Skills
A comprehensive solution for all ages that supports and develops students’ essential life skills. With tools for screening, tracking, and intervention, it helps educators guide student personal development growth in the areas that matter most.
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Skills supports student growth in 5 core social emotional learning (SEL) skills as recommended by the Education Endowment Foundation:
Self awareness
- Identifying emotions
- Accurate self-perception
- Recognising strengths
- Self-confidence
- Self-efficacy
Self management
- Impulse control
- Stress management
- Self-discipline
- Self-motivation
- Goal setting
- Organisational skills
Responsible decision making
- Identifying problems
- Analysing solutions
- Solving problems
- Evaluating
- Reflecting
- Ethical responsibility
Social awareness
- Understanding emotions
- Empathy/sympathy
- Appreciating diversity
- Respect for others
Relationship skills
- Communication
- Social engagement
- Relationship building
- Teamwork
How Skills helps create real impact
Skills doesn’t just collect data—it turns it into meaningful action across classrooms and campuses. Here’s how it works.
Assess: Understand every student clearly
Student support starts with knowing where each student stands. Skills provides fast, research-backed assessments that collect insight from both students and teachers, offering a holistic view of student needs.
- Student self-assessments and teacher screeners for multiple perspectives
- Age-appropriate, CASEL-aligned questions for reliable insights
- Quick implementation across different years and intervention groups
Plan: Turn data into a targeted plan
Once the data is in, Skills takes the guesswork out of next steps. With automated tier placements, grouping and personalised recommendations, educators can move quickly from insight to action.
- Tier placement suggestions with 97% accuracy
- Diagnostic assessments to pinpoint priority subskills
- Smart grouping tools and lesson recommendations tailored to group needs
Do: Deliver instruction that drives change
As instruction happens, Skills helps educators monitor progress in real time. Dynamic dashboards and flexible reports reveal what’s working. With Skills, intervention plans stay responsive and effective.
- Over 6,000+ age-leveled resources, aligned to CASEL’s SAFE model
- Flexible lessons, interventions, and self-paced SELf Study activities
- Track student progress and engagement from the same platform
Review: Monitor progress and refine support
With planning and insight in place, Skills supports educators in delivering engaging, targeted SEL lessons. Whether it’s full-class instruction or small group intervention, everything needed is built in.
- Real-time dashboards showing group and student-level growth
- Customisable reporting across class, school or Trust
- Intervention plans and playlists can be reviewed and adjusted with ease
Why schools choose Skills
Satchel Pulse Skills makes SEL actionable, measurable and manageable across every classroom.
Built for real classrooms and real situations
With ready-to-use lessons, practical strategies and student-friendly tools, Skills fits seamlessly into the school day without overwhelming staff.
Grounded in research, designed to go further
Developed with over 30 years of SEL research and fully aligned with CASEL/EEF, it gives schools confidence in every screener, lesson, and report.
Gives every student a path forward
From assessments for all to intensive, one-on-one interventions, Skills helps every student build the life skills they need to succeed.
