Government suicide prevention strategy: priorities for secondary schools

This interactive webinar provides an overview of the government’s suicide prevention strategy.

It explains how the strategy can be applied to your setting as part of a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing.

The webinar, delivered by a mental health expert and former Department for Education advisor, aims to help staff to understand more about suicide, identify vulnerable groups, and develop prevention strategies.

It also signposts to supporting resources from organisations such as Papyrus and the PSHE Association.

Using this resource

This resource is designed for:

• use by mental health leads working with students aged 11 to 19.
• use by staff working in 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.
• Build stronger links with appropriate local services and feel empowered to take a role in shaping these.