Take a look at this guest blog from one of our Certified Start With Heart Facilitators.

Chris Kellaway details the journey Woldingham School went on to become a coaching school

Picture this: You reach for your phone to check one thing, and suddenly, 30 minutes have vanished. You're deep in a scroll, and the original purpose is long forgotten. Sound too familiar?

I’m 29 years old and by now I’ve been coaching young people for many years. James is an 18 year old categorised as ‘NEET’—not in education, employment or training. He’s required to keep the job I’ve just placed him in and see me for…

Coaching is a powerful tool for personal and professional growth, and one that countless schools are carefully considering right now. They’re asking questions like, how would this fit with what my school is already doing?

For years, I’ve wondered where the obsession with gratitude journals comes from, beyond the research, of course. The act of forcing myself to note three things every day doesn’t feel right. Even when I’ve practised more regularly, the experience often feels like I’m taking instructions from someone who doesn’t know me.

Since the early 80s, the coaching profession and practice has found its way into all areas of life: work, home, schools and more. In schools, we have seen it slowly emerge as a powerful tool for supporting the ongoing development of students, teachers and parents alike, since the mid 2000s.