This pack contains lesson plans/activities for teacher trainers/mentors based on the themes of Social & Emotional Learning and Wellbeing. It includes how to use the pack, one Social & Emotional Learning and two Wellbeing lesson/activity plans, and a list of more reports available on these themes. It uses education reports available that was part of the Education Policy and Research Service. The EPRS was a subscriber service that was offered by the School of Education from September 1989 to August 2024. Subscribers received ten summaries a month, eleven months a year of current education reports from key government bodies, universities, and think tanks. It enabled busy education professionals to stay updated. A database that includes reports going back to 2010 is available for free on our website. If you have queries, please email us on eprs-admin@bristol.ac.uk

The Bristol Guide is a practical and comprehensive guide to the English education system: Keeps you updated with the changes in legislation. Succinctly outlines education professionals’ duties, legal responsibilities, and rights. This includes data protection, safeguarding and equality. Summarises the curriculum, examination, and inspection systems. Provides web links for further advice and information. Updated annually. Available as a book and PDF (for personal use or as an institution licence to be put on systems like an intranet and Blackboard) This is the PDF of the first ten pages.

No one involved in teacher training will be unaware of the major structural changes which will be ushered in when the ITT Market Review comes into force from 2 September 2024. The University of Bristol School of Education have created a CCF toolkit to navigate it. For each Teachers’ Standard, there are 2 summaries of research articles and 2 discussion/question sheets. Students can be tasked with reading a research summary and preparing the questions which they then discuss in groups. A sample is attached. This toolkit is being updated and is available to purchase on our website.

The Education Policy and Research Service (formerly Document Summary Service) is a subscriber resource from the School of Education at the University of Bristol. It is a selected monthly digest of key research, policy and influential developments relating to the English education system. It also provides links to further information, toolkits and resources. You can subscribe on our website and claim a 10% discount using TES10. This research from the University of Bristol and the Institute of Education examines the Progress 8 accountability measure and makes recommendations for improving it.

The Education Policy and Research Service (formerly Document Summary Service) is a subscriber resource from the School of Education at the University of Bristol. It is a selected monthly digest of key research, policy and influential developments in the world of education. It also provides links to further information, toolkits and resources. You can subscribe on our website and claim a 10% discount using TES10. In this article, Simon Brownhill from the University of Bristol School of Education offers a literature based exploration of the skill of self-reflection. He explores what self-reflection is, why it is important, and how it can be practically undertaken.

The Education Policy and Research Service (formerly Document Summary Service) is a subscriber resource from the School of Education at the University of Bristol. It is a selected monthly digest of key research, policy and influential developments relating to the English education system. It also provides links to further information, toolkits and resources. You can subscribe on our website and claim a 10% discount using TES10. This article explored the project from Dr Frances Giampapa at the University of Bristol School of Education and Dr Claire Lee from Oxford Brookes University helps early years practitioners to engage with research.