Services
Practical training on drugs, risk and resilience
Waymark Education delivers evidence-informed training for schools, DSLs, pastoral teams, AP/SEND settings, local authorities and wider professionals. Sessions are designed to feel current, credible and useful in practice — helping audiences build confidence, strengthen judgement and respond earlier around substance use, safeguarding and emerging risk.
What this includes
Training shaped around audience, setting and purpose
Waymark Education provides flexible delivery for both young people and professionals. Whether the aim is pupil engagement, staff confidence, DSL development or wider workforce training, sessions are shaped around the realities of the setting rather than relying on generic content.
Pupil sessions
Current, age-appropriate sessions for children and young people on topics such as substance use, vaping, risk, resilience, wellbeing and safer decision-making. Delivery is designed to be engaging, grounded and non-alarmist, helping pupils think clearly about choices, pressures and consequences.
Typical formats
- • Assemblies
- • Year-group talks
- • PSHE workshops
- • Drop-down day sessions
- • Targeted smaller-group delivery
Staff training / CPD
Practical staff development for teachers, pastoral teams, support staff, safeguarding leads and senior leaders. Sessions help staff feel more confident recognising concerns, having better conversations and responding proportionately around drugs, vulnerability, risk and resilience.
Typical formats
- • Twilight CPD
- • INSET sessions
- • Safeguarding updates
- • Staff briefings
- • Team development sessions
DSL and safeguarding briefings
Focused input for DSLs, deputy DSLs, pastoral leads and senior staff on current issues affecting children and young people. This can include emerging drug trends, risk culture, contextual pressures, professional response and practical next steps for settings.
Typical formats
- • DSL networks
- • Senior leadership teams
- • Safeguarding briefings
- • Focused staff updates
- • Local cluster or partnership sessions
AP / SEND and specialist settings
Adapted delivery for alternative provision, SEND and specialist environments where trust, pacing, relational practice and audience fit matter. Sessions are shaped carefully around communication needs, setting context and the most useful level of depth and challenge.
Typical formats
- • Tailored pupil delivery
- • Smaller-group sessions
- • Adapted staff input
- • Setting-specific safeguarding themes
- • Relationship-aware facilitation
Local authority and professional training
Evidence-informed training and briefings for professionals working across education, public health, safeguarding, youth support and wider partnership settings. Delivery is practical, current and multi-agency aware, with a focus on confidence, consistency and earlier intervention.
Typical formats
- • Local authority teams
- • Partnership briefings
- • Workforce development
- • Conferences and events
- • Cross-service professional learning
Topic areas
Core areas of work
Waymark Education can shape sessions around themes including:
Why this works
Delivery that is practical, current and audience-aware
Waymark Education is built around the idea that training should leave people better equipped, not just better informed. Sessions are designed to balance credibility, clarity and audience fit — helping both young people and professionals engage with complex issues without sensationalism or unnecessary jargon.
Current
Content reflects current pressures, themes and emerging issues.
Practical
Sessions focus on what people can recognise, say and do in real settings.
Audience-aware
Delivery is shaped around who is in the room and what they need from it.
Enquiry
Need something more tailored?
If you are looking for a pupil session, staff CPD, a DSL briefing or a more bespoke offer for your setting, Waymark Education can help shape something practical, relevant and proportionate.