Wellbeing Award for Schools

We believe that as a school we have a critical role in supporting pupils to make healthy lifestyle choices and to understand consequences on lifelong health and wellbeing. The link between health and wellbeing and positive academic performance is well researched:

• Evidence shows that mental health and wellbeing programmes in schools, can lead to significant improvements in children’s mental health, and social and emotional skills. Wellbeing provision in schools can also lead to reductions in classroom misbehaviour and bullying.
• The Department for Education has found that, on average, children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social and school wellbeing, had higher levels of academic achievement and were more engaged in schools

(https://youngminds.org.uk/media/1428/wise-up-prioritising-wellbeing-in-schools.pdf)

Based on this research we are now working towards achieving the Wellbeing and Mental Health Award for Schools.