Pupil health and wellbeing

Whether you're a feeder or a destination school, find out how you can develop meaningful collaboration between schools. Move beyond standard transition activities towards sustained, strategic co-operation.

Be ready to help pupils make a strong start, despite the challenges of an in-year admission. Adapt our mini transition programme to suit your context, and get some ideas of practical strategies to help pupils settle in quickly to your school community.

Learn how to provide strong and supportive transitions for pupils who are disadvantaged, known to social care or may face other barriers. Get tips on how to help your key transition points (big, medium and small) go smoothly.

Understand how Gateways supports pupils who struggle in mainstream settings to improve their attendance, engagement and outcomes. As a mainstream school or alternative provision, find advice on how to apply the strategies to your setting.

Understand what trauma-informed practice is and how to use it to make your school a safe place, support pupils' mental wellbeing and improve behaviour and outcomes.

Understand what you can do and adaptations your school can make to support those pupils fasting during Ramadan, including during exams.

Get to grips with the eligibility criteria for free school meals (FSM), how you should check pupils' eligibility, and the new distinction between targeted and expanded FSM.

Find out the simple steps an award-winning school has taken towards making its school meals more sustainable, with advice on how you can do the same.

Understand what the food standards are, when your school has to follow them and how you can check that you're compliant. Get to grips with Natasha's Law and allergen labelling requirements, including what's good practice for cake sales.