Critical Incidents in Educational Communities

This animation and accompanying resources is designed to support educational communities to provide a comprehensive and compassionate response to traumatic events that affect children and young people in their care.  

The resources include a policy framework, INSET guidance, lesson plans and a presentation and accompanying notes to facilitate meetings with parents and carers about critical incidents.  

It also outlines a set of principles to guide and inform an education setting’s response to critical incidents. 

Using this resource

This resource is designed for: 

• use by mental health leads working with students aged 5 to 19. 

• use by staff working in primary schools, secondary schools, colleges (sixth form and FE) and special schools. 

Learning outcomes

This resource addresses the following learning outcomes: 

• Create a plan to develop, implement and sustain a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing, tailored to their setting’s needs. 

• Sustain and continually improve the approach in their setting, working effectively with peers and support networks. 

• Facilitate development of school staff, identifying critical training and ensuring that all staff can recognise and understand the process to respond to mental health concerns.