Free resources
Free resources for people who work in schools
Guides, workbooks, templates and short courses on staff wellbeing, SEND, behaviour and leadership. All free.
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8 free resources
Guide
How to Maximise the Impact of Your Next INSET Day
This guide, written by Pooky Knightsmith, explores simple steps we can take to maximise the impact of INSET training days and sessions.
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Guide
Effective CPD on a Shoestring
Learning doesn’t cease when we stop attending school or college and start working in one, it should be a life long endeavour.…
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Guide
How to Succeed in Your First Head of Department Role
This guide aims to support you as you establish yourself in the role of head of department and perhaps a new school…
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Slides
An introduction to data protection (UK GDPR) for school staff: slides
A 15-slide presentation with full speaker notes. It covers what counts as personal data, the seven principles, special category data, the lawful…
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Resource
Communicating with staff: choosing the right channel
A one-page table of ten ways to communicate with staff, from email and intranet to bulletin boards, text messages and video updates,…
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Securing your first senior leadership role: resource packs
Three packs from our course for aspiring senior leaders. Pack 1 covers the move from management to leadership, keeping a professional distance…
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Workbook
Planning workload across the school year: template
An editable month-by-month table for mapping key events, peak workload, planned downtime, staff availability and support across the academic year, with a…
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A practical guide to embedding school values
A three-page table of strategies for making school values part of daily life. Each strategy comes with a practical application and an…
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Train your whole staff
Every course, the reminders and the records. Try it with up to ten staff for 14 days.