Guidance

Teaching about mental wellbeing

Practical materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff about teaching mental wellbeing.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 8 June 2020

Applies to England

Documents

Mental wellbeing teacher training module

MS PowerPoint Presentation, 231 KB

Details

This module supports the physical health and mental wellbeing section of the statutory relationships, sex and health education curriculum.

It sets out the key knowledge teachers must teach, including:

• when people may experience poor mental health
• the contributing factors to poor mental health
• positive strategies to improve wellbeing
• when people may need help from others

Adapt the slides to suit your school’s needs. This might include adding your own videos and resources to make your sessions more visual and interactive.

Other resources

Supporting mental health in schools and colleges contains case studies on activities to support pupils’ mental health and wellbeing.

Related topics

Mental wellbeing is closely related to several other topics. When planning your curriculum, consider how you’ll link it to teaching about:

• respectful relationships
• physical health and fitness
• healthy eating
• drugs, alcohol and tobacco
• intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health (secondary)

Published 8 June 2020