Training options
Flexible education and professional training for schools, services and wider teams
Waymark Education offers practical, evidence-informed training for schools, alternative provision, SEND and specialist settings, Local Authorities, safeguarding teams and wider professional services.
Each option provides a clear starting point, with delivery shaped around your audience, context, priorities, group size and level of tailoring required.
Options
Clear starting points with room to tailor
These options are designed to make planning easier while still allowing training to be shaped around your setting, priorities and audience. Waymark can support direct education with young people, staff CPD, safeguarding briefings, AP and SEND delivery, and professional training for wider services.
Guide prices are intended as a starting point. Final costs are shaped by session length, group size, travel, preparation and the level of tailoring required.
Pupil Education Sessions
Current, credible sessions for pupils and young people on topics such as substance use, vaping, alcohol, cannabis, nitrous oxide, risk, resilience and safer decision-making. Delivery is age-appropriate, grounded and engaging — without sensationalism or scare tactics.
Good for
Schools, colleges, AP, PRUs, SEND settings, assemblies, year-group talks, drop-down days and targeted pupil groups
Staff CPD and Training
Practical training that helps staff feel more confident recognising concerns, responding proportionately and having better conversations around substance use, vulnerability, safeguarding and wider risk. Sessions can be shaped to local context, staff role and current priorities.
Good for
INSET, twilight CPD, pastoral teams, teaching staff, tutors, staff briefings and whole-school training
Safeguarding and DSL Briefings
Focused briefings for DSLs, safeguarding leads, pastoral leaders and senior staff on current drug trends, adolescent risk, contextual pressures and practical response. Designed to support clearer judgement, earlier intervention and proportionate next steps.
Good for
DSL networks, senior leadership teams, safeguarding updates, pastoral leaders, conference sessions and focused professional briefings
AP, SEND and Specialist Settings
Adapted delivery for alternative provision, PRUs, SEND and specialist settings where trust, pacing, communication style and relational practice matter. Sessions are shaped around the audience and context, with a flexible and audience-aware approach to support meaningful engagement.
Good for
AP, PRUs, SEND settings, specialist schools, smaller-group delivery, adapted pupil sessions and tailored staff input
Local Authority and Professional Training
Commissionable briefings, CPD and workforce training for professionals working across safeguarding, public health, education, youth support, early help and wider partnership contexts. Built to strengthen shared understanding and increase confidence around substance use, vulnerability and risk in practice.
Good for
Local authorities, safeguarding partnerships, public health teams, youth services, early help, community safety and multi-agency audiences
What you can expect
Delivery that is shaped, practical and relevant
Audience-aware delivery shaped around the setting
Current, evidence-informed and non-alarmist content
Clear facilitation with practical takeaways
Options for one-off, repeat or tailored multi-session delivery
Suitable for education, safeguarding and professional audiences
Flexible scoping for commissioned training and briefings
Common enquiries
Typical ways organisations use these options
Pupil and young person education
Assemblies, year-group talks or workshops linked to PSHE, safeguarding, wellbeing, risk, resilience or emerging substance-related concerns.
School staff CPD
Twilight CPD or INSET sessions for teaching staff, pastoral teams, tutors, DSLs and senior leaders.
AP, SEND and specialist support
Adapted sessions for settings where trust, communication needs, pacing, vulnerability and engagement require a more tailored approach.
Professional briefings
Focused input for Local Authorities, safeguarding partnerships, public health, youth services and wider professional teams.
Enquiry form
Tell me what you are looking for
Share a few details and I can suggest the most suitable format for your setting, audience and aims.
Selected option
Staff CPD and Training
Not sure which option fits best? A short enquiry is often the quickest way to work out the right format, audience focus and level of tailoring for your setting or service.
Tailored support
Need something shaped around your audience or service?
If you need training shaped around a particular setting, audience, topic, partnership priority or commissioning need, Waymark can scope a more bespoke offer. A short enquiry is often the quickest way to work out what fits best.