The Satchel Resource Centre

A behaviour policy is a requirement for all schools, but have you taken time to reflect on yours? Engage with recent statistics, learn about behaviour policy optimisation and draft new policy in line with government guidance using this handy guide.

This guide focuses on understanding and managing low level disruption in the classroom as a way to improve your learning environment, improve student outcomes and reduce your stress!

Satchel’s suite of behaviour management tools is a complete reactive behaviour solution that has the power to revolutionise behaviour at your school.

Teachers, students and parents can use these handy checklists before going back to school to feel confident and prepared for the new year. 

Are you a Network Manager or Senior Leader looking to upgrade your school’s MIS and switch to the Cloud? This guide summarises the key benefits of switching to a Cloud-based MIS, along with useful information about what they are and how they work.

The Department for Education releases regular suspension and exclusion statistics to the public but these can be difficult to navigate and take a long time to analyse. Check out our free infographic for an easy way to digest the headline data.

Part search engine, part quiz builder, this free classroom tool created by Satchel will save you plenty of time and make your lessons fun and engaging. Sign up today!

Is your school joining the behaviour hub programme? This simple overview tells you everything you need to know about the new approach to behaviour management.

Teacher assessed grades (TAGs) are replacing exams this year, but how can schools best prepare for them?

Networking has many benefits for teachers. Find out how to approach networking and sharing best practice in this guide.

What is holistic education and how does it work? This guide explores what holistic teaching is, and how you can apply it in your classroom.

Parental engagement is crucial in education. Find our why, and how you can foster a positive atmosphere for parents to get involved with this useful guide.

Need to revamp your school’s approach to behaviour? Download our complete guide to behaviour management for schools here, tacking behaviour policy, practical tips and more.

Parental engagement in school can be difficult to cultivate, but it could boost your Ofsted rating, find out how with this guide.

Ofsted have changed inspections for early 2021, make sure you know how inspections will work for your school with our Ofsted distance learning guide.

Mastering body language could be the key to better classroom management and greater student engagement. This poster tells you how.

Self-isolation can be difficult for students and parents alike. Address feelings properly with our emotion coaching poster for parents.

Schools can now access a catch-up premium to fund catch-up learning in their school. This guide tells you what to spend it on and why.

The pandemic has affected everyone’s mental health to some degree. Show students that it’s ok to talk and work through their anxieties together with this poster.

Our Closing the Learning Gap webinar brings you practical advice on catch-up learning strategies from edtech leaders and frontline teachers.

Our Software Audit Guide runs through all the considerations you should make when approaching renew dates or looking for a new platform.

Make the most of edtech with our guide to technology in school. This guide covers digital literacy, training and tools to make technology in education easier.

Ensure that your school is looking out for teachers’ workloads during bouts of distance learning with our distance learning strategy toolkit.

What is blended learning and how can you apply it? This help sheet explores what blended learning is and how you can incorporate it into your classroom.

Make sure your school has a contingency plan in place in case of further local restrictions or another lockdown.

Schools, students & parents all have a role in keeping schools safe during Covid-19. This agreement is a playbook for bringing students back to school safely.

Enforce social distancing and the Catch it, Bin it, Kill it slogan with these school health and safety posters for COVID-19.

As schools prepare for full reopenings find out how Satchel's learning platform, Satchel One, can support reopenings in line with DfE guidelines.

This poster uses the government’s systems of control to help you keep staff and students safe.

As students prepare to return to school, it’s vital that school health and safety policies are updated to include specific information about Covid.

Ensure there is no confusion around when students are meant to be in school with an updated attendance policy.

Ensure your school's behaviour policy is up to date and reflects the new guidelines as outlined by the DfE with this checklist.

Ensure your school's stakeholders are aligned on what to expect from distance learning should you have to implement it in the future with this checklist.

Help your students understand how to behave in class with this classroom contract template - simply fill in and sign. Templates for Primary and Secondary.

Feeling the coronavirus anxiety? Download our free coping mechanisms poster and start using these tried and tested coping mechanisms.

A return to work form for staff who have had an extended period of absence, use this template to conduct a constructive return to work interview.

Each school should have an online safety policy to ensure the proper use of the internet during school and prepare students for life in digital Britain.

If you’re a school health and safety officer, or just looking for ways to improve your school’s H&S, download our free template.

Discover different types of positive behaviour that you can issue students with praise for during school closures that will motivate them in distance learning.

Safeguarding is hugely important as distance learning becomes a new norm. Remind yourself of these safeguarding principles.

This poster will help parents to get up and running in their home/office/classroom. It’s full of tips and activities that will aid parents in finding some order in their new lifestyle.

Stay motivated with your studies during school closures with this timetable. Adapt how you see fit and use it to support your distance learning.

This poster acts as a guide for students to keep them away from fake news and help them find reliable sources to enhance their schoolwork.

For teachers, students and parents - how Satchel One's homework app, Show My Homework, can be used to support distance learning, as a result of school closures due to Coronavirus.

A school closure policy ensures all stakeholders are aware of what should happen in an emergency school closure. Use this checklist to inform your policy.

Discover simple ways you can implement retrieval practice into your teaching strategy with this poster.

Apply the science behind revision techniques to get the most out of your study time with our Revision Workshop. Advice for any level or subject delivered by a revision psychologist.

Discover four easy-to-implement pedagogical standards that span different types of approaches but help all teachers effectively deliver content.

How can you make connectivism work in the classroom? This poster helps remind you of the key approaches to connectivity pedagogy.

Discover how to implement retrieval practice into your classroom to help support your students' learning and their ability to recall information during exams.

If you're trying to apply social constructivist pedagogy in the classroom, but don't know where to begin, this poster is for you.

PSHE is gaining higher judgement weighting with Ofsted. Each year the value of making students more well-rounded learners raises on Ofsted's list of priorities.

What is liberationism and how can you implement it? Download our liberationist pedagogy poster to find out.

Find out how which teaching techniques to employ for an effective behaviourist classroom with our behaviourism infographic. Download it here.

What's your teaching style? Ever wondered why you teach the way you do, and what this means about you as a teacher? Find out with our pedagogy flow chart.

Teachers often exist in a constant state of work and no play. Take time for yourself and set some goals with our teacher wellbeing plan.

This webinar explores the five biggest contributors to teacher workload and how to tackle them.

Being a teacher is confusing. You're introduced to a myriad of new terminology with no time to learn it. Our acronym cheat sheet gives you all the definitions to school terms.

Remind yourself of the four core pillars of good classroom management with this poster: Behaviour, praise, seating plans and lesson planning.

Every year intelligent students get left behind in lessons because they have slow cognitive processing and can’t keep up. Our task planners support them in simplifying what they need to do.

Comply with new RSE requirements for your school and improve PSHE lessons with this RSE Policy Checklist.

This poster covers existing terminology as well as new additions that have been included since the new 2019/2020 framework was introduced.

What do you know about Ofsted’s new key judgement - Quality of Education? It’s the most heavily weighted of the key judgements, this poster explains it.

As many as 1 in 5 of us could be dyslexic. Knowing how to support dyslexic students in the classroom will allow them to flourish.

Ofsted inspectors will look at how relevant and accurate a school’s self assessment is. Start your journey to school improvement with our SEF template.

This checklist details what to include in your school's homework policy to ensure the homework is of a excellent standard and follows best practice.

Want to fight truancy and reduce absences? This checklist covers the key aspects to take into account when drafting a school attendance policy.

Every school strives for improvement and each school's SIP is individual to them. However, we've identified what we believe to be the core pillars of improvement which can help your school's success journey, no matter what your goals are.

Teacher workload has long been a concern, in this toolkit we take the five areas cited as the biggest contributors to workload and how they can be reduced.

Complete checklist of everything that should be included in your school's communication policy to help save time and keep all parties connected.

Use this help sheet to identify students with special educational needs and understand how best you can support them in your classroom.

This data audit aims to help you assess the worth of the data you collect and identify any areas in which you can reduce time spent on data collection.

Successfully plan sequences of lesson that advance learning and save you time with our lesson sequence plan template.

Tips for improving teacher wellbeing from Natasha Mann, an Assistant Headteacher and Wellbeing Trainer, that take minimal effort, but can have big results.

Resources and guidance to help make student wellbeing a priority in school so you can effectively support your students' development and mental wellbeing.

Created inline with DfE guidelines, this checklist outlines the key areas your school's behaviour policy should cover to ensure good student behaviour.

Guidance for educators teaching PSHE lessons which cover topics like student mental health and wellbeing, and how to create a safe teaching environment.

Easy to follow lesson observation form that outlines the key criteria teachers should either be looking for or exhibiting during observations.

Drawing upon guidance provided by the DfE, this checklist outlines the key areas schools should consider when developing their school's wellbeing policy.

Take the hassle out of classroom management with advice gathered from 1500 schools and presented by our Field Specialist in this half hour webinar.

Designed to help schools understand the core pillars or school improvement: Leadership, Looking after your Staff and Student Safety and Wellbeing.

Assistant Head and Author, Jon Tait, discusses what it means to put staff wellbeing at the core of school leadership and how to achieve a happy team.

Teacher wellbeing is integral to school improvement is fundamental to progression; this guide explores how you can promote positive wellbeing.

Remind yourself what it means to be a great leader with this poster, refer to it yourself or share with colleagues who are progressing in their career.

Remind yourself of the importance of homework with this academic essay which explores why homework is so important to our students.

Guidance for educators on how to improve teacher wellbeing through the practice of mindfulness and the fostering a positive school culture.

Better understand the current state of digital literacy in the UK and the skills they need that will prepare them for life in digital Britain.

Make your students aware of their actions with this poster that distinguishes the fine line between banter and bullying.

Ensure you're setting quality homework that helps students - this guide outlines the 6 core pillars that each piece of homework you set should include.

Prepare yourself for exams with our print out daily revision planner, we break down the day into manageable chunks and feel confident on the day.

Avoid cramming and start revision early with our print-out monthly revision planner. set your goals, add notes, and feel confident on the day.

Remind your students of the risks the internet poses to help them remain digitally aware and stay safe online with this poster.

Familiarise yourself with GDPR with this guide. Understand what it is, how it affects you and the types of questions you should be asking suppliers.

Find out how to provide your students with efficient and effective feedback on their work whilst discovering what are in fact, marking myths.

Help to close the gender gap in technology by encouraging girls to pursue STEM subjects at school with these easy to implement ideas.

Deep dive into the world of differentiated homework, get to grips with what it is, its purpose, benefits and how to apply it in your classroom.

Discover the world of flipped learning with this guide, the history, how to adopt it in your classroom and the pros and cons.

Help in alleviating some of the pressures students face when it comes to exams by getting them exam ready with these easy to action revision strategies.

Referring to Epstein & Van Voorhis' theory, we explore the wider purpose of homework outside of just raising students attainment.

Learn more about the importance of having a mobile phone policy in school as we discuss low, medium and high level options for mobile phone policies.

Remember that the success of the homework you set shouldn't rely just on grades; there are 5 metrics that help to tell you if your homework was a success.

Get an in depth understand of the new grading systems for students and schools, Attainment 8 and Progress 8, with this comprehensive guide.

Always plan the perfect lesson, with this easy to follow lesson plan template which outlines the key criteria that every outstanding lesson should have.

Ensure you're providing your students with valuable feedback with this easy to follow, whole-class feedback sheet template.

Ensure your suppliers are GDPR compliant by ensuring they're able to successfully answer the questions on this checklist.

Created for schools purchasing Show My Homework, reference this survey if ever you're purchasing a software that relies on at home internet access.

Bridge the gap between home and school and find out how satisfied parents are with your current homework policy with this survey.

Understand how impactful good classroom management is with this guide, and strategies you can apply to your very own classroom.

Advice for the PTA on how to market their next fundraising event to ensure they raise as much money as possible.

Regardless of your job title, there are some fundamental rules you should remember when communicating - this infographic serves as a reminder for this.

Setting outstanding homework doesn't need to be hard work, we've outlined the 2 simple steps you need to follow for successful homework in this webinar.