Richard Evans has spent the last decade learning from pupils in lower sets and in nurture and tuition groups. One of the fruits of their joint labour is "the passport" – a tool designed to assist teaching staff in helping pupils develop their emotional literacy. In this session for both primary and secondary delegates, Richard will discuss why emotional literacy is so vital to pupil outcomes – both pastoral and academic. He will set out strategies and ideas for teaching and developing emotional literacy skills, how school leaders can encourage and support this agenda, and he will discuss his passport approach – as described in his book Independent Thinking on Emotional Literacy (Crown House Publishing) – and how it might be adapted for your school.