Blog
Our Schools Blog brings you the latest insights and developments from the education industry. As well as expert analysis and advice, you’ll also find product demos and developments from our team. From the latest recruitment trends to staff training and retention, here you’ll find a range of useful information to help make your job easier.
How leaders can ensure protected time for teachers: teacher PPA and wellbeing
Teacher PPA is key to improved outcomes and better teacher wellbeing. Explore how using the right tool can simplify time management in your school, saving staff time and helping you ensure protected time for teachers.
Who is protecting the people who protect everyone else?
The designated safeguarding lead (DSL) is the most complex welfare role in your school. It is also, in many settings, one of the most unsupported. New research is about to reveal what the DSL role looks like in 2026 – and what we already know should concern every headteacher and board.
Exam stress: how teachers can reduce stress and anxiety during exam season
As exam season approaches, young people across the UK are likely experiencing and managing exam stress. Here’s our guidance for teachers on how to reduce stress and anxiety during exams, including supporting teenagers with exam stress, how to prepare students for exams and how to combat exam stress.
Safeguarding in schools in 2026: is ‘good enough’ still good enough?
Schools in 2026 are facing intense external pressures on safeguarding – expectations have arguably never been higher. But for many schools, there is a gap between the safeguarding culture they aspire to and the one they can reliably deliver. Our major new report explores this gap.
Mental health in schools: supporting student mental health
Mental health in schools is increasingly becoming a topic of interest, but how can teachers help? Learn more about the link between education and mental health, how teaching mental health benefits students and the impact of mental health on academic performance.
Student achievement: helping students reach their full potential
Learn what teachers can do to support student achievement and help all students to reach their full potential, including supporting high achieving students, inclusion and pupil achievement, and implementing learning interventions.
Combining 3 systems to create one single, powerful view of a student
How we're connecting insights across 3 core areas of student wellbeing - behaviour, SEND and safeguarding support.
Reasonable force and restrictive physical intervention in schools
Most school staff will have cause to use physical contact with students at some point in their careers – learn what constitutes reasonable force and when it can be used.
Safer recruitment in schools and the single central record
Keeping students safe at school starts with the teachers and staff you recruit. Explore why safer recruitment in schools is so important and the part a single central record plays in keeping students safe.
Meeting the wellbeing challenge in schools
Many schools are striving to deliver holistic education for young people. As part of this work, they are increasingly focusing on the wellbeing of students and staff. Learn how your school can support student wellbeing to increase resilience and improve outcomes.
How to support your teachers during parents’ evenings
Learn practical ways school leaders can support teachers during parents’ evenings to help them manage their time, reduce pressure, and have meaningful conversations that improve student progress.
Child exploitation and safeguarding: signs of child exploitation and what to do if you spot them
Child exploitation can take different forms and children often don’t feel able to tell a trusted adult what’s happening. Learn what child exploitation is through a safeguarding lens and how you can identify the signs a child is being exploited.
Bullying in schools: how to prevent and deal with bullying
Bullying in schools is challenging for school staff to address and can be detrimental to a child’s wellbeing. Learn how to deal with bullying at school, how you can prevent bullying and what it means to be anti-bullying.
Manual scheduling vs cloud platforms for parents’ evenings
Explore the key differences between using manual scheduling and modern cloud platforms for organising parents’ evenings, to help schools make the process smoother, faster and more reliable.