Getting thirty children to genuinely listen, not just sit quietly, is one of the hardest things you do every week.
Stories for Schools gives you over 200 traditional tales from professional storytellers around the world, each one narrated, illustrated, and ready to use. Assembly plans, PSHE links, British values content, and awareness day resources — all in one place, all curriculum-aligned.
Pick a theme. Press play. Let the story do the work.
Both plans include everything in the library from day one. There are no hidden extras and no locked content.
You have PSHE tomorrow and you want something that opens a conversation about kindness. You search, filter by key stage, and three stories come up in seconds. You pick one, download the assembly plan, and you are done before the bell goes.
The library brings together professional storytellers from across cultures and traditions. Stories that teach kindness, empathy, and understanding through the oldest medium there is. Every one narrated, illustrated, and tagged by key stage, theme, and subject. Every one a starting point for what you are already teaching.
Traditional tales, properly told. That is the difference.
Each assembly runs for around fifteen minutes. It opens with questions that get pupils thinking before the story begins and closes with prompts that spark genuine discussion. It works from Reception through to Year 6.
One teacher told us her headteacher now picks a session up ten minutes before assembly with no preparation at all. Another described a child with complex special needs, who had never sat through a full assembly, staying in for the entire story.
That is the moment Stories for Schools was built for.
If you are a headteacher, curriculum lead, or MAT decision-maker, the whole-school subscription covers your PSHE, SMSC, British values, and personal development requirements in one searchable, downloadable place. Coverage that is ready to evidence when an inspector asks.
To talk through what a whole-school subscription means for your setting, get in touch via our contact page.
