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Our deep expertise enables us to tailor professional development and school improvement programmes that promote effective, sustainable, and student-focused outcomes.
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Offers inspiring and purposeful collaboration with other like-minded school leaders across primary, secondary, special and MAT schools as well as a range of discounted CPD and exclusive thought leadership.
Embedding Formative Assessment
Proven to positively impact GCSE outcomes, develop more engaged learners, help teacher wellbeing and retention, and create a greater sense of community.
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Nationally recognised status of excellent practice for teachers, support staff and leaders in any phase. Suitable for a cohort of staff, individuals or schools wanting to deliver their own training within their local network.
Leadership Franchises
Help your recruitment and retention, develop staff leaders, customise and deliver our training your way by partnering with us. For schools and MATs.
Student Leadership for IMPACT
SSAT are the UK’s biggest and most experienced provider of student leadership training and support for education providers, with over 30 years of experience helping settings build the capacity and capabilities of their student leaders.
Through webinars for staff facilitating your student leadership work and bespoke training for your student leaders we can help you increase the impact of your work in this crucial area. We can also help you to recognise the impact of your student leaders through our unrivalled accreditation process.
Upcoming events
View allMonday 14 September 2026
Aspiring Lead Practitioners
Wednesday 23 September 2026
Ensuring Student Leadership has IMPACT in your setting
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Hard Cases: Exploring complex behaviour challenges through case studies
Thursday 1 October 2026
Head Cases: Exploring Complex Headteacher Challenges
Adaptive teaching – what are we adapting to, and why?
Adaptive teaching starts with one simple question: What evidence do we have about what pupils know and need next?
Our new publication, written in conjunction with ASCL and Dylan Wiliam, explores how formative assessment drives responsive, inclusive teaching — before, during and after lessons.
Top picks for you
View all8 September 2026
Let’s Create the Neuroinclusive Classroom… Together!
In Marius Frank’s third blog, he sets out the thinking behind the Neuroinclusive Classroom, a concept shaped over a decade of listening to children, teachers and leaders, and by confronting evidence showing that current systems are failing too many learners.
11 August 2026
Belonging: A Personal and Professional Relationship with SSAT
Belonging is fashionable in education circles right now. Together with achieving and thriving, it forms the first principle for inspectors under the new Ofsted framework. I approve of the sentiment behind this decision, even as I recognise the limitations of any inspection framework in espousing belonging and worry about the impact of a potentially shallow focus on belonging.
13 July 2026
Celebrating Angelina Idun as she says goodbye to SSAT
As the summer term draws to a close and plans are made for next year, SSAT is also preparing for change. We are saying goodbye to Angelina Idun, our Director of School Improvement, who will be leaving SSAT after many years of commitment and significant impact across the organisation and the wider education sector.
13 July 2026
The questions about formative assessment we hear most often
One of the benefits of working with schools across our network is the opportunity to engage in great conversations about teaching and learning. Few topics generate as many questions as formative assessment.
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