Benefits
Benefits for Schools & Colleges
Quality
Save time and support delivery with an engaging and quality assured approach from an award-winning film production company.
Consistency
Films and resources developed with RSE, health and crime prevention specialists to ensure a consistent and accurate approach to learning.
Additional learning
Supported by a website and social media channels to provide young people with further interactive learning opportunities outside of classes/sessions.
Measurable
Anonymised data can be gathered through the guided lesson plan in real time with reports available on a class, year group, or school, college or Trust.
Flexible
Sessions can be delivered as a series or standalone on key topics to support a school or college’s PSHE policy along with Public Health and Community Safety priorities.
Comprehensive
Extended session activities available to enable more in-depth learning with the option of tailoring by your staff to match the culture and delivery method of your school, college or organisation.
Benefits for agencies
Preventative
A readymade programme that demonstrates how you are tackling priority and emerging issues affecting young people.
Ready for roll out
The sessions can be implemented by representatives of councils, police, health, other agency, or by the schools themselves.
Proactive to local needs
The ability to request future episode hot topics and option to partner with us on creating films and resources in your area to address local issues and provide media opportunities to young people.
Localised
Option to localise calls to action, support information and signposting to locally based initiatives.
Measurable
Data can provide number of children and young people supported, as well as feedback and insights on key measures such as risk factors, knowledge, prevalence of issues, and the impact that Circle North has on attitudes and expected behaviours.
Strategic
Anonymised data can be gathered through sessions that can be reported by parameters most relevant to you such as via council, police force area, towns, cities, and villages.
Bespoke
Option to choose questions to be delivered through sessions to give you the key insights you want to know about over a year or specified period of time.
Inclusive
Resources ready for use across mainstream, alternative education provision, home learning, youth justice, and youth services.
Cost-effective
Shared investment across the North of England helps fund a central system that is then tailored for local schools and areas to provide excellent value and cost per young person supported.
Benefits for students and young people
Protection
Increased knowledge on a range of sensitive issues affecting young people with the reassurance that they are not alone along with practical actions they can take if they or someone they know is affected by the issues raised.
Engaging
A powerful and occasionally entertaining drama they can relate to and see how characters develop over time as they learn along with the viewers.
Two-way communication
Provide direct feedback on issues and their view on the effectiveness of specific episodes and lessons.
Lives outside of the classroom
Option of independent learning and reflection through the support website and social media channels.
Creativity
Opportunity to influence future hot topics, character developments, writing, filmmaking and acting.
Authentic
Written, starring, and featuring young people from the North of England including those directly affected by issues raised ensures that Circle North feels real and relatable.
