rather than retiring, suggesting working conditions rather than age were driving them out. Although there are myriad reasons why teachers quit the classroom, topping the table in nearly every survey is teacher workload. This online course explores the issues and offer some practical solutions for school leaders to implement immediately. As well as being useful for individual CPD, this course could form the basis of in-school 121 coaching for prospective members of SLT.

Day to day management is often about being reactive rather than proactive, dealing with issues as they arise.  However, there are ways of being better prepared for the unexpected and of creating the conditions within which unforeseen crises are minimised or mitigated. This course is perfect for Subject Leaders and Heads of Department leading any discipline and is ideal for those new to the role and those just seeking their first middle leadership position.  It is a practical course, anchored in the day-to-day reality of running a department.  It follows a focused, logical sequence, and is full of real-life learning.