Key resources

Consultation responses, briefings and other resources to inform and guide effective mental health and wellbeing in schools.

Since 2014, the Schools’ Wellbeing Partnership has produced a number of consultation responses to new and proposed legislation, briefing documents and resources for schools, as well as the Whole School Approach framework which has since been adopted in schools across the country.

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Wellbeing & mental health — 18 Jul 2022

The Schools Wellbeing Partnership and the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition Joint Response

See our joint response, with the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, to the Department for Health and Social Care’s Mental health and wellbeing plan: discussion paper.

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Wellbeing & mental health — 7 May 2021

Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision

A response from the Partnership for Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools, the Fair Education Alliance and the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition.

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Wellbeing & mental health — 7 May 2021

Ofsted Education Inspection Framework 2019: inspecting the substance of education

A joint consultation response from the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition and the Partnership for Well-being and Mental Health in Schools.

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Wellbeing & mental health

What works in promoting social and emotional wellbeing and responding to mental health problems in schools?

Advice for Schools and Framework Document, by Professor Katherine Weare

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Wellbeing & mental health

Whole School Framework: Self-assessment and improvement tool for school leaders

Drawing on Professor Katherine Weare’s evidence review of what works, this tool is intended to help school leaders to identify and address the rapidly changing and demanding pressures and expectations they face.

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Wellbeing & mental health

Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing resources, reports and campaigns

We have worked with the whole NCB family to pull together this useful guide of the main resources to support schools' efforts to prioritise mental health and wellbeing.

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Wellbeing & mental health

Mental health and wellbeing in primary schools: Preparing for recovery

In the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, supporting and prioritising mental health and wellbeing will be more important than ever.

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Wellbeing & mental health

Mental health and wellbeing in secondary schools: Preparing for recovery

This tool is intended to empower schools and colleges to support and prioritise students’ wellbeing in the light of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as putting in place sustainable changes for the longer term, based on the local context and staff capacity.

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Mental health & wellbeing

Joint letter: Prioritising mental health and wellbeing

Letter to the Secretary of State from the Schools' Wellbeing Partnership and Children's Mental Health Coalition

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Wellbeing & mental health — 7 Mar 2020

Transforming Children & Young People's Mental Health Provision

Report from a joint event by the Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition and Schools' Wellbeing Partnership.

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Policy

Manifesto for a Better Childhood

The Partnership helped to shape NCB's Manifesto for a Better Childhood, developed with children and young people and setting out a positive vision for improving young lives.

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Wellbeing & mental health — 1 Nov 2018

RHSE Guidance for Schools consultation joint response

Questionnaire response from the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition and the Schools' Wellbeing Partnership.

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