Even with the best intentions, Personal Development can become fragmented across academies. Different staff expertise, priorities, and resources mean pupils aren’t always getting the same quality of experience - and leaders don’t always get the evidence they need to show impact.
Common challenges MAT leaders tell us:
Every school interprets Personal Development differently
Curriculum coverage is inconsistent across phases
Reporting to Boards or Ofsted is difficult without real data
Student voice exists, but isn’t measured in a meaningful way
Personal Development shouldn’t rely on individual schools making it work in isolation - yet for many MATs, that’s exactly what’s happening.
VotesforSchools brings a unified, weekly Personal Development programme to your trust, ensuring staff have the tools to deliver confidently and consistently - and leaders have the data to prove it.
With VotesforSchools, your MAT gets:
✔ Weekly, ready-to-deliver lessons for ages 5-18
✔ Real-time data insights from every school in your trust
✔ Training and ongoing support for staff
✔ Confidence that Personal Development is happening - and working
With VotesforSchools, every school in your trust follows the same weekly Personal Development programme, regardless of phase, staffing, or local context. This means pupils receive a coherent experience, teachers know exactly what to deliver, and leaders can be confident that Personal Development isn’t dependent on individual enthusiasm or capacity. Instead of multiple interpretations, you get one trusted approach - implemented everywhere.
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Each week, VotesforSchools gathers pupil responses from every academy, so you can see what young people are thinking and discussing across your trust in real time.
Each term, we bring all this together in a dedicated MAT report that shows:
What pupils across your trust thought
How responses differ between schools and age groups
Themes you may want to explore in your strategy or safeguarding work
So you get the detail week by week - and the bigger picture when it matters.
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Our lesson materials are designed by specialist teachers who understand the pressures and priorities of school life. Every resource is ready to use, current, and aligned to real issues young people care about. Staff don’t need to create content, research complex topics, or find examples - everything they need is provided. This removes workload barriers and ensures high-quality delivery, even when teams change or capacity varies.
VotesforSchools doesn’t just provide lessons - it builds capability. Teachers are supported with language, prompts and structured guidance so they feel confident tackling challenging topics and facilitating open discussion. Over time, this strengthens staff expertise and ensures your approach to Personal Development becomes embedded, sustainable and consistent, rather than reliant on informal knowledge or individual champions.
Pupils take part in meaningful weekly debates, vote on the issues, and see how their views contribute to national conversations and organisational responses. This shifts student voice from something performative to something purposeful. By engaging with real topics and seeing tangible outcomes, young people develop confidence, agency and citizenship skills - and leaders gain evidence that the trust isn’t just encouraging participation, but enabling it.
See how VotesforSchools can unify your Personal Development approach and give your Board the evidence it’s been asking for.
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