Ensuring Student Leadership has IMPACT in your setting
Are you looking to build the expertise and professional capacity of your staff in supporting the work of student leaders so that they are better equipped to have a lasting impact?

Start date
27 January 2027
15.30 - 17.30

Format
Two-hour live webinar following a pre-released video seminar

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Ensuring Student Leadership has IMPACT in your setting
Wednesday 27 January 2027
The importance of adult support for student leadership cannot be overestimated.
Coffey & Lavery, 2023
The Enrichment Benchmarks place student voice and participation at the heart of a strong enrichment offer, and with Ofsted placing greater focus on enrichment, meaningful student leadership is more important than ever.
Our Ensuring Student Leadership has IMPACT in your setting webinar focuses on the four key ways in which you can provide the support that empowers your student leadership to flourish in your school.
- Conception: Strategic intent and key principles
- Consideration: Resourcing and ways of working
- Connection: Communication with staff and other stakeholders
- Contribution: Culture and access, and measuring impact
Key benefits for delegates
- Find out about recent research into student leadership and what this means for school provision
- Learn about effective student leadership case studies from schools where it is having real impact
- Reflect on provision in your setting against eight key criteria for supporting student leadership
- Collaborate with others in identifying next steps to help enhance student leadership in your setting
- Leave with quick wins to help enhance inclusion, and personal development and wellbeing
This webinar comes in two parts:
- A pre-release video outlining the history of student leadership research and practice and how this informs our Student Leadership for IMPACT model’.
- A two-hour webinar to explore how leaders can use our Student Leadership for IMPACT model to enhance your student leadership provision in your setting.
Who it’s for
This webinar is ideal for staff working in primary, secondary, and/or special schools who are currently involved in, or interested in developing and delivering, student leadership initiatives.
SSAT have been providing professional learning for school staff responsible for enhancing the work and impact of student leaders for decades. Our expertise is rooted in our commitment to sharing evidence-informed approaches and strategies for empowering student leadership.
The primary focus of our professional development for school staff is in helping them to equip students with knowledge, skills and abilities in 18 key areas, shown in the infographic below.
Student leadership expert
Dr Keven Bartle, Director of Education, SSAT

Keven is Director of Education at SSAT and leads the organisation’s educational strategy. A former school leader and headteacher, he leads a team committed to the transformative power of education as a vehicle for social justice. His work involves identifying key trends in education policy and practice to provide helpful and sustainable solutions for school leaders and staff striving to improve the lives of children, families and communities.
View our entire range of student leadership programmes: Student Leadership for IMPACT
Date and location
15.30 – 17.30
Online
Making Student Leadership Effective Practical Guide
Learn more about student leadership in schools and assess your current practice with this practical guide.
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