Creating an exam-healthy atmosphere in the classroom and boarding house during the summer term
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Course outline:
This session explores how teachers and boarding staff can create a supportive, exam-friendly environment during the Summer Term, helping students manage stress and perform at their best.
Training topics will include:
- Understanding the impact of exam stress on students
- Practical strategies for reducing anxiety in classrooms and boarding houses
- Techniques to support wellbeing and focus during revision periods
- Communication with parents and pastoral teams
- Promoting resilience and positive study habits
Learning outcomes:
- Identify key signs of exam stress in students
- Implement strategies to create calm, supportive environments
- Support students’ emotional wellbeing during the Summer Term
- Enhance collaboration between teaching and pastoral teams
- Advise students and parents on effective coping strategies
This event is joint with:

Speaker:
Katherine Radice
Katharine Radice is an experienced teacher and go-to expert on supporting teenagers through secondary school. She regularly collaborates with schools and exam boards nationally and internationally, offering workshops for students, training for teachers and presentations for parents. Her work has featured in the The Times, Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph and she is often interviewed for BBC radio shows, including the Today Programme and Radio 5 Live. She is the author of The Parent’s Guide to Exam Stress and Exam Stress: A practical and positive guide for teachers. Her books have been widely praised across the education sector, described as ‘Seriously good in all respects’, ‘Clear, brilliantly researched and insightful’ and ‘impressively comprehensive’. For more of her work, you can join her on Substack here or listen to her podcasts here: each week she joins Rachel Richards – award-winning host of Parenting Teenagers Untangled – to untangle the knotty realities of being a modern parent. See further, katharineradice.co.uk