This page offers information to support London schools to engage individuals or organisations (or both) at the school to provide counselling services. It includes a financial evaluation assessing the benefits these services can bring to young people. Counselling in schools: a blueprint for the future – Department of Education This non-statutory guidance gives school leaders some advice […]
This page offers background information and links to guidance and research about local mental health improvement plans. Influencing local commissioning Mentally Healthy Schools gives guidance and information on the local processes for commissioning mental health services and how schools can get involved. Download their guide ‘Influencing local commissioning’. Local transformation plans The Five Year Forward […]
See our summaries of key government documents and guidance in relation to mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and school. Government Guidance for Mental Health and Wellbeing Support in Schools and Colleges (September 2021) This government document gives a range of advice on what help you can get to develop a whole school […]
This sections contains background information, guides, tools and templates to support schools to understand their role and special issues to consider in commissioning providers for mental health services.
This page offers an overview of online resources for teachers to use to promoting mental health and wellbeing during classes. Advice on COVID-19 for places of education The Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland) have created a poster/infographic for places of education which includes advice how to stop the coronavirus from spreading and what you can […]
This section contains information about training and support for school staff, parents and pupils to improve mental health and wellbeing at school. For the full list of all the mental health training available to people working with children and young people please see our Children and young people’s mental health training compendium.
A whole-school approach means making child, staff and parent/carer mental health and wellbeing ‘everybody’s business’. It involves all parts of the school working together and being committed. It needs partnership working between governors, senior leaders, teachers and all school staff as well as parents, carers and the wider community. Use our information, tools and resources […]
Mental Health in Schools project Schools play an important part in the emotional wellbeing of pupils. Healthy London Partnership has been working with the Greater London Authority on a Mental Health in Schools Project to find out more about the extent of services available within schools to support children and young people with their emotional […]
This section offers links and further information about the different types of training available to support better mental health and wellbeing at schools. For a full overview of all the training available to support children’s mental health in London see our Children and Young people’s Mental Health Training Compendium.
This section includes information, tools and resources to use to involve school pupils in activities that support better mental health and wellbeing