Train. Learn. Stay ready.
Humly Academy is built into the app — so every course, every certificate, and every safeguarding requirement is always in reach.
From your first shift to your hundredth, Humly Academy keeps you confident, compliant, and ahead.
Learning that works around you
Humly Academy is our in-app training platform, built for supply teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff. Whether you're refreshing your safeguarding knowledge or picking up new classroom skills, every course is designed to be completed in your own time — on your phone, between bookings, whenever suits you.
No separate logins. No extra apps. Just open Humly and learn.
What's inside Humly Academy
Our course library is built around what matters most in UK schools — and it's always growing.
How to be an effective nursery practitioner
Best practices for EYFS settings, from communication to safeguarding routines.
Paediatric first aid training
Essential first aid knowledge for anyone working with children and young people.
How to be an effective supply teacher
Practical strategies for walking into any classroom and hitting the ground running.
Humly's safeguarding, child protection and Prevent
Comprehensive safeguarding training that meets statutory requirements.
Effective behaviour and classroom management
Evidence-based approaches for managing behaviour across different age groups.
Humly's effective tutoring and best practices
For those supporting pupils one-to-one or in small groups.
And more…
New courses added regularly — covering SEND support, mental health awareness, cyber security, and beyond.
Your safeguarding, sorted
Every Humly worker completes safeguarding training through the Academy before they step into a school. Our Safeguarding, Child Protection and Prevent course is written in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) — and our annual refresher means your certificate never quietly goes out of date.
"Schools can trust that anyone we place has completed up-to-date, KCSiE-aligned safeguarding training — fully tracked and verified through Humly Academy."
Free government-funded training for educators
A full range of free, government-funded courses for teaching staff — covering SEND, behaviour management, educational psychology and mental health. Courses lead to a Level 2 certificate, are delivered fully online and typically take 6–12 weeks.
NSPCC Talk Relationships: delivering sex and relationships education
The NSPCC is offering free training for teachers delivering RSE — helping you feel confident teaching sex and relationships education in line with statutory guidance. Available now to all Humly educators through Humly Academy.
Take the courseAllergy & anaphylaxis training for schools
From 1st September, allergy and anaphylaxis awareness becomes a new requirement for all school staff under Keeping Children Safe in Education. The Allergy School offers this training free — get certified now so you're ready for every placement.
Take the courseHow Humly Academy works
Open the app
Academy is built right in. No extra login needed.
Choose your course
Browse the full library and pick what's relevant to you.
Learn at your pace
Video lessons, quizzes, and resources you can dip in and out of.
Complete and certify
Finish a course and your certificate is logged automatically in your profile.
Stay up to date
Get notified when new courses launch or refreshers are due.
Why schools trust Humly-placed staff
When a Humly worker arrives at your school, they've already done the work. Every supply teacher and support staff member in our network has completed our core Academy training — including safeguarding — before their first placement.
Compliant from day one
Safeguarding training completed and logged before any placement.
Fully tracked
Certificates verified through the Humly platform.
Always current
Annual refreshers built into every worker's journey.
For workers
Already with Humly? Open the app and head to Academy to start your first course today.
For schools
Want trained, ready staff in your school? Find out how Humly vets and trains every worker before they step through your door.
Talk to our teamHumly Academy is available to all registered workers on the Humly platform. Courses are designed for UK school settings and updated in line with current statutory guidance.