Our flagship leadership programs put people in the driver's seat, empowering participants to lead, facilitate, connect and shape culture across schools, workplaces and communities. From primary schools to corporate boardrooms, designed to develop individuals, strengthen teams and create meaningful impact.
Two dedicated programs: one a powerful workshop, one a year-long initiative, that hand real leadership to real students.
A dedicated workshop for primary and secondary student leaders. Hands-on, age-appropriate and unforgettable.
A full-year initiative empowering primary and secondary student leaders. We train them, coach them and stay with you all year.
Every school is different. Pick the scenario that sounds most like yours — we'll point you to the right program and scope it around your context.
You want a dedicated cohort of students who genuinely lead — not just wear a badge.
Year 9–10 students who are switched off. You need a high-energy, no-lecture re-entry point.
You want lasting change — a student wellbeing culture that runs itself and compounds year after year.
You're hosting an event and want something unforgettable that students talk about for months.
Your students have ideas but not yet the confidence or platform to lead with them.
A one off workshop or the year-long option? Depending on what type of leadership exposure and development your school is chasing we have the right Student Leadership program for you. Both develop the leadership capacity of your students, with slightly different outcomes and commitments. Here's how they compare.
Start with Next Gen, then graduate into Student Agency.
Run a Next Gen workshop with 40+ students. Identify the keenest 12–18. Place them into the year-long Student Agency cohort. Repeat next year, the new seniors mentor the new juniors. Culture compounds.
We inspire through a play-based workshop, we support the student leaders year long, we step back and allow them to lead and we love watching the growth occur.
From the founder“The students you train this year change the school next year.”
Dale Sidebottom, Founding Director, The School of Play
Six outcomes our partner schools see in the first term, measurable and repeatable.
Students stand up in front of peers and run real play sessions with real groups, week one.
Reading the room, responding to the people in it.
Games, rituals and language they keep for life, not a binder.
Lunch breaks, assemblies, classroom culture, student-led.
Lower playground incidents, higher connection, measurable across a term.
Programs that run again next year; seniors mentor juniors. Culture compounds.
A year-long independent study across primary and secondary schools. Third-party analysis. No editorial influence from The School of Play. These are the outcomes.
Take the free Play Leadership Profile quiz and discover how you naturally show up as a leader, and how to use play to bring out the best in your team. Built on the same framework that runs through every workshop we deliver.
Builds trust and belonging through shared moments.
Sparks new ideas and lifts the energy of the room.
Stretches the team and turns play into healthy competition.
Holds the space, listens deeply and lifts everyone up.
Many of the schools and organisations we partner with also bring The School of Play to their adult leadership teams.
For leadership teams ready to build deeper trust, lift accountability and lead with the kind of presence that actually changes culture.
Wellbeing your pack deserves. Keep the leadership momentum going between workshops with the digital workplace platform.
See Better Us Workplace →Whether the leaders are 10 or 50, we have a program for them.
Tell us a little about who you want to invest in. We will recommend the right path, student, executive or in between.
