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Improving mental health and wellbeing with and through educational settings.

30 April 2024

‍The report, “Improving mental health and wellbeing with and through educational settings”, sets out the crucial role schools can play in supporting children’s mental health and promoting and supporting wellbeing. With…

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Mental health and wellbeing calendar: summer term 2024

26 April 2024

Anna Freud, Mentally Healthy Schools have produced a calendar of curriculum themes and occasions linked to mental health for the 2024 summer term, with activity ideas and suggestions for each…

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Period poverty: Call to continue free period products in schools

18 April 2024

Charities are calling for the government to continue providing free period products in schools. The Department for Education (DfE) said that "the scheme is currently running until July 2024" and…

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Children’s Wellbeing in a Digital World

3 February 2024

The Children’s Wellbeing in a Digital World: Index Report 2024 is the third report in the annual series. Internet Matters wellbeing research focuses on both the positive and negative impacts…

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Children’s Commissioners react to UNICEF report on poverty

20 January 2024

The Children’s Commissioners for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales said:   “The findings of UNICEF’s report ‘Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth’ are deeply concerning. Comparative international research like this…

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Mental health and wellbeing calendar: spring term 2024

13 January 2024

Anna Freud Mentally Healthy Schools have produced a mental health calendar for the 2024 spring term to help schools and colleges plan in activities ahead of time. The calendar covers…

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Webinar: The unintended consequences of the expansion of ‘trauma informed’

30 November 2023

Has "trauma informed practice" become diluted and monetised? Has it become the new language to pathologise distress? When did EVERYTHING become "trauma informed"? Join Lisa Cherry in an informal conversation…

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Free: A guide for educators, families and students on consent

25 November 2023

Let's talk about consent is a free guide available from The Global Equality Collective, written for parents and carers on how we can teach consent to younger and older children.…

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TDT ‘Expert Schools’ webinar series

20 November 2023

Join TDT for a free series of webinars throughout 2023/24. Hosted by co-CEO David Weston and featuring guests from across the TDT network, they will explore how to supercharge school improvement by…

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Annual Teacher Wellbeing Index published

18 November 2023

The seventh annual survey of over 3,004 education staff shows that wellbeing in the sector is poor and continues to decline. Senior leaders remain at particular risk and there has…

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Responding to stressful situations toolkit

17 November 2023

Stress is a natural response to challenging situations and events. While everyone experiences stress to some extent, stress can be overwhelming when it is particularly intense or long-lasting, and negatively…

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EEF evidence reviews: Flexible working, workload, leadership and culture.

11 November 2023

The EEF have published three new evidence reviews looking at strategies to support teacher recruitment and retention. Flexible working approaches could play an important role in improving teacher retention, but…

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