A little more understanding goes a long way.
Practical reading for people planning staff training in care and education. Clear questions, useful checklists and links to the original guidance.
Guides for your team
Training planning guidesChoosing a training provider for your children’s home
A practical guide to comparing providers, asking better questions and making a training decision that reflects your home.
A more useful staff training plan for the school year
Turn a list of courses into a practical plan for induction, shared understanding and ongoing support.
Choosing your emergency first-aid training focus
Explore workplace, paediatric and combined training choices, then prepare the details needed to agree the right course for your setting.
Seven details to agree before you book staff training
A straightforward checklist to reduce last-minute questions and help your team arrive prepared.
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Guidance varies by setting and jurisdiction. These links take you to authoritative source information.
Department for Education: restrictive interventions in schools (England, effective 1 April 2026)
Open official sourceDepartment for Education: children’s homes regulations and quality standards (England)
Open official sourceHSE: choosing a competent first-aid training provider
Open official sourceOfsted: social care common inspection framework — children’s homes
Open official sourceExisting information library
Explore the legal framework and the questions to ask when choosing physical intervention training.
Check current official sources and confirm the course content for your setting.