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  Understand Our Strategy

Staff Wellbeing &

Mental Health Review

We will conduct an anonymised school review of the wellbeing of your staff

  • Includes an anonymised survey and confidential focus groups. 
  • Highlight good practice and identify areas of challenge and development.
  • Send a clear message that you are taking care of your staff.
  • Take action with them to build a positive staff wellbeing culture across your school community.
  • Customised quotation, taking account of school size.

Also available to Multi-Academy Trusts who wish to include all or several of their schools.


Mental Health Lead Training [Online]

[Formerly delivered as a DfE-approved provider between 2021-2025]

Thurs 16th October/

Fri 17th October 2025

  • Aimed at all teaching staff, from those with no experience of the role to staff with experience.
  • 12 months' support, including access to our unique Mental Health Toolkit.
  • £495. FREE place for a second member of staff.


Mental Health Lead Toolkit

  • For schools that have not attended our Mental Health Lead Training.
  • Step-by-step guide to building a culture of Staff/Pupil Mental Health in your school.
  • Supported with extensive resources on our unique Padlet.
  • 12 months' unlimited email support.
  • 'Done-for-You' staff survey and report option.
  • Only £349 one-off fee - unlimited use and lifetime access.


Staff Mental Wellbeing Awards

  • Gain public recognition for school leadership that recognises the importance of staff mental health.
  • Display the award logo on your website and in your reception area.
  • Retain staff.
  • Attract applications for vacancies.
  • Apply any time: Awards open all year round.
  • No need for extra work. Use existing school documentation as evidence.
  • Only £449 to apply. FREE to re-apply to aim for higher award.


Mindfulness Stress Reduction for School Staff

  • For all staff: teachers, support staff, admin, and ancillary staff.
  • Fully online.
  • Choose how you want to take the course: Video, audio, text, course manual, or any combination.
  • Quickly learn how to deal with unhelpful thoughts.
  • Become more aware. Make the most of the time you have.
  • At your own pace. No time limit. No pressure.
  • Do what time allows. No need to do all the modules.
  • Reduce stress and anxiety.
  • Devised by Steve Waters, Co-founder of Teach Well Toolkit, Mindfulness practitioner, experienced teacher, Counsellor, Mental Health First Aid Instructor.
  • Only £19.99. Download information booklet by clicking on the button.

AI School Mental Health Advisor

Mental health strategies for staff and pupils, powered by AI

  • Specifically targeted to schools.
  • Trained on comprehensive library of educational mental health documents and policies.
  • Saves hours on creating strategies and documents from scratch.
  • Reduces staff workload.

One user for 12 months = £95.

Small team 2-5 users = £85 per user for 12 months.

Large Team 6-10 users = £75 per user for 12 months.

Quotation for 11 users or more, including across two or more schools in a MAT.

Scan QR Code or click on button to download our information booklet:


Student Wellbeing and Mental Health Ambassador Training

  • Suitable for pupils in Y5, Y8-10.
  • Offering a listening ear and helping hand.
  • We teach your pupils via pre-recorded video.
  • Metal badges for the first 20 pupils
  • Between 4-5 hours.
  • Watch the short video extract to see how it works.
  • £495 one-off fee. Unlimited use in your school. Includes metal badges for first 20 pupils.

 


Level 2 First Aid for

Mental Health (Online: NUCO/FAA)

 

Thursday 9th October 2025

  • Appropriate for all schools, organisations, and workplaces.
  • Parallel qualification to physical First Aid.
  • Lasts 3 years.
  • Recognise and understand common mental health conditions.
  • Know when to refer to professional support.
  • Discount for staff group bookings.
  • Self-study option: 3 hours contact with instructor; 4 hours self-study.
  • £120 per person, including manual, assessment fee, and qualification certificate from FAA/NUCO.


Level 2 First Aid for Youth Mental Health (Online: NUCO/FAA)

 

Thursday 23rd October 2025

Individual verbal online assessments Friday 24th October.

  • Explores mental ill-health of children and young people.
  • Parallel qualification to physical First Aid.
  • Lasts 3 years.
  • Understand how to identify children's mental conditions.
  • Can be taken by young people aged 14 and over.
  • Group of up to 20.
  • Self-study option: 3 hours contact with instructor; 4 hours self-study.
  • £120 per person, including manual, assessment fee, and qualification certficate from FAA/NUCO.

 


L1 Mental Health Awareness 4 hours (Online: NUCO/FAA)

 

Thursday, 25th September 2025

With individual verbal assessments on Friday, 25th September

  • Suitable for time-poor workplaces, including schools.
  • Explores mental ill-health and its impact on the workplace.
  • Understand how to identify mental health conditions.
  • Group of up to 20.
  • Qualification lasts 3 years.
  • £49.99 per person including manual, assessment fee, and qualification certificate from FAA/NUCO.

 


Mini-Medics

Mental Health Course for Year 5

  • We teach your pupils for you via pre-recorded video.
  • Basic knowledge of mental health and how to talk about it.
  • Interactive activities.
  • 3-hour course.
  • Copy of Tom Brassington's book 'Bottled'.
  • One-off fee of £495 for unlimited use in your school and certificates for your pupils.


Fit 4 Reading: Primary and Secondary Schools

  • Unique peer mentoring scheme using Year 5 and Year 10 reading buddies.
  • Year 5 pair with Year 2/3 readers; Year 10 (usually GCSE PE students) pair with Year 7 readers.
  • Non-competitive sporting activity used as a motivator.
  • Increases reading confidence and promotes pupil wellbeing.
  • Develops pupil leadership.
  • We train your reading mentors. You train future mentors with full resources provided.
  • One-off fee of £495 for unlimited school licence. 10% discount during Autumn term.

 


Raising a Concern: The One Page Meeting (Free)

Do you need to discuss an important issue at school that is affecting your work? But are daunted by approaching your headteacher or line manager? Use our FREE one-page meeting strategy to give you confidence, reduce your anxiety and maintain a professional approach.

  • Summarise your concerns in one page.
  • Send it to the person you want to meet or who has asked to meet you.
  • Use the One Page Meeting structure during your meeting.


Heartfelt Leadership:

Headteacher's Handbook to Solving Staff Employment Issues

 

  • A step-by-step headteacher's guide to common employment challenges: 113 A4 size colour pages.
  • Incorporates guidance from the Burgundy Book and Employment Law.
  • Advice is set side-by-side with checklists to keep track of progress.
  • Designed to minimise misunderstandings and conflict.
  • Co-written by an experienced headteacher.

 

Your copy of Heartfelt Leadership includes

  • 113 A4 pages professionally designed and printed in full colour on high-quality paper.
  • Laminated front and back covers for durability.
  • Coil bound: folds out flat for ease of use.
  • Password-protected Padlet containing teacher employment documents.
  • Extra set of checklists.
  • Set of transparent Post-Its and coloured tabs to keep your Handbook pristine.
  • Only £67.50 for whole package.


The School Employment Guide:

A Guide for Staff to Navigate Employment Issues

  • A step-by-step teacher's guide to common employment challenges in pdf format: 120 A4-size colour pages.
  • Incorporates guidance from the Burgundy Book and Employment Law.
  • Advice is set side-by-side with checklists to keep track of progress.
  • Designed to minimise misunderstandings and conflict.
  • Co-written by an experienced headteacher.
  • Protect your employment rights for only £19.99.

 

 

 


Headteachers: How High is Your Risk of Burnout?

Find out now. FREE!

  • Too many headteachers are leaving the profession they love with Burnout.
  • Take our free Burnout self-assessment today.
  • Knowing your risk is the first step to taking action to prevent or reduce it.


Teachers: How High is Your Risk of Burnout?

Find out now. FREE!

  • Too many teachers are leaving the profession they love with Burnout.
  • Take our free Burnout self-assessment today, based on the "Waters' Indices of Staff Wellbeing and Mental Health".
  • Knowing your risk is the first step to taking action to prevent or reduce it.


Cultures of Staff Wellbeing and Mental Health

in Schools

Waters, S (2021) Open University Press

  • 32 individual chapter case-study accounts by headteachers and mental wellbeing leads of how they are implementing staff and pupil wellbeing in their schools.
  • Recognise and tackle staff burnout.
  • Why teachers putting ‘a brave face on’ is ineffective.
  • ‘Buffer’ leadership and why recognising it is crucial to headteachers' mental health.
  • Only £14.99, with 20% discount from McGraw-Hill Publishing.

"The editor not only encourages the reader to engage & empower all staff to see and own their own wellbeing, but also leaders to model self-care & the promotion of sustainable wellbeing behaviour."   
Patrick Ottley-O’Connor, Former Executive Headteacher & Wellbeing Leadership Coach.

Chapter 7 Interview - Jeremy Hannay: Headteacher Three Bridges Primary School, London

[Now Executive Headteacher: Three Bridges and Wolf Fields Primary Schools]

'There is Another Way'

Click on the button to find out why Jeremy rejects high-stakes staff accountability and the impact his approach has on pupils and teachers.

OR

Click to Read Chapter 7 Transcript

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Join our Teacher Mental Wellbeing Facebook Group

  • For all school staff, past and present: Headteachers, Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Support Staff.
  • Private and safe space. 
  • Share concerns and strategies.
  • No sharing outside group.
  • Post anonymously if you wish.

Scan QR Code or click below to join the group.

 


 

We understand that some teachers want to transition out of teaching, find alternative employment, or set up their own business. 

Those Who Can enables teachers to interchange between teaching and business or to adopt a different career altogether. Our vision is for a future with enriched skills. more agility, enhanced collaboration, greater flexibility, and an increased appreciation of the transferable skills of the teaching workforce.

Balance:ed

 

Balance:ed supports education leaders and staff in renewing, nurturing, and growing positive emotions, resilience, and self-efficacy by actively removing the external noise and pressure created by unrealistic external demands and high-stakes accountability. Let’s work together to bring us back from something we must do to something we love to do.