Our practical guides, templates and toolkits are written by teachers and former school leaders for headteachers, senior leaders, heads of maths and subject leads. Find the school leadership guidance you need, then download it and share it with your team.
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A step-by-step look at the evidence for AI tutoring, the features that matter and the questions to ask providers, to help you decide if it’s right for your school. Includes a checklist.
Download guide for freeA framework for introducing AI tutoring that meets safeguarding and data protection requirements, setting out roles for SLT, DSLs, DPOs and classroom teachers. Includes an editable policy template.
Download guide for free8 steps to select, manage and evaluate maths interventions, from choosing the right pupils to using funding well and keeping staff workload down. Separate guides for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freeHow to plan, manage and teach one-to-one and small group maths interventions, including a 20-point checklist for one-to-one teaching. Separate guides for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freeHow to choose, plan and fund the right tutoring approach for your school, including costs, funding and keeping attendance high. Separate guides for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freeReady-made, adaptable AI prompts for each of Rosenshine’s 10 principles of instruction, with examples from KS2 to KS4, to save planning and resourcing time.
Download guide for freeA planning tool aligned with DfE guidance on AI in schools, covering the questions to ask before you bring in a new AI tool. Includes a completed example and an editable version to help build staff confidence.
Download guide for freeAn AI literacy audit aligned with DfE guidance on AI use in schools. Assess where your school is now, then assign actions to staff. Separate checklists for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freeBuild consistent, examiner-aligned marking across your department, with clear explanations of every key Edexcel code, CPD tasks, exemplar responses and a one-page mark scheme poster.
Download guide for freeHow to plan and build a new GCSE maths scheme of work, including how to decide what to teach and for how long, with examples and templates you can use straight away.
Download guide for freeRevision strategies such as distributed and interleaved practice, advice on building a department-wide revision plan, and a poster of 10 revision tips to share with students.
Download guide for free17 teacher-tested techniques to prepare pupils for KS2 SATs from Assistant Head Clare Lotriet, with approaches for the arithmetic and reasoning papers. For KS2 leaders, maths leads, Year 6 teachers and intervention leads.
Download guide for freeA ready-to-use presentation to help you communicate with parents about KS2 SATs: when they take place, how to help at home, and example questions from each paper.
Download guide for freeA ready-to-adapt presentation that explains to parents how and why your school uses screens, with speaker notes and separate slides for primary and secondary schools.
Download guide for freeMake wellbeing a priority in Year 6, well ahead of KS2 SATs. A guide for teachers and school leaders, with handouts for parents, carers and pupils.
Download guide for freeA breakdown of the 7 most popular primary maths schemes of work, including White Rose, Power Maths and Maths – No Problem!, with the pros and cons of each.
Download guide for freeThe 15 concrete resources every KS1 and KS2 classroom should have, with make-your-own alternatives. A useful read for schools developing a mastery approach.
Download guide for freeHow and when to use different types of maths assessment, with classroom strategies, diagnostic questions and practice papers. Separate guides for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freePut a mastery approach to maths in place in your primary school, from bar modelling and manipulatives to journalling and working walls. Ideal for running staff meetings on mastery.
Download guide for freeTools, templates and action plans for maths leads and heads of maths, including audits, staff development strategies and ideas for raising the profile of maths. Separate guides for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freeA ready-to-use presentation that explains the Year 4 multiplication tables check to parents: when and how it happens, and how they can help at home.
Download guide for free9 problem solving techniques every KS2 pupil should know, with tasks and questions to practise them. A toolkit of approaches for KS2 SATs reasoning questions.
Download guide for freeThe key strategies for implementing adaptive teaching across your school, with step-by-step whole class and one-to-one examples. Separate guides for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freeThe 10 most useful assessment for learning strategies, each with guidance on when to use it and an example in context. Separate examples for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freeHow to embed metacognition across your school, with a step-by-step guide to teaching it and 10 practical classroom strategies. Separate guides for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freeAn audit aligned with Ofsted’s toolkit for inspections under the new framework, covering the key changes. Assess your school’s strengths and areas for development, then assign actions to staff. Separate checklists for primary and secondary. Updated October 2026.
Download guide for freeHow to prepare maths for inspection under Ofsted’s renewed framework, with a nine-step plan and a question bank to practise with. Separate guides for primary and secondary.
Download guide for freeResearch on the interventions with the biggest impact, with checklists and case study evidence to help you plan and report on pupil premium spending. Separate guides for primary and secondary.
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There are 28 free guides, toolkits and templates for schools in England, covering a range of topics: tutoring and intervention, AI in education, GCSE and SATs, maths leadership, assessment for learning, Ofsted and presentations for parents. Each guide can stand alone, so you can download just the one you need. Many have separate versions for primary and secondary; note that the GCSE guides are for secondary schools and the SATs guides for primary.
Many of these guides are designed to be used with colleagues as well as on your own. The maths mastery toolkit works well for running staff meetings, the Edexcel marking toolkit includes ready-to-use CPD tasks to support consistent marking of students’ work, and the audits and checklists help you create an action plan that gives middle leaders a clear role in school improvement.
We’re building some now. Budgeting and deciding where to put staff and support are real challenges for heads, so the first interactive tools are designed to help education leaders with budgeting and resource allocation: using your own school data to create a spending plan, and seeing where staff time and support will do most for improving outcomes for pupils and students. We’ll add them to this page as they launch.
They’re for headteachers, senior leadership teams, heads of maths, subject leads and other education leaders and practitioners in schools and trusts. Several are useful for governors too: the pupil premium toolkit helps you report on spending to governors, and the Ofsted toolkit checklists cover the key changes governors need to understand. The Year 6 SATs and multiplication tables check presentations help you communicate with families and the wider school community.
The Department for Education’s national professional qualifications (NPQs) are the main accredited route, from the NPQ for senior leadership to the NPQ for headship. Many leadership skills also develop in school: working through real challenges with colleagues, coaching and mentoring, and using practical resources like these guides, which complement an NPQ, to support your own learning and your colleagues’.
Viviane Robinson’s research found that the leadership practice with the biggest effect on pupils is leaders taking part in teachers’ professional development themselves. Setting clear goals, using resources strategically, leading teaching and the curriculum, and building a supportive culture also matter for improving outcomes for children and young people. Our blog on the 7 principles of effective school leadership looks at what this means day to day for a headteacher, and the challenges that come with the role.
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