School leaders offered free counselling and wellbeing support A new support scheme for school leaders has been launched is to provide one-to-one counselling and peer group support.
Mental Health Champions: Free course for educators Registrations are open for a free, five-week course that will help school staff to support positive mental health – for pupils and colleagues.
Five Steps to Mental Health and Wellbeing A “Five Steps” framework to help develop whole-school approaches to mental health and wellbeing has been published.
Covid-19: Staff wellbeing and support this term & beyond In this 12-page guide, we consider how lockdown has affected the wellbeing and mental health of school staff and offer practical advice and ideas for promoting wellbeing and supporting colleagues
Coronavirus: Mental health support for students and staff A number of mental health, wellbeing and anti-bullying charities have been given government funding to support school staff and students as the coronavirus lockdown begins to ease.
Coronavirus: Mental health support on offer for teachers A number of resources have been published to help safeguard the wellbeing and mental health of school staff who are on the front line of the coronavirus response.
Wellbeing Award for Schools Schools are taking the initiative in nurturing wellbeing and supporting better mental health via the Wellbeing Award for Schools. Philippa Stobbs explains
#HandsUp4HealthyMinds To mark World Mental Health Day, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England is launching a new set of free resources, designed to support young people aged 8 to 24.
Creating a therapeutic school: Classroom environments In a new regular series for Headteacher Update, expert Shahana Knight will advise schools on supporting the emotional and mental health of children and staff, offering easy-to-implement and cost-effective activities. Here she focuses on the classroom environment and a useful whole-school idea
