Free School Leadership Resources

🔒 Designed from KCSIE 2026 and Working Together to Safeguard Children – free to download.

Planning ongoing safeguarding training across a full academic year is one of those tasks that matters but rarely has dedicated time attached to it. This free safeguarding training planner gives you a half-termly framework to map your whole-school safeguarding CPD from September to July – without having to work out the sequencing yourself.

☑️ Six half-termly themes, each covering the key KCSIE topics relevant to that period of the year
☑️ Checklist-style layout so you can track what's been covered and what's still to come
☑️ Grounded in spaced practice – designed to keep staff knowledge active across the year, not just refreshed in September
☑️ Flexible – use it as written or adapt it to reflect your school's priorities and community context
☑️ Links to ready-made resources for each half-term so you can move straight from plan to delivery

Each half-term section explains not just what to cover but why that theme sits in that part of the year, so the rationale is built in if you need to explain your training plan to a headteacher, governor or inspector.

👉 Got the plan – now need the resources? The Safeguarding Training Pack – Full Year gives you everything on this planner, ready to deliver – training PowerPoints and full sets of scenarios, snapshots and quizzes for every half-term, aligned to KCSIE 2026.

This budget planning checklist and calendar set is designed to help you with staying on top of managing your budget across the school year. The editable budget planning checklist has suggested tasks to attend to when planning your next budget, including for school improvement planning, curriculum budgeting and expenditure, staffing and payroll, pupil premium and SEND. There are also suggestions for when to follow up and monitor each element across the school year. The accompanying calendar provides a month-by-month overview, giving you a quick and easy breakdown of what to explore each month when it comes to monitoring your budget - you could print it out and pin it to your noticeboard as a handy reminder (plus there's a print-friendly version included too). And best of all? This pack is free!

👉Looking for more budget support? This template is also available in the full School Budget Management Pack, which can also help you to upskill yourself on financial management, identify where cost savings can be made and work with your finance governors. This pack offers you best value for money if you want to get a better grip on your budget, but each strand is also available as a separate purchase should you need to explore a single area of budget management: School Budget Planning and Cost Saving Toolkit, School Budget Management Skills Bundle and Budget Planning Questions for Governors.

Updated for 2026

Have you made a list and are you checking it twice? No? Well don't worry - getting ready for Christmas and the end of term in school doesn't have to be overwhelming. This FREE comprehensive checklist helps headteachers, deputies and SLTs organise everything from nativity performances to staff appreciation so nothing gets forgotten in the December rush.

🎄 Christmas Event Planning – nativity performances, carol services, Christmas dinner organisation and festive assembly scheduling

🎄 End of Term Essentials – staff wellbeing checks, term-end communications to parents and final assessment deadlines

🎄January Preparation – spring term planning, CPD scheduling and post-holiday transition planning

🎄 Leadership Tasks – delegation strategies, quality assurance and school evaluation priorities

Perfect for headteachers and senior leaders who want to finish the autumn term organised and start January ready.

Every summer term brings the same pressure: too much to do, not enough time to do it.

This free end-of-year checklist gives headteachers and senior leaders a clear, structured overview of everything that needs to happen before the doors close for summer – from pupil transition, end-of-year performances and statutory reporting to site maintenance, staff wellbeing and autumn term preparation.

All tasks include a notes column, delegation field and deadline tracker so you can distribute responsibilities across your team rather than carrying everything yourself. And best of all? The resource is free! ☀️