Toolkit for schools and colleges

This toolkit helps education staff to identify the mental health and wellbeing needs of their students and determine how they can address these to best support them. It also signposts to further support materials.

Using jargon-free language, this resource provides clear guidance around a wide range of outcome measurement tools. It explains the benefits of measurement tools and considers:

• What we mean by mental wellbeing?
• How and why measure mental wellbeing in schools and colleges?

This toolkit would provide a good starting point for any staff seeking information about measurement tools.

Using this resource

This resource is designed for:

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

Learning outcomes

This resource addresses the following learning outcomes:

• Use (and be able to adapt as required) relevant tools to assess need, and monitor interventions to support pupil and student progress.
• Make a decision about whether a health or education intervention is more appropriate and access this support with reference to the local offer.
• Work with staff, families and local services to understand the mental health and wellbeing issues that could be impacting on behaviour and attendance to improve outcomes for pupils/students, and ensure that all school policies reflect this.