This course provides an overview of the knowledge required to begin to volunteer in a school setting. It helps learners understand how schools function as an organisation, introducing them to job roles, different kinds of schools and what would be expected around aims and policies.
This course will introduce the basics of the knowledge essential to being part of a school, safeguarding, health and safety, equality and inclusion, stages of children’s development and healthy eating. Finally, areas around communication and behaviour and their importance to school are investigated giving the learner a broad introduction to the expectations of schools.