Leadership and wellbeing in primary settings

This free, on demand webinar discusses anxiety and how it may present in school, or through school avoidance, and gives practical suggestions for how to make school a safe space for learning,

The speakers include an educational psychologist and a child, community and educational psychologist.

This webinar would be suitable for a number of roles within primary settings, including:

• Headteachers
• Senior management
• Mental health leads
• Safeguarding leads
• SENCOs
• Classroom teachers

This webinar is a part of a wider series on mental health leadership in education settings. The series explores the roles and responsibilities that school leaders have in supporting mental health and wellbeing.

The webinar provides an insight into the Tavistock and Portman Senior Mental Health Lead training, touching on some of the areas that the course covers.

It discusses the principles behind implementing a whole-school approach and provides some practical tools and guidance to achieve this.

Using this resource

This resource is designed for:

• use by mental health leads working with students aged 5 to 11.
• use by staff working in primary schools.

Learning outcomes

This resource addresses the following learning outcomes:

• Access and utilise tools, strategies and resources to support their own mental health so that they can look after themselves.