#KeepThePromise: Pupil Support Staff eLearning Modules
Between 2023 and 2025 we delivered the Pupil Support Staff Learning Programme thanks to The Promise Partnership’s Keep The Promise Fund. As part of this work we were able to deliver a range of accessible training, including a number of free eLearning modules. The modules are designed to build knowledge of The Promise, as well as understanding of the experiences of care experienced children and young people, with the advanced modules designed to help advocate for care experienced children and young people more widely.
Module 1: Understanding care experience and the role of pupil support staff
This module is designed to help you build knowledge and understanding of what The Promise is and the wide variety of care experience that children and young people can have. You will explore five different characters with care experience and recognise the role that pupil support staff can play in providing support in schools.
Learning outcomes
This module is designed to help you to:
- Understand the wide variety of care experience that children and young people can have
- Understand what The Promise is and why it’s important
- Recognise the role that pupil support staff play in supporting care experienced children and young people
- Begin to consider the needs of care experienced children and young people through listening to their voices and views
Module 2: Practical approaches for supporting care experienced pupils
This module requires learners to have a foundational understanding of care experience and The Promise (see Module 1). In this module you will explore how key theories, practical approaches and policy frameworks can be employed to effectively support care experienced children and young people in schools.
Learning outcomes
This module is designed to help you to:
Provide insight into the unique experiences of care experienced children and young people and how these might affect their wellbeing, behaviour and relationships
Identify key frameworks and approaches for supporting care experienced children and young people
Explore practical strategies for supporting care experienced children and young people
Module 3 – Creating positive care experienced communities within schools
This module is aimed at those who are confident in their practice supporting care experienced learners (see Module 2) and want to consider how they can be a catalyst for positive change in their wider school community. This module is designed to help you advocate for improved support for care experienced learners across your whole school setting.
Learning outcomes
This module is designed to help you to:
Advocate for improved support for care experienced young people
Share awareness of the impact a young person’s lived experience can have on their engagement in learning
Shape the school calendar considering the lived experiences of care experienced young people
Apply a trauma-informed approach across the school
