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CRESST has developed several new assemblies on conflict resolution and is able to come and deliver these at no cost during the summer term. We also have the capacity to develop bespoke assemblies for whole school audiences or year groups on issues relevant to conflict resolution and peace education. Would you like to equip your…

Quakers in Britain made a submission to and Ofsted consultation at the beginning of April 2019 highlighting the research into the benefits of peer mediation and restorative approaches. Ofsted, which inspects schools in England, has drafted a new framework which will have separate judgements on “quality of education” and “behaviour and attitudes”. While there is…

Tim Herrick and Becky Parry from University of Sheffield have been awarded an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Collaborative Studentship by the White Rose Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) in collaboration with CRESST, exploring peer-led approaches to conflict resolution in digital and physical spaces. Experiencing Conflict On and Offline: A Peer-led Approach to Conflict Resolution Across…

Sheffield’s young peacemakers make a Peace Shower for Lord Mayor Magid Magid at our annual conference last week. Each snowball has a message of peace from the 134 primary school peacemakers that attended the conference.

More than 450 products and publications were nominated for the Teach Primary Resource Awards mid-2018. These were whittled down to a 55-strong finalists shortlist, and from that a panel of primary subject experts selected 33 resources, bestowing five-star, four-star and three-star prizes in each category. We are delighted to have won a four-star award in…

2017/18 was a varied year for CRESST and included developing and delivering a number of new and bespoke programmes which extends what CRESST is able to offer in future years. Overall, CRESST delivered a total of 152.5 hours direct face-to-face training to 586 children and young people and to 249 staff and adults across eight…

We’re thrilled to be finalists in the Teach Primary Resource Awards 2018 for our Peer Mediator Coordinator’s Training Manual, supporting primary schools to set up peer mediation programmes.