From noticing to knowing what to do
Free to Fly turns what staff see every day into a clear picture of a child's emotional needs, a plan to meet them, and proof that it's working.
Assess
Select statements that most closely match observed behaviours, using the expanded examples to support your assessment. No tests for the child, just the observations of the adults who know them.
- For one child, a group or screen your whole class
- Covers six emotional systems and five skills for learning and life
- Clear additional information guides assessment for each of the statements
See the whole picture
The results show which systems are helping a child to thrive and which are holding them back, and pick out the one area to start with.
- Pro-social and stress response systems side by side
- A clear focus need, so everyone starts in the same place
- The other questions to keep an eye on, in priority order
Plan
See which emotional systems need support, then build a plan from proven strategies and activities, guided by a wealth of information and resources.
- PROTECT, RELATE, REGULATE, REFLECT, the PRRR approach from TISCUK
- "Help me to", "Ways to be as an adult" and "Words to say", ready for every adult
- Plans for individuals and for groups, printable for the staffroom
Do
Work on the plan you have created, sharing with colleagues where needed for consistent approaches and to deepen impact.
- Everyone working from the same plan
- "Ways to be as an adult" and "Words to say" for every member of staff
- Work through the plan in sequences, noting what helps
Review
Complete your plan by reflecting on what your child or young person now knows about themselves and what you now know about them. Reassess to measure change, create a new plan if needed and compare assessments to complete a picture of change over time.
- Every child's assessments, plans and significant events in one profile
- Single-point and change-over-time reports
- Evidence of impact for reporting and accountability
A library to keep practice fresh
Articles, videos and audio clips to deepen understanding, refresh training and share with colleagues.
Articles
Short reads on the ideas behind each strategy.
Videos and audio
For training sessions or a quiet ten minutes.
Built for schools
Secure sign-in
Each school can turn on two-step sign-in, with a code sent by email.
The right access for each role
Leaders, assessors and staff each see what they need, and only their own pupils.
Nothing to install
Works in any modern web browser, on a laptop or a tablet.
See it for yourself
Try the full system free for 30 days in your own demo school, with anonymised ‘dummy’ pupils so there's no real data involved.