Use the example mental health and wellbeing policies and procedures to develop your schools approach.
Mentally Healthy Schools – Policies and Procedures
The Policies and Procedures part of the Mentally Healthy Schools website offers some examples of emotional wellbeing and mental health policies developed already by schools. They are intended to assist other schools and colleges in developing policies appropriate to their school.
Guidance on writing an effective policy
This Guidance has been developed by Central Bedfordshire Council. It gives a straightforward and practical set of guidelines on how schools can set about writing a School Mental Health Policy as part of the Whole School Approach.
PHSE Association teacher guidance: teaching about mental health and emotional wellbeing
This is the updated Guidance published in March 2019. It is updated to fully reflect the statutory changes in delivering PSHE to pupils from September 2020. It gives information on key information that pupils should be aware of at the end of each Key Stage.