The #1 empowerment platform for secondary schools
Align your secondary school teams through a single platform for CPD, compliance management, and people development – helping your secondary school continually raise educational standards.
“It’s clear that staff feel increasingly motivated as their training and achievements are added to the platform and they watch their professional development record grow.”
Kate Collins
Challenge: Fragmented oversight and goal-setting
Avon Valley School & Performing Arts College faced challenges with an appraisal model where training often pulled in different directions. Leadership needed a way to align individual goals with school-wide priorities while maintaining clear oversight of training impact and budget across 1,200+ people.
Solution: A holistic development platform
The school implemented The National College to ensure every team member remains aligned with the school’s core mission. Using customised templates and our “flood-fill” feature, leadership can now link every appraisal objective directly to quality-assurance data and the school’s strategic direction of travel through one central system.
Impact: A culture that inspired professional growth
Our platform unified education oversight, providing leaders with a central hub to track engagement and evidence impact. Replacing fragmented systems with a single record of growth has nurtured a culture where team members take ownership of their development and every hour of training positively impacts student outcomes.
Trusted by influential education partners
Everything your secondary school needs to thrive
Equip secondary leaders and teams with membership packages that remove compliance admin hurdles and offer a clear, inspiring view of professional growth across every department.
Targeted learning for every role
Give teachers, support teams, and school leaders access to the world's biggest CPD library. We centralise accredited role-focused resources to help you elevate standards across your setting.
Standardise compliance across your school
Ensure consistent quality and statutory alignment with KCSIE, Ofsted expectations, and DfE guidance across your entire secondary school.
Develop your people, not just processes
Enhance CPD with personalised learning pathways that connect departmental priorities to individual goals, turning people development into a continuous improvement cycle.
Accelerate impact with secure AI New
Empower secondary school teams with secure, education-specific AI capabilities, included with every membership package.
Secondary school oversight, made easy
Gain total visibility and give every team member instant access to the resources they need to stay compliant and aligned with school-wide goals.
Stay inspection-ready in every setting
Maintain complete oversight through up-to-date compliance training aligned with KCSIE, Ofsted, and statutory requirements.
Tailored secondary school learning
Ensure consistent practice across every classroom with courses designed specifically for secondary school teachers, TAs and school leaders.
Reduce admin and demonstrate impact
Centralise oversight with automated tracking and reporting, so leaders can focus on teaching rather than paperwork.
Flexible training that fits school life
Keep your team on track with accessible CPD that can be completed anytime, on any device, and is aligned to wider school priorities.
Trusted by over 70% of secondary schools
Discover why education leaders and teams rely on The National College to raise CPD, compliance, and governance standards worldwide.
Chris Wilshaw
Deputy Headteacher
Watford Grammar School for Girls
Helen Morphitis
Assistant Principal
Saracens High School
Andrew Parkinson
Deputy Headteacher
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
Ready to strengthen your secondary school?
Centralise your secondary school’s development with a single hub to manage people, learning, and insight at scale.
