Respect Over Control: School Poster and Discussion Pack
Young people are growing up in a world where harmful messages about masculinity, control, status, rejection and relationships can reach them every day.
Some of those messages are dressed up as confidence.
Some are dressed up as motivation.
Some are dismissed as banter.
Some are absorbed before adults even know they are there.
Respect Over Control has been created to help schools, PRUs, colleges, youth settings and safeguarding teams start these conversations safely, visually and honestly.
This is not about shaming boys.
It is about challenging harmful scripts before they become harmful behaviours.
What this pack helps schools address
Respect Over Control supports conversations around:
- Respect and healthy relationships
- Consent and boundaries
- Online influence and harmful content
- Misogyny and entitlement
- Peer pressure and “banter”
- Rejection and emotional control
- Help-seeking and vulnerability
- Healthy masculinity
- Image sharing and digital behaviour
The pack is designed to help staff move beyond simply saying “this is wrong” and create space for young people to think about what they are seeing, hearing, sharing and normalising.
What’s included
The pack includes:
- 22 Printable poster set
- A3 print-ready poster files
- Staff guidance
- Safeguarding considerations
- Tutor-time discussion prompts
- A 10-minute activity structure
- A 30-minute group discussion structure
- Suggested responses to difficult comments
- Guidance for display around school
- Guidance for targeted work
- Inclusion and accessibility considerations
- Parent/carer wording
- Single-school licence
The staff guidance includes practical sections on how to introduce the posters to pupils, suggested ground rules, key discussion themes, safeguarding considerations, and how to respond to difficult comments such as “this is attacking boys”, “girls do this too”, and “it’s just banter”.
Safeguarding note
Some of the posters may prompt young people to think about their own experiences of harassment, sexual pressure, coercion, humiliation, online abuse, controlling behaviour, unhealthy relationships, peer pressure, image sharing or exposure to harmful content.
Schools and settings should use this resource in line with their own safeguarding and child protection policies. If a young person makes a disclosure or raises a concern, staff should follow their normal safeguarding procedures.
This resource supports professional discussion and education. It does not replace safeguarding procedures, statutory guidance, specialist intervention or professional judgement.
Licence summary
Your purchase includes a single-school licence.
This means the purchasing school or setting may:
- Print and display the posters internally
- Use the posters in lessons, tutor time, assemblies and pastoral work
- Store the resource on a secure internal system
- Display digital versions on internal school screens
- Use the guidance and prompts with staff and pupils
The resource must not be shared with other schools, uploaded publicly, resold, redistributed or used as part of paid external training without written permission from Smart Training and Consultancy Limited.
Multi-school, MAT-wide, local authority and partnership licences are available by request.
FAQ section
Is this resource just for boys?
No. The pack challenges harmful scripts around masculinity, control, entitlement, pressure, respect and relationships, but the conversations are relevant to all young people. The resource is not designed to shame boys or present boys as the problem.
Can we use this in PSHE or RSHE?
Yes. The posters and guidance are designed to support PSHE, RSHE, tutor time, assemblies, safeguarding discussions, pastoral work and targeted group work.
Does this resource address the manosphere?
Yes. The pack helps schools open safe conversations about harmful online influence, misogyny, unhealthy masculinity scripts and the kinds of messages sometimes associated with the manosphere. It does this without shaming boys or turning the issue into “boys versus girls”.
Can we print the posters?
Yes. The pack includes print-ready posters for internal use within the purchasing school or setting.
Can we put the posters on digital screens?
Yes. The single-school licence allows digital display on internal school screens.
Can we share it with another school in our trust?
No. This is a single-school licence. If you want to use the pack across multiple schools, please contact Smart Training and Consultancy Limited for a MAT, local authority or partnership licence.
Is this suitable for primary schools?
The pack has been designed mainly for Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and post-16 settings. Staff should use professional judgement when deciding what is appropriate for their pupils.
Could this resource lead to disclosures?
It may. Some posters address sensitive issues such as pressure, control, harassment, image sharing and unhealthy relationships. Staff should use the pack in line with their school’s safeguarding policy.
Is this a lesson plan?
It is not a full curriculum. It is a poster and discussion pack with staff guidance, tutor-time prompts, short activity structures and discussion support.