Useful Links

Whether you want to improve health, education or employment, measuring wellbeing can show you the wider impact you have on the people and communities you support.

This guide will help you understand how to measure the wellbeing of the people that you work with.

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literacytrust.org.uk

Mental wellbeing, reading and writing. The National Literacy Trust explores the relationship between children's mental wellbeing and their reading and writing enjoyment, attitudes and behaviours.

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In recognition of the increasingly complex world that the children and young people of today live in, changes are being made to the curriculum, making Relationships Education (in primary schools) and Relationships and Sex Education (secondary schools) compulsory, in all state-funded schools.

This resource outlines the change in policy and what schools must comply with when teaching these subjects.

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futurelearn.com

With Psychology & Mental Health Courses on FutureLearn, you can discover how mental wellbeing can better help you meet the challenges of modern life

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bounceforward.com

Bounce Forward is a national charity that delivers inspiring and practical training programmes to supportyoung people to reach their full potential in life. The charity believes that teaching resilience skills should sit alongside academic lessons and have spent 13 years working directly with schools and delivering research to evidence what they do.

Resilience is not just about overcoming setbacks; it is also about making the most of opportunities
We base our approach and training on solid research, theory, and evidence
We teach skills and strategies that work in the real world
The adult’s matter: their role is vital in helping children and young people be resilient and thrive

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teachappy.co.uk/

Teachappy founder, Adrian Bethune, is a reknown wellbeing expert and primary school teacher who has been teaching happiness and wellbeing to primary school children and teachers since 2010:

"We believe that happiness and wellbeing should be at the heart of education and teachappy give schools the tools to put it there.

We exist to teach children and teachers the skills of happiness and how to flourish in and out of school. Happy teachers teach better and happy pupils learn better. It’s simple, really!"

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schooladvice.co.uk

For over 20 years, SAS have pushed the boundaries within the staff absence insurance industry. We bring innovation to wellbeing services, offering support that maintains our ethos to prevent and reduce absence.

In 2019, SAS introduced pupil wellbeing services in an effort to support whole school wellbeing. Our new services aim to help schools implement a new pupil wellbeing culture within schools with traceable results in an effort to help schools meet Ofsted’s new framework from September 2019.

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qowl.co.uk/

We are a University of Portsmouth based research and consultancy organisation specialising in employee staff surveys and developing new psychometric scales.

The scales and tools are used world wide to assess the Quality of Working Life (QoWL) of employees.

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sla.org.uk

The School Library Association are committed to supporting everyone involved with school libraries, regardless of their role, and believe the educational, emotional and developmental benefits of a school library deserve to be felt by all children.

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literacytrust.org.uk

The National Literacy Trust are an independent charity dedicated to giving disadvantaged children the literacy skills they need to succeed.

They work to improve the reading, writing and speaking and listening skills in the UK's poorest communities.

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teammentalhealth.co.uk/

Team mental Health provide expert led, whole organisation approach to mental health services

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pshe-association.org.uk

The national association for PSHE education professionals. Providing members with dedicated support, resources, training and guidance.

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mentallyhealthschools.org.uk

Mentally Healthy Schools brings together quality-assured information, advice and resources to help primary schools understand and promote children’s mental health and wellbeing.

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@AdrianBethune

Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom by Adrian Bethune

In this practical and thoughtful book, experienced teacher and advisor on children's wellbeing, Adrian Bethune, takes the latest evidence and research from the science of happiness and positive psychology and brings them to life. Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom is packed full of tried-and-tested activities and techniques and has a foreword by Sir Anthony Seldon, former Master of Wellington College, well known for introducing and advocating happiness and wellbeing in education. It is an essential guide to supporting emotional and mental wellbeing in the primary classroom.

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@cathalLynch

Building Belonging: A systematic approach to school improvement and emotional wellbeing

Building belonging provides all the tools school leaders need to help unlock rapid school improvement by introducing The Emotional Wellbeing School Improvement Framework.

Building on a robust evidence base it ensures everyone has a clear understanding of their collective destination by drawing on the views of all stakeholders to help ensure your organisation can prioritise objectives to best meet the needs of your young people.

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@abbiemann1982

Live Well, Teach Well by Abigail Mann

#Teacher5aday advocate Abigail Mann provides advice, activities and techniques that any primary or secondary teacher can use to support their own mindfulness, wellbeing, and physical and mental health, and that of their colleagues too.

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Below are some informative links to useful resources and to organisations/individuals, some of which we work with.