Bring play to life across your school
with expert guidance all year
A clear, practical path to embed play-based pedagogy. Backed by leading thinkers, a rich Learning Library, and guided touch-points with Kym Scott and Becky Carlzon.
Why PressPlay?
Most leaders agree that play matters. The real challenge is making it live — every day, across classrooms, with evidence you can share.
Press Play gives your team a grounded, step-by-step way to embed play so it drives deeper learning, not just good intentions.
Practical, classroom-first ideas you can use this week
Clarity that aligns staff around a shared vision for play
Coaching and community so momentum sticks
What you get
A year of structured support — combining on‑demand learning with live guidance.
Learning Library
with short, high-impact video provocations and reflection prompts
Learning Journeys
so teams focus on specific areas (assessment, environment, adult role, inquiry, playful maths, leadership, and more)
Recorded Interviews
with world‑class experts in play pedagogy and implementation
Community access
for discussion, sharing, and feedback in a safe, inspiring learning platform.
Live sessions
with Kym & Becky across the year — all recorded for flexible access
Regular updates
and new resources added throughout the year
From Inquiry to Impact
A testimonial to the impact of PressPlay
Headlands School used Press Play to explore a simple but powerful question:
What would make the biggest difference to play in our school?
Through a Spiral of Inquiry process, the team discovered that developing adult mindsets and playful interactions was the key. Supported by live sessions with Kym and Becky, alongside learning journeys featuring Dominic Wilcox and Kym Scott, staff began experimenting with new approaches and reflecting together on their practice.
The result was more than a play initiative. It was a cultural shift towards a more playful, connected and confident learning community.
Watch the video to hear their story.
Why This Matters to Your School
Play should sit at the very heart of learning, yet each day you’re pulled into the maze of logistics, scheduling constraints and limited resources that keep that vision from taking shape. Those endless practical hurdles leave your staff feeling isolated, exhausted and doubting whether they can ever bring the spark of play into every classroom.
If the spark of the vision fades, the whole school feels the heat.
What might be missing?
Momentum & Culture
Without a continuous, community‑driven rhythm, the vision you set in the launch party quickly stalls.
Evidence & Credibility
Schools that can’t demonstrate measurable outcomes risk audit findings, funding cuts or reputational damage.
Student Outcomes
When play is sidelined, test scores, attendance and overall engagement dip – and schools who have embedded play will pull ahead.
The Bottom Line
If you don’t give your school a guided comitment that keeps the spark alive, you risk:
- Losing the confidence of your staff and the trust of your stakeholders
- Missing the evidence needed to prove impact to inspectors and funders.
- Watching other schools surge ahead with vibrant, play‑rich cultures while yours stalls.
PressPlay turns those risks into results – a clear, step‑by‑step pathway that aligns staff, delivers measurable impact and future‑proofs your school’s learning culture.
How it works
1) Pick your focus
Choose 1–2 Learning Journeys to target your priorities.
2) Learn, try, reflect
Use the short video provocations and prompts to guide discussion and action.
3) Meet with Kym & Becky
Join the live sessions to plan, troubleshoot, and keep momentum.
4) Share impact
Capture what changes — in practice, in children’s learning, and in staff confidence.
The highest form of research is essentially play
Albert Einstein
Your guided year (six touchpoints)
Practical training and community to embed play across your school.
Launch Party
15th October 2025
Set vision, intentions, and a simple engagement plan. Learn how to navigate the Library and community.
Focus & Plan
22nd October
Select your Learning Journey; agree “if…then…” outcomes for quick wins and deeper change.
Check‑in
12th November
Take stock before winter: what’s working, what needs adjusting.
New Term Reset
January
Continue or deepen your chosen journey; plan next steps.
Threading Practice
March
Connect strands (environment, interactions, assessment) for coherence.
Impact & Next Steps
June
Reflect on outcomes and set direction for the year ahead.
All live sessions are recorded for on‑demand viewing.
Who’s inside
a few of our contributors
Pasi Sahlberg
Play Author and Policy-Maker
Kath Murdoch
Inquiry Consultant and Author
Liz Pemberton
Award-winning Anti-Racist Consultant
Prof. Julie Fisher
Early Years Advisor
Anne van Dam
Early Childhood Specialist
Sugata Mitra
World Leader on Creativity
Dr Debra Kidd
Play and Curriculum Consutant
Prof. Bill Lucas
Author and Creative Assessment Leader
Dominic Wilcox
Artist, designer and founder of Little Inventors
(So far...)
Rooted in inquiry, PressPlay invites and provokes insights and practices with and from motivating researchers, inspiring consultants and experienced practitioners to curate a space to wonder, reflect and enhance pedagogy. In my 3rd year as a member of PressPlay, I continue to question, deepen and broaden my understanding of play and playful learning because of the exchanges that take place.
Sean Walker
Inquiry speaker and PYP teacher
Meet your guides
Kym and Becky hold the space for you and invite and structure warm challenge and support on your journey.
Kym Scott
Early Childhood Consultant
I’m Kym Scott, an early education consultant, speaker and trainer. For 30 years I’ve focused on meaningful, play-based learning, and for the past 20 I’ve worked with schools in the UK and overseas. I partner with leaders to design sustainable, high-quality play that improves engagement and outcomes, navigating doubt and practical barriers along the way. Every school is different, so I start from your context and act as a guide. I keep learning too, including study visits to Finland.
Becky Carlzon
Teacher, author, community creator
I’m Becky Carlzon, a teacher, author and community creator. I’ve taught across year groups and countries with play at the heart of my practice, and co-authored a book on learning to learn with Professor Guy Claxton. I co-create and coach the PressPlay community with Kym, blending real classroom practice with ongoing research and collaborations so we think together and turn ideas into action.
Learning Journeys
For each lead thinker, we have created micro-content and posts for you to engage with and implement their ideas and thinking. Each micro-idea is hyperlinked with a provocation which includes video content from our speaker, actions and reflections for your team to consider and to share for feedback in our learning community. This means you teams can follow and embed ideas with ease and clarity.
Try one of our Learning Journeys for yourself
Get a sample learning journey which includes the short form video provocations we use inside Press Play to discuss practice and pedagogy
Outcomes you can expect
A year of structured support — combining on‑demand learning with live guidance.
Aligned staff vision
for play that translates into daily practice
Intentional learning environments
that invite curiosity and independence
Clear adult roles/interactions
that boost language, thinking, and agency
Assessment through play
that captures progress meaningfully
Evidence of impact
you can share with governors, parents, and inspectors
Greater confidence
that you’re doing the best for the children in your care
Being part of the PressPlay community has been exactly what we needed to drive our whole-school vision for play and inquiry-based learning to be at the heart of our curriculum. The incredible variety of speakers has meant we are able to explore different elements from a wide range of perspectives and collaborate with one another to implement strategies in line with our ethos.
Raj Ladva
Head of Early Years King's College International School Bangkok
Pricing & enrolment
Choose the option that fits your context. Both include one year’s access to the Learning Library, community, and recorded live sessions.
Whole‑school
£1995 per year — invoiced to school details
£995 per year
For the first 10 schools
Need to talk it through? Book a short call with Kym or Becky.
*Yes, that means you can sign up your entire staff team for just £995!
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