Identity
Knowing yourself: strengths, values and interests.
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SparkUp Schools An Our Hub programme
8 skills. 64 challenges. Ready for life.
SparkUp is a structured, neuroinclusive life-skills and personal-development programme for schools. Pupils take on practical challenges across eight skills, in ways that work for them, led in school by Our Hub facilitators.
SparkUp is a new programme. We're inviting schools to express interest and talk to us about a pilot. It doesn't yet have a delivery track record, so we'll be open about what a pilot can and can't show.
Eight skills
Each skill is a family of practical, age-appropriate challenges. Classes focus on the skills that matter most to them.
Awareness
Noticing emotions, needs, environments and choices.
Regulation
Building personal strategies for feelings, energy and sensory needs.
Connection
Relationships, teamwork, empathy and boundaries.
Expression
Sharing ideas, feelings and preferences in different ways.
Independence
Everyday problem-solving, organisation and decisions.
Advocacy
Asking for support, understanding rights and making informed choices.
Discovery
Exploring interests, creativity and future possibilities.
64 challenges, chosen for your class
Behind SparkUp is a library of 64 original challenges: eight for each skill. A six-week pilot uses a selection chosen with the school, not all 64. Activities are hands-on: building, planning, discussing and creating, not worksheets alone.
Who it's for
Our first pilots are for Years 5 and 6 in Bradford primary schools. SparkUp works for whole classes or smaller agreed groups, including neurodivergent and neurotypical pupils together. No diagnosis is needed.
Example challenges
Identity
Strengths Map
Pupils map where their strengths show up at home, at school and with friends, then swap one strength they'd like to borrow from a classmate.
Independence
The Lost Timetable
Teams rebuild a muddled day plan against real constraints (a bus time, a club, homework) and explain the choices they made.
Advocacy
One Ask
Pupils practise turning a need into one clear, polite request, using words, a card, a drawing or a script: whichever works for them.
How a pilot works
6 weekly sessions · 60 minutes each · one class or an agreed group · delivered in school
Plan
A short planning call with the class teacher or SENDCO to choose focus skills and agree any adjustments.
Baseline
A quick, pupil-friendly starting reflection in week one: no tests, no scores.
Six sessions
Six weekly 60-minute sessions in school, led by Our Hub facilitators, using challenges chosen for the class.
Reflect and report
An end-of-programme reflection, teacher feedback and a concise impact report for the school.
Pilot pricing is available on request.
For pupils
- Practical skills they can use the same day
- Several ways to take part and show progress
- Strengths-based activities, with no diagnosis needed
- An optional Skills Passport to record what they've tried
For schools
- Complements PSHE, personal development and preparation for life
- Delivered in school by Our Hub facilitators, with no extra planning for staff
- Inclusive by design for neurodivergent and neurotypical pupils together
- A concise impact report with pupil reflections and teacher feedback
Inclusive by design
Every way counts
Pupils can talk, write, draw, build or use cards. Taking part matters more than the format.
Adjustments as standard
Movement breaks, quieter options and visual instructions are built in, not added on.
Strengths first
Challenges start from what pupils can already do, not what they find hard.
Culturally responsive
Examples and scenarios reflect Bradford's communities and pupils' own lives.
The Skills Passport
The optional SparkUp Skills Passport is a simple record pupils keep as they try challenges: what they did, what they noticed, and what they'd like to try next. It's theirs to keep, not a grade.
Evaluation and reporting
Each pilot ends with a short report for the school: what the class worked on, pupils' own reflections from the start and end, and teacher feedback. We don't promise changes in behaviour or attainment. We report what pupils and staff tell us.
Part of the same approach as Raasta
SparkUp's eight skills come from the same strengths-based thinking as Raasta's six areas. Raasta personalises it for individual young people in the community; SparkUp structures it for a classroom.
- Identity links to Raasta area Self
- Awareness links to Raasta area Senses
- Regulation links to Raasta area Senses
- Connection links to Raasta area People
- Expression links to Raasta area Voice
- Independence links to Raasta area Everyday
- Advocacy links to Raasta area Voice
- Discovery links to Raasta area Horizons