Our Leading MHWB Programme
Our Leading MHWB Programme
Programme Context
Given that 8% of England’s young people were referred to CAMHS for support last year, but 31% did not meet support thresholds and 33% of those referred were waiting over a year for support, schools are often responsible for providing day-to-day interventions to support student mental health. (Children’s Commissioner’s report 2025)
Alongside this, according to Education Support’s Teacher Wellbeing Index 2025, 76% of school staff report feeling stressed, and 40% feel that their schools do not support colleagues who are struggling with their mental health well enough. This can mean that staff leave the profession prematurely, or are left feeling burnout and unable to do the job they love.
Programme Overview
This programme draws upon important themes from my book ‘How to create a meaningful mental health curriculum: a practical guide for schools’ and will provide practical strategies and tried-and-tested methods which can help to support the mental health and wellbeing of all members of the school community.
Our 6-part programme will support you throughout an academic year, through a half-termly virtual session. Each session will provide reflection points to consider and review your setting’s current mental health and wellbeing provision. There will also be time to ask any questions and discuss any relevant aspects of the session to support your setting to move forward on its mental health and wellbeing strategy.
Programme Target Audience
- You are passionate about student and staff wellbeing.
- You have responsibility for MHWB in your school, college or trust.
- You are a mental health first aider.
- You are a school governor linked to MHWB.
Programme Themes
- Auditing your whole school approach to MHWB: This session will allow you to consider and review all 8 aspects of a whole school approach. It will give you time and space to evaluate how your setting is meeting the needs of both student and staff mental health and create an action plan with manageable and meaningful steps.
- Delivering a meaningful Mental health curriculum: This session will allow you to understand the different aspects of the creation and delivery of a meaningful mental health curriculum.
- Supporting students who have experienced trauma: This session will allow you to understand the impact of trauma on young people and how schools can provide practical support and emotional regulation strategies to enable them to access learning and build positive relationships with others.
- Supporting staff mental health and wellbeing: This session will allow you to understand how policies and systems can support staff mental health and how meaningful staff wellbeing can be embedded as part of a wider culture in a school.
- Supporting ITT mental health and wellbeing: This session will allow you to understand the importance of supporting ITT wellbeing and the practical ways this can be done to prevent burnout and improve retention.
- Supporting colleagues with the menopause: This session will discuss the importance of supporting colleagues with the menopause and the practical steps and policies which can be created to retain staff during this transitional time.
Programme Schedule
- Thursday 15th October 9.00-1030am
- Thursday 10th December 9.00-10.30am
- Thursday 28th January 9.00-10.30am
- Thursday 18th March 9.00-10.30am
- Thursday 20th May 9.00-10.30am
- Thursday 24th June 9.00-10.30am
Programme Fee
- £350 + VAT per person to attend the series of 6 sessions.
- You can pay through Eventbrite here.
- Or you can request an invoice.
- Payment is required in advance to secure 1/24 places in the cohort.
Programme Facilitators
- Amy Sayer is a consultant, mental health trainer and content writer. She is a Leading Diversity advisor for the Chartered College of Teaching. She is the author of ‘Supporting staff mental health in your school’ and ‘How to build a meaningful mental health curriculum’.
- Hannah Wilson is a leadership development consultant, coach and trainer. She is a former Headteacher and the founder/ director of the Belonging Effect. She is the author of ‘Cultivating Belonging in Schools’.