Our three guests, who work in three different school settings, offer their tenets of good practice when it comes to supporting good pupil wellbeing before discussing what wellbeing challenges they are seeing on the ground and at the chalkface in their schools.
We delve into some of the work taking place in our guests’ three schools and hear anonymised case studies of successful interventions they have had with pupils who have struggled.
We talk extensively about their approaches to mental health and wellbeing education – within PSHE but also more generally across the curriculum and in the classroom with lots of ideas big and small.
We look in particular at what we can do to support our pupils, including while they are waiting for CAMHS referrals, and we discuss what support we can access via other outside agencies.
Elsewhere, we discuss how we can build positive relationships with pupils and families so that we can better recognise the warning signs of emerging problems and intervene quickly.
As ever, this episode is hosted by Helen Frostick, a National Leader of Education and a retired primary school headteacher. She is a long-standing member of the Headteacher Update editorial board. Her guests are:
- Sarah Morris is headteacher at Alderman Bolton Primary Academy in Warrington, part of the Warrington Primary Academy Trust.
- Sabah Malik has been working in senior leadership positions for the past 10 years. She is currently working in a large infant school in Hillingdon and leads the early years, including a 120-place nursery.
- Rosie Fernandes is phase leader for lower key stage at Loughborough Primary School in Brixton, south London.
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