Across Church of England schools, education is rooted in a shared commitment to helping every child grow in wisdom, dignity, and hope, within a community shaped by care and belonging. There are many strong overlaps with Lyfta’s pedagogical approaches. As pupils encounter real lives and perspectives, they are invited into discussions that nurture empathy, deepen their sense of dignity, and support their understanding of community and shared humanity. This blog explores these overlaps, making visible how Lyfta supports the distinctive ethos of CofE education and the priorities reflected in SIAMS. We have a growing community of over 100 Church of England Schools subscribed to Lyfta with over 70% choosing to subscribe for 3 years.

Secondary schools face a particular kind of pressure when it comes to anything that sits outside traditional subject teaching. The timetable is full. Every slot is accounted for. And yet the questions young people are actually living with (e.g. about identity, belonging, fairness, the digital world they're growing up in, and what their place is in a wider, interconnected world) don't always fit inside a single subject boundary. A growing number of secondary schools have found that Lyfta's global, human-story-led approach offers something useful in that space. Four of them, in Rochdale, Oldham, London and Slough, show just how varied the routes in can be, and what happens when young people are given consistent space and time to encounter lives very different from their own.

In March 2026, thousands of students from across the UK came together for shared Lyfta Live Lessons exploring the values of perseverance and growth through the powerful story of Cansu, a young aspiring rapper from Brussels.

In this blog, we explore how schools and trusts can move beyond values statements to ensure values are meaningfully lived and experienced by pupils in everyday school life.

In February 2026, 5,600+ students across 187 classes gathered for a shared Lyfta Live Lesson to mark Children’s Mental Health Week and this year’s theme: This Is My Place.

Sport can be a powerful lens through which to nurture and explore positive values including resilience, leadership and teamwork. With key sporting events and tournaments on the horizon, Lyfta has the immersive and impactful resources you need to maximise this exciting moment with your students.

We had the privilege of speaking with Parvana Guliyeva, the director behind a poignant documentary Spring in my Step in the Lyfta Storyworld: Dancing in the land of Fire. Through her lens, Parvana sheds light on the unspoken dreams and struggles of young girls in patriarchal societies, focusing on the inspiring story of Malahat, a young dancer from Azerbaijan.

In this piece we explore the notion of character education, what this looks like within the contexts in which we teach, why schools should engage with character education and how Lyfta can support schools and teachers to do so.

Read about how Foxborough Primary School, part of the Pioneer Educational Trust, are incorporating Lyfta into their curriculum to build awareness of the world, challenge stereotypes and bring their school values to life.

In our conversation with Mo Scarpelli, the director of Spark of Creativity in the Lyfta storyworld Ethiopian Treasures, we delved into the making of this poignant film that captures the life of young Asalif amidst the rapid urban development in Ethiopia. Mo shared her experiences and insights into the narrative and artistic choices that shaped this documentary.

Providing a broad range of experiences for young people is important to broaden their horizons . This blog explores the PSHE scheme of work created by Lyfta with a suggested sequence of lesson plans focussed on broadening horizons and embedding values.

Values-based learning sits at the heart of education, but isn't always easy to embed into practice. In this blog, Anna Szpakowska looks at how character and values-based learning can be made part of the curriculum.

Lyfta's immersive storyworlds provide an ideal basis for planning assemblies that inspire pupils with meaningful discussion around positive values. As part of our series looking at impact in Lyfta global education schools, we hear from Brookfield Primary Academy who used Lyfta to explore perseverance.

As part of our series of blogs looking at impact in Lyfta global education schools, we hear from teachers at Warden Hill Primary School, on how they are using the platform to focus on their values to belong, explore and succeed.