diff --git a/app/models/local_authority.rb b/app/models/local_authority.rb
index 21a17c6e4..86311e81f 100644
--- a/app/models/local_authority.rb
+++ b/app/models/local_authority.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def eligible_for_school_picker?
   end
 
   def organisations_for_multi_school_picker
-    organisations.local_authority_maintained.where.not(archived: true)
+    organisations.local_authority_maintained.active
   end
 
   def org_type
diff --git a/app/models/support/category.rb b/app/models/support/category.rb
index fde453f18..4e9bbd1d2 100644
--- a/app/models/support/category.rb
+++ b/app/models/support/category.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ module Support
   # Types of procurement or "categories of spend"
   #
   class Category < ApplicationRecord
+    include Support::Concerns::ScopeActive
+
     belongs_to :tower, class_name: "Support::Tower", foreign_key: "support_tower_id", optional: true
     has_many :cases, class_name: "Support::Case"
     belongs_to :parent, class_name: "Support::Category", optional: true
@@ -24,7 +26,6 @@ class Category < ApplicationRecord
     scope :sub_categories, -> { where.not(parent_id: nil) }
     scope :ordered_by_title, -> { order(Arel.sql("case when support_categories.title = 'Or' then 1 else 0 end ASC, support_categories.title ASC")) }
     scope :except_for, ->(title) { where.not(title:) }
-    scope :active, -> { where(archived: false) }
     scope :with_live_cases, -> { joins(:cases).merge(Case.live) }
 
     delegate :title, to: :tower, prefix: true, allow_nil: true
diff --git a/app/models/support/concerns/scope_active.rb b/app/models/support/concerns/scope_active.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c17284b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/support/concerns/scope_active.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module Support::Concerns::ScopeActive
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  included do
+    scope :active, -> { where(archived: false) }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/support/email_template.rb b/app/models/support/email_template.rb
index 74e3edb4f..ca830123b 100644
--- a/app/models/support/email_template.rb
+++ b/app/models/support/email_template.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module Support
   class EmailTemplate < ApplicationRecord
+    include Support::Concerns::ScopeActive
+
     STAGE_VALUES = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4].freeze
 
     belongs_to :group, class_name: "Support::EmailTemplateGroup", foreign_key: "template_group_id"
@@ -12,7 +14,6 @@ class EmailTemplate < ApplicationRecord
 
     default_scope { order(:title) }
 
-    scope :active, -> { where(archived: false) }
     scope :by_groups, ->(template_group_ids) { where(template_group_id: template_group_ids) }
     scope :by_stages, ->(stages, include_null: false) { include_null ? where(stage: stages).or(where(stage: nil)) : where(stage: stages) }
     scope :without_stage, -> { where(stage: nil) }
diff --git a/app/models/support/establishment_group.rb b/app/models/support/establishment_group.rb
index f899f9e2d..cd5ecdcaa 100644
--- a/app/models/support/establishment_group.rb
+++ b/app/models/support/establishment_group.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ def eligible_for_school_picker?
   end
 
   def organisations_for_multi_school_picker
-    organisations.where.not(archived: true)
+    organisations.active
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/support/organisation.rb b/app/models/support/organisation.rb
index 938bcf229..02cc93c9c 100644
--- a/app/models/support/organisation.rb
+++ b/app/models/support/organisation.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module Support
   #
   class Organisation < ApplicationRecord
     include Filterable
+    include Support::Concerns::ScopeActive
 
     belongs_to :establishment_type,
                counter_cache: true,