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KS3 Lesson Plans (Ages 11 to 14)

Twelve complete safeguarding lesson packs written in a practitioner's voice. Each pack contains a teacher handbook, pupil handout, quiz with answer key, and presentation slides. All resources are printable straight from the browser.

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Operation Sceptre: Knives, the Law and Safer Choices (KS3)Free 50-minute KS3 lesson plan on Operation Sceptre and knife crime: myth-busting, the law, pressure and exploitation, and where young people can get help.

White Ribbon Day: It Takes All of Us

A free 60-minute lesson for Years 8 and 9 on healthy relationships, respect and where to get help. Discreet help cards are included, with no letter home.

OverviewSlidesPupil worksheetQuizTeacher handbookHelp and support cards

Break the Silence (Anti-Bullying Week 2026)

A free 60-minute KS3 lesson on bullying, speaking up safely and where to get help, with a KS2 adaptation.

OverviewSlidesPupil worksheetQuizTeacher handbookParents' guide

Knife Crime

The facts, the law, and staying safe without carrying.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides

Serious Youth Violence

Group violence, online escalation, shared responsibility and practical routes to safety.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides

County Lines

How criminal exploitation really works, and how to beat it.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides

Online Grooming

Spotting the pattern, sextortion, and routes to help including CEOP and Report Remove.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides

Internet Safety

Digital footprints, the three leaks, and life after deepfakes.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides

Cyberbullying

Pile-ons, anonymity, the legal line, and the upstander ladder.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides

Drug Awareness

The law without the fog, the modern market, and refusal that works.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides

Alcohol Awareness

A drug with a good publicist: the law, the science, the multiplication effect.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides

Hate Speech & Discrimination

The ladder from rudeness to hate crime, and being an upstander realistically.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides

Prevent & Radicalisation

Grooming with a different product: push, pull, the algorithm, and Channel.

Teacher HandbookPupil HandoutQuizSlides