Wellbeing measurement for schools - staff survey

This downloadable booklet provides a set of questions and tools to measure staff wellbeing robustly and consistently.

It is divided into three sections: staff wellbeing and perception of stress, staff wellbeing at your school or college, and staff confidence in supporting students’ mental health and wellbeing.

In each of these sections, there is clear guidance on how to answer the questions as well as how to use the results of the survey.

Schools and colleges can use the whole survey or select sections from it, depending on needs and priorities. It also includes a short video to explain the purpose of the resource.

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:

• Access and utilise tools, strategies and resources to support their own mental health so that they can look after themselves.
• Identify and utilise tools, strategies and resources to confidently engage staff to help promote and support their mental health and wellbeing.
• Share simple evidence-based strategies and exercises with staff and pupils/students to help them manage their mental health and develop their own coping strategies.
• 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.
• Signpost and increase and promote awareness of resources to support staff.
• Use (and be able to adapt as required) relevant tools to assess need, and monitor interventions to support pupil and student progress.