Health and Wellbeing
Become a More Mentally Healthy School or College
Six simple questions show how mentally healthy your school or college really is, and where a small, lasting change will count most.
- 37 minutes
- 8 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Rate your school against six areas of a mentally healthy school
- Choose two areas to focus on and plan realistic next steps
- Promote staff wellbeing in ways that don't feel tokenistic, starting with leaders
- Hear from quiet and overlooked learners and parents, not just the loudest
- Remove the barriers that stop pupils, staff and families asking for help
About this course
Most schools already care a lot about mental health. The harder question is where to put your effort next. Staff are tired, a few loud voices get most of the attention, and the families you most want to reach rarely come through the door.
The framework here comes from work with hundreds of schools and covers six areas: staff wellbeing, feeling safe and welcoming, every learner's voice, vulnerable learners, parents and carers, and asking for help. Score yourself out of 10 on each, then ask what it would take to get from a three to a four, not how to reach 10. There's a free audit to download and use with colleagues.
There are plenty of small ideas other schools have made work, too, such as a headteacher who's seen taking a proper lunch break, or helpline details on the back of the toilet doors.
- For governors, middle leaders and senior leaders. All phases.
8 modules
Open in order
- 4 min
Introduction
- 3 min
Wrap Up
- 6 min
Staff are happy and healthy
- 6 min
My school feels safe and welcoming
- 5 min
The voice of every learner is heard and valued
- 5 min
We recognise and support our most vulnerable learners
- 8 min
Parents and carers positively engage with my school
- 5 min
Students, staff and parents seek help when needed