Upskill support staff with bespoke CPD.

Give support staff the freedom to enhance their knowledge and skills with the largest collection of expert-led CPD and policy resources in education — now with AI tools that streamline everyday tasks and improve communication.

Top 5 courses & webinars for support staff.

Annual Certificate in Safeguarding for Staff

Annual Certificate in Safeguarding for Staff

The Prevent Duty Statutory Guidance in Practice

The Prevent Duty: Statutory Guidance in Practice

Annual Certificate in the Prevent Duty

Annual Certificate in the Prevent Duty

Child Criminal Exploitation Signs, Risks, & Support for Families

Child Criminal Exploitation: Signs, Risks, & Support for Families

Certificate in Understanding Mental Health

Certificate in Understanding Mental Health

Bespoke CPD for every role. 

  • Ensure compliance across all roles

    Make sure support staff are up to date with all relevant statutory requirements

  • Tailor training for support staff

    Maximise the potential of support staff with role-specific CPD linked to appraisal and wider school priorities

  • Streamline policy processes 

    Give staff access to hundreds of time-saving policy templates to minimise admin time

  • Support retention 

    Empower support staff to own their professional growth and use CPD to enhance pupil outcomes

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Ensure compliance across all roles

Make sure support staff are up to date with all relevant statutory requirements

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Tailor training for support staff

Maximise the potential of support staff with role-specific CPD linked to appraisal and wider school priorities

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Streamline policy processes 

Give staff access to hundreds of time-saving policy templates to minimise admin time

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Support retention 

Empower support staff to own their professional growth and use CPD to enhance pupil outcomes

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New Teacher & Leader AI

Streamline operations with AI


Draft personalised attendance letters, simplify messages for EAL families and create empathetic responses for admissions and appeals with AI designed for school support teams.

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Software to streamline learning.

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Reduce staff
workload

Streamline your training, policy and appraisal process so staff spend less time on admin and more time on driving up standards. 

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Make training easy to access

Share all courses, webinars, templates and resources online so support staff can access training anytime, anywhere, on any device. 

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Build a digital learning record

Encourage support staff to set impact goals, earn digital badges for CPD completed, and build a learning record they can take with them anywhere. 

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Simplify tasks and actions

Help support staff organise their workload with one area they can view tasks, action plans, learning plans, internal policies, log offline CPD, plus much more. 

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Log all CPD in
one place

Support staff to take the stress out of record keeping by storing all CPD on our platform, regardless of where, when and how it was completed.

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Monitor CPD
impact

Use learning plans and set impact goals to help identify implementation strategies and realise the effects of staff CPD.

Join over 16,000 member schools, trusts & nurseries

Loved by schools & educators.

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The National College has enabled us to keep abreast of everything, not only the statutory requirements, but other important topical issues. It's so thorough that it provides peace of mind, knowing that everything is covered.
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Herts & Essex Multi-Academy Trust
Herts & Essex Multi-Academy Trust

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We joined The National College in September and I think the interface is very user-friendly. It was recommended on several occasions and was best aligned to the school’s needs. I find it a truly immense, valuable resource bank for our school.
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Highgate Primary Academy

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It helps us to stay updated with the latest DfE guidance, which is fantastic. The resources are all bespoke, designed by people who are in the know. I really think that there’s something for everyone on The National College platform.
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The Aldgate School

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Staff are encouraged to evaluate the platforms that they have had access to. We have a report for the responses on The National College, and the feedback is very favourable, around 90% positive. Enjoyability, usefulness, impact, they are all very positive areas of feedback.
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The Holte School

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