Bring Your School Values to Life Through Pupil Powered Design
Creative branding, illustration and collaborative design that helps schools build a stronger identity, supports your learning objectives and create educational environments that pupils truly engage with.
Why Created for Schools
Every school is different, which is why every project is tailored to your values, your community and your goals.
Whether you're refreshing your identity or creating something completely new, I'll help bring your vision to life through thoughtful, creative design. Every project is shaped by my Pupil Powered Design approach, placing children at the heart of the creative process and creating outcomes that your whole school community can feel proud of.
Services Powered by Pupil Design
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School Branding & Logos
Build a strong school identity through cohesive, consistent design that reflects your values, vision and culture. From logos and brand colours to school communications and large wall graphics, I make sure everything works together to help you communicate effectively with your whole school community.
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School Praise & Reward
I create bespoke rewards that children genuinely value, keeping pupil motivation high throughout the school year to support your learning objectives. From badges and certificates to postcards and stickers, each design is tailored to your school to encourage and celebrate consistent effort and achievement.
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School Vision & Values
Effectively communicate your school vision and core values to make them more memorable and meaningful. Whether you are introducing new school values or refining existing ones, involving your pupils in the creative process helps deepen understanding, strengthen engagement and build stronger connections.
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School Wall Graphics
Bespoke school wall graphics can transform classrooms, corridors and shared spaces into inspiring learning environments. Child-friendly illustrations, engaging school values displays, illustrated timelines and clear, cohesive signage help pupils understand key messages and reinforce your school culture.
What is Pupil Powered Design?
Pupil powered design means involving the children in the creative process, so their ideas and imagination help shape the final solution. By giving pupils a voice, we create meaningful designs that have a lasting impact for both the school and its pupils.
Great design doesn't just make a school look better. It helps children understand their school's values, feel a sense of belonging and take pride in the place where they learn every day.
Together we create branding, environments and resources that truly reflect your school community.
“ I love seeing children’s faces light up when they tell me all about their school and what it means to them.”
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Improved Engagement
When children are involved in the creative process, they develop a greater connection to the school initiative through active, real-world problem-solving. It helps foster a growth mindset as they explore their ideas and try out different creative solutions.
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Increased Confidence
They get to play with their ideas in a safe space - there is no need for it to be perfect, no right or wrong, just an opportunity to have their ideas heard and learn new skills. Pupils’ sense of self-worth and pride grows, as they experience their voices really do matter when they see a project they contributed to come to life.
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A Shared Understanding
Create meaningful student–school connections through sharing ideas for a common goal. If students help shape the project, they better appreciate and understand the school’s aims. When you combine a school’s requirements and ideas with their pupil voice - something very powerful happens!
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Creating Lasting Impact
Design that continues to inspire long after the project is complete, becoming part of everyday school life. Children develop their creative and critical thinking skills when they’re part of a live design project as they explore their ideas, evaluate and refine them, developing valuable future life skills.
Latest Projects
Every school has its own story to tell. Explore a selection of recent projects and discover how thoughtful design, creativity and collaboration have helped schools strengthen their identity, celebrate their communities and inspire their pupils.
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Promoting British Values at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary
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Embedding Core Values at Tinsley Meadows Primary Academy
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Welcoming Privacy Graphics at Barkisland C of E Primary School
The impact of pupil powered design on pupils teachers and schools …
“…it has given us an extremely strong identity and sense of selfhood…”
Joe Brian, Headteacher, Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy
“Kathryn was a real catalyst for us. She worked with us to take an idea which we were really committed to and then move it into an entirely different realm in terms of profile and impact.”
Johnathan Sharp, Headteacher, Martin Frobisher Infant School
“I enjoyed being able to work as part of a team to create something for the whole school.”
Yr 6 pupil, Arbourthorne Community Primary School
With over 20 years' experience in branding and graphic design, I've spent my career helping organisations communicate who they are through creative design.
After running a successful design agency for more than nine years, I discovered a real passion for working with schools. What began as School Postcards has grown into Created for Schools, reflecting the wider range of creative services I now offer to help schools build stronger identities, inspire their communities and bring their values to life.
I believe the best projects are created together. Through my Pupil Powered Design approach, I encourage pupil involvement wherever possible, creating meaningful designs that children feel proud to be part of.
Hello! I’m Kathryn
Let's Create Something Your School Can Be Proud Of
Whether you're looking to refresh your school's identity, transform your learning environment, discuss how you can involve your pupils in the creative process or simply explore a new idea, I'd love to hear from you.
