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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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17 free resources
Guide
Raising Staff Morale: A Practical Guide for Schools
This guide provides actionable strategies to help foster a positive and supportive environment where staff feel valued, energised, and empowered. When staff…
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Supporting Your Own Mental Health
As someone that works with children and young people, you give all of yourself every day to them. But you matter too.…
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Reasonable Adjustments for Mental Health in the Workplace
A guide to help make reasonable adjustments at work to help colleagues feel supported in schools. Inside there are practical and meaningful…
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Staff Wellbeing: 4 Ideas for Leaders Who Care
This guide, written by Pooky Knightsmith, shares 4 simple suggestions to help you to help your team members at a time when…
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8 Ideas to Enable Staff to Flourish at Work
When we look after our staff, everybody wins. Happy staff tend to be healthier, more productive and more innovative. In this resource…
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Growing Through Grief – Activities and Ideas
Growing Through Grief – Activities and Ideas When someone significant in a child’s life dies, we find ourselves wanting to help but…
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Looking After Your Own Wellbeing When Delivering Safeguarding Training
This guide, written by Pooky Knightsmith, explores simple steps we can take to safeguard our own wellbeing when we take on the…
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How Mentally Healthy is Your School? – A Simple Audit
This tool is designed to give you a brief snapshot of how mentally healthy your school is and to help you prioritise…
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How to Become a Trauma Informed School
Becoming a trauma informed school is vital because we now recognise that one in three diagnosed mental health problems in adulthood are…
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Smooth transitions: 9 tips for supporting Year 6 to 7
Nine practical tips for helping pupils move from primary to secondary school: passing on what works, making the new school familiar, friendships,…
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Staff wellbeing survey
A 20-question survey for school and college staff, covering feeling valued, workload, support, physical and mental health, and switching off. It comes…
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25 ways to build physical activity into the school day for staff
Twenty-five low-cost ideas for getting staff moving during the working day, from walking and stand-up meetings to step challenges, a lunchtime walking…
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20 ways to promote a healthy eating culture in school
Twenty short, practical ideas for staff and pupils, from modelling healthy lunches and a school garden to recipe swaps, water stations and…
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Personalised wellbeing plan for staff: template
An editable template for a senior leader and a member of staff to plan support together when the staff member's wellbeing or…
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30-day staff fitness challenge calendar
A printable calendar with one small activity a day for 30 days: stretches, walks, chair yoga, a walking meeting, a healthy recipe…
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Student transition passport, Year 6 to 7
A printable passport for pupils to fill in before they start secondary school. It asks about their strengths, what helps them learn,…
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Task priority matrix for teachers: template
An editable urgent–important matrix adapted for school staff, with worked examples and notes on how to sort tasks into do now, schedule,…
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Train your whole staff
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