Mental health lead resource hub

For a whole-school or college approach

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Eight whole-school or college approach principles

  • 1 Leadership and management
  • 2 School ethos and environment
  • 3 Curriculum, teaching and learning
  • 4 Student voice
  • 5 Staff development, health and wellbeing
  • 6 Identifying need and monitoring impact
  • 7 Working with parents/carers
  • 8 Targeted support

Learn more about the eight whole-school or college approach principles.

With Thanks To

We welcome this resource hub which will help schools and colleges to support mental wellbeing across their settings.

NAHT

These are welcome resources for leads in FE to enhance approaches to and delivery of mental health support services.

Association of Colleges

We are proud to have supported developing this library to support in whole education approaches to mental wellbeing.

The Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC)

Place2Be is proud to have been involved in the creation of this resource that will support children and young people.

Place2Be

These resources are more vital than ever in helping address the growing concern for young people’s mental health.

Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)

If you are a classroom teacher or support staff member, visit our resource hub for staff.

2 School ethos and environment

Guide to reviewing school policies with an anti-racist lens

Experiencing racism can have mental health consequences for young people. This resource shares advice to help you review all of your existing school policies with an anti-racist lens.

By: Anna Freud

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1 Leadership and management

Learning outcomes for senior mental health leads in schools and colleges

A document laying out all of the learning outcomes for senior mental health lead training, helping them to implement an effective whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.

By: Department for Education

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5 Staff development, health and wellbeing

Wellbeing and workload: school workload reduction toolkit

This toolkit contains 10 downloadable resources to help school staff with wellbeing and workload.

By: Department for Education

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4 Student voice

How to talk about and support young people with their wellbeing

A comprehensive, children and young person led guide to supporting wellbeing.

By: The Children's Society

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8 Targeted support

A guide to providing school or college-based counselling

A guide for school leaders, commissioners and mental health leads when offering school or college-based counselling provision.

By: BACP

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3 Curriculum, teaching and learning

Responding to critical incidents in educational communities

Guidance, training, policy documents and teaching resources to support education settings’ response to traumatic and critical incidents.

By: UK Trauma Council

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