Education Support’s Teacher Wellbeing Index 2024

Positive Young Minds and The Sweary SENCo are proud to support Education Support in their work for teacher wellbeing and mental health. Here is the press release for their latest Teacher Wellbeing Index: This year’s Teacher Wellbeing Index includes new insights on the impact of pupil and parent behaviour on staff morale and wellbeing. Staff Read More

Five little steps to support children’s social, emotional and mental health in a world of big pressures

The number of pupils experiencing difficulties with their social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) is rising rapidly and when we consider the huge pressures put on children at present, it is any wonder? Pressures from the national curriculum In the early years, the national expectations for the end of the reception year (age 5) involve, Read More

How Social Action Can Boost Children’s Mental Health

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in four people worldwide will experience mental health problems at some point in their lives, and many of these issues develop during childhood. Early intervention is paramount to giving young people the best start in life. Primary schools have a vital role to play in supporting children’s Read More

5 Best Practice Tips For Pupil Mental Health 

With need at an all time high and resources at an all time low, what can you embed in your school this year to secure support, improve aspirations and help to future proof the mental health of the next generation? I understand all too well the situation we are currently in. There is a huge Read More

A Year Out Of School: A Personal Reflection

It’s been a year… Well… it’s a year since I shut the door on the teaching career I once loved. It was not the end that I’d imagined or hoped for. Those who know me well, appreciate that this situation was the proverbial icing on the cake in what has been a rather challenging few Read More

Spotlight On… The Kindness Coach!

Lovely to catch up with my friend John Magee (The Kindness Coach) to find out how he has been supporting schools up and down the county with kindness and why kindness matters. John invites you to challenge yourself, your family, your friends and every human being you come into contact with, to embrace and share Read More

Top 10 Tips For Mental Health

Tips for mental health boil down to a few simple things – although achieving them all when real life gets in the way is often not so simple!