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Good mentoring and coaching develop people and strengthen a school. But being a great teacher or leader doesn’t automatically make someone a great mentor or coach; those are distinct skills. This training develops the mentoring and coaching skills your staff need to grow colleagues at every level.
Below, we explain what our mentoring and coaching skills training involves, and how it helps you build a developmental culture.
What Is Mentoring & Coaching Skills Training?
It’s practical training that develops mentoring and coaching skills across your staff. We cover the difference between mentoring and coaching, powerful questioning, active listening, giving developmental feedback, and building the trust that makes these relationships work.
We focus on practical skills people can use straight away, whether mentoring an ECT, coaching a colleague, or leading a team, and tailor it to your context.
Who Is This Training For?
It’s designed for all education settings: maintained schools, academies, and multi-academy trusts, Alternative Provisions, and SEND Units/Hubs. It suits mentors, middle and senior leaders, ECT mentors, and anyone who develops others. Trusts often run it across schools to build coaching capacity.
Many schools ask for it to develop mentors, build coaching skills across leadership, or create a more developmental culture.
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What Does the Training Cover?
We shape the content around your priorities. You can book a whole-school INSET, a group session, or focused one-to-one support. Our most common areas include:
- The difference between mentoring and coaching
- Powerful questioning skills
- Active listening that builds understanding
- Giving developmental feedback
- Building trust in developmental relationships
- Coaching models and structures
- Mentoring early career teachers well
- Building a coaching culture
How This Training Helps Your School, Academy, Trust, or Alternative Provision
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Develop your people
Your staff learn to grow colleagues through skilful mentoring and coaching, at every level.
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Build distinct skills
We develop the specific skills of mentoring and coaching, which don’t come automatically.
3
Improve feedback
Staff learn to give feedback that develops people rather than just judging them.
4
Support early career teachers
We build the mentoring skills that help new teachers thrive.
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Create a developmental culture
Coaching and mentoring skills build a school where people help each other grow.
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Strengthen leadership
Leaders who coach well get more from their teams and develop future leaders.
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Retain and grow staff
People who feel developed are more engaged and more likely to stay.
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How the Training Works
- 1We talk with you to understand your context, your staff, and what you want to change.
- 2We tailor the content to your setting, your phase, and your improvement priorities.
- 3We model mentoring and coaching live, so staff practise the skills, not just hear about them.
- 4We deliver the training in person or online, in a way that fits your calendar.
- 5We give you practical resources and tools your staff can use straight away.
- 6We follow up to help you embed the learning, so it sticks and changes classroom practice.
What Your Staff Get
Every participant comes away with more than notes. They get:
- Clear, practical strategies they can use in the next lesson
- A shared language and consistent approach across the team
- Ready-to-use resources, tools, and templates
- The confidence to put the training into practice
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Key Features of Our Training
Practical skill-building
We develop real mentoring and coaching skills people can use immediately.
Tailored to your context
We shape the training around your staff and how they develop others.
Whole-school, group, or individual
Train mentors, build coaching across leadership, or coach individuals. We adapt to you.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only with education settings. We know developing people is how schools improve, and that mentoring and coaching are skills. Our training helps you build a developmental culture, with every decision staying focused on children.
Want to know how this training could work for your school? Just get in touch.
Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to one of our experts. We’ll explain how we work, answer your questions, and help you shape the right training for your staff.
- We agree dates and delivery that suit your calendar, in person or online, and confirm everything in writing.
- Contact us today to discuss how we can support your school, academy, trust, and alternative provision.
- We’re ready to help and support you.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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