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Introducing Oak Bank’s accredited SEMH suite: a tiered pathway from foundational understanding to whole-school leadership, designed to turn policy ambition into classroom reality.
Oak Bank Foundation Certificate in SEMH Practice 2 hours - £45
✔ The biology of behaviour (Perry-informed)
✔ Why dysregulated children can’t to behave
✔ Spotting early warning signs
✔ Regulation before expectation: first responses that work
Who’s it for: learning support assistants, teachers, SENDCos, pastoral support, lunchtime supervisors, supply staff, learning mentors, transport for AP and special school.
Each course permits use of the linked accreditation badge for a period of 3 years following course completion.
Oak Bank Diploma in SEMH Practice 5 hours - £150
✔ Neurosequential approach: Regulate → Relate → Reason
✔ Functional analysis for busy teachers
✔ Classroom adjustments that actually work
✔ Relational practice and repair
✔ SEMH Teaching Toolkit
Who’s it for: Teachers, Behaviour Leads, HLTAs, SENDCos and Senior Leaders.
As these are tiered qualifications, please note this course is only available to our Foundation Certificate Graduates.
Oak Bank Advanced Diploma in SEMH Leadership 15 hours - £395
✔ Whole-school SEMH culture
✔ Complex case management
✔ Staff wellbeing and supervision
✔ Implementation planning for your setting
Who’s it for: SENDCOs, HoY, Behaviour and Pastoral leads, DSLs, Headteachers, Senior Leaders and MAT Operations Lead.
As these are tiered qualifications, please note this course is only available to our Diploma Graduates.
Our courses are tiered by role and designed to be completed in sequence:
All staff – including apprentices and lunchtime supervisors – start with foundational SEMH training.
Progression ensures every team member shares a common baseline of knowledge and language.
Leaders who complete the entire suite gain full visibility of the training their staff have undertaken.
Oak Bank special school is nationally recognised for transforming the lives of children with complex social, emotional, and mental health needs and is a RISE Behaviour & Attendance school.
Upon successful completion, staff receive an accreditation mark to display at the bottom of their email signature. This mark is valid for three years, after which an updated course is to be completed to renew the accreditation and keep practice current.
✔ Build outstanding SEMH practice across your whole setting.
✔ All staff start with foundational SEMH training.
✔ Progression ensures every team member shares a common baseline of knowledge and language.
✔ Leaders who complete the entire suite gain full visibility of the training their staff have undertaken, enabling better support, supervision, and strategic alignment.