Staff Induction Resources

New to the SENDCo role or stepping into SEND leadership at a new school? This comprehensive starter pack provides everything you need to establish effective SEND systems and build confidence from day one. Whether you're starting in September or mid-year, these practical tools help you quickly understand your school's current provision, build key relationships and set clear priorities for sustainable improvement.

☑️ 16 ready-to-use, editable templates covering essential areas including audits, action planning, pupil profiles, provision mapping, handover processes and stakeholder communication

☑️ Step-by-step guidance document with your first 30 days mapped out week by week, plus practical advice on adapting to your school context and building relationships

☑️ SEND Jargon Buster reference guide to demystify specialist terminology for you and your staff, ensuring clear communication across the school community

☑️ Quick-start checklists and observation tools for folder organisation, skills auditing, playground and classroom observations, and review meetings

Ideal for new SENDCos, experienced SENCos moving schools, teachers stepping up to SEND leadership roles, and anyone wanting structured guidance and professional templates to establish excellent SEND provision efficiently.

🔎 Want a closer look? Click here to preview the Everything You Need to Lead SEND pack🔗 

New to the DSL role or stepping into safeguarding leadership at a new school? This comprehensive starter pack provides everything you need to establish effective safeguarding systems and build confidence from day one. Whether you're starting in September or mid-year, these practical tools help you quickly understand your school's current safeguarding provision, build key relationships and set clear priorities for child protection and welfare.

☑️ 21 ready-to-use, editable templates covering essential areas including safeguarding audits, action planning, case management, referral processes, handover procedures and multi-agency communication

☑️ Step-by-step guidance document with your first 30 days mapped out week by week, plus practical advice on adapting to your school context and building relationships with staff, pupils and external agencies

☑️ Safeguarding Jargon Buster reference guide to demystify specialist terminology for you and your staff, ensuring clear communication across the school community and with external professionals

☑️ Quick-start checklists and monitoring tools for safeguarding folder organisation, skills auditing, safer recruitment processes, single central record management, and child protection meetings

Ideal for new designated safeguarding leads, experienced DSLs moving schools, teachers stepping up to safeguarding leadership roles, and anyone wanting structured guidance and professional templates to establish excellent safeguarding provision and meet statutory duties efficiently.

New to behaviour leadership or stepping into a behaviour lead role at a new school? This comprehensive starter pack provides everything you need to establish effective behaviour management systems and build confidence from day one. Whether you're starting in September or mid-year as a new behaviour lead, these practical tools help you quickly understand your school's current behaviour provision, build key relationships with staff and pupils, and set clear priorities for sustainable behaviour improvement.

☑️ 18 ready-to-use, editable behaviour templates covering essential areas including behaviour audits, behaviour action planning, behaviour risk assessments, behaviour logs, exclusion tracking, bullying incident recording, and parent communication letters

☑️ Step-by-step behaviour leadership guidance document with your first 30 days mapped out week by week, plus practical advice on adapting to your school context, building relationships with staff and establishing consistent behaviour expectations

☑️ Behaviour Jargon Buster reference guide to demystify specialist behaviour terminology for you and your staff, ensuring clear communication about behaviour management across the school community

☑️ Quick-start behaviour checklists and assessment tools for behaviour folder organisation, behaviour lead skills auditing, behaviour snapshot reviews, staff behaviour quizzes, and behaviour plan templates

Ideal for new behaviour leads, experienced behaviour coordinators moving schools, deputy heads stepping up to behaviour leadership roles, pastoral leaders, and anyone wanting structured guidance and professional behaviour management templates to establish excellent behaviour provision efficiently.

🔎 Want a closer look? Click here to preview the Everything You Need to Start Leading Behaviour pack 🔗

Looking to conduct a thorough self-assessment of your behaviour management expertise or evaluate the competencies of your behaviour lead? This comprehensive pack provides everything needed to identify strengths, pinpoint development areas, and create targeted professional growth plans for anyone responsible for pupil behaviour in your school.

What you'll receive:

• 18-page comprehensive behaviour lead skills audit covering all key competency areas
• 4-page implementation guidance with step-by-step instructions for effective use

The audit covers essential behaviour leadership areas including strategic direction and governor oversight, behaviour systems and processes, staff development, pupil support and inclusion, multi-agency collaboration, and data monitoring – ideal for behaviour leads to assess their strengths and make plans to develop their skills in behaviour leadership.

🔒 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit Briefing – Free PowerPoint for School Leaders – Fully Aligned to 2026 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

Give your team a clear, confident understanding of how school inspections work under the current framework with this comprehensive briefing presentation. Perfect for headteachers, SLT members and school leaders briefing their teams on Ofsted's inspection framework and toolkit.

What's included in this free Ofsted update presentation for staff:

☑️ A clear before-and-after comparison for staff who've never experienced inspection under this framework

☑️ The five-point grading system and report card system explained in full, including the secure fit method inspectors use

☑️ All eight evaluation areas broken down for staff

☑️ How the inspection process works now, including case sampling and why deep dives no longer feature

☑️ Practical next steps for school leaders and staff, with discussion prompts and reflection activities

This ready-to-present PowerPoint saves you hours of preparation time whilst ensuring your team understands exactly what's changed in Ofsted inspections. Designed specifically for whole-school INSET sessions, staff meeting, leadership briefings or departmental meetings.

Perfect for: Headteachers, Deputy Heads, SLT members, trust leaders and anyone responsible for Ofsted preparation, school improvement and staff development.

Effective governors are one of a school's strongest assets but a new governor who feels unsupported, uncertain about their role or unclear about the school's context is unlikely to contribute with confidence from the start. This free Honeyguide checklist is designed to help headteachers and senior leaders get governor induction right.

Welcoming a new governor well takes more than sending over a few documents before the first meeting. It means taking the time to explain the strategic versus operational distinction, introducing them to the right people, building their confidence around school data and Ofsted expectations, and helping them find a link governor role where they can genuinely contribute. Done well, a strong induction process means governors who are engaged, effective and a real support to school leadership.

This checklist walks you through everything you need to do, from the initial welcome through to a formal check-in at the end of their first term. It's ideal for headteachers, deputies, governance leads and chairs of governors welcoming a new governor to the board.

👉 Looking for more support for new governors? The free Start Point: New to Governance Checklist gives the new governor themselves ideas of tasks to do in their first term as a member of the governing body.

🆓 Free download – aligned to Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026

Share the key KCSIE 2026 updates with your staff quickly and confidently with this ready-made information sharing session. 

This free PowerPoint and accompanying handout gives DSLs, safeguarding leads and school leaders a clear, structured way to walk staff through the Part One updates, without having to build anything from scratch.

Use it to complement your existing INSET programme, as a short briefing in a staff meeting or as a standalone update session. If 

⚠️ Please note that this is not full annual safeguarding refresher training. It covers the Part One updates to KCSIE 2026 only – not the complete refresher content all staff need annually. If you're looking for a complete INSET-ready training pack, see the KCSIE 2026 Annual Safeguarding Refresher Training Pack.