Archive: December 2023

  
The idea of a Senior Mental Health Lead for schools and colleges was first put forward in the Government’s 2017 green paper on supporting children and young people’s mental health.

Now it’s the DfE’s ambition that every school will have a Senior Mental Health Lead (SMHL) in place by 2025. To support this, a training grant of £1,200 is available until 31 March 2024 to eligible state-funded schools and colleges in England.

In this blog, we take a look at what the Senior Mental Health Lead role entails and why it is so crucial for the success of your whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing.
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We are delighted to announce the launch of a new module designed to help SEND leaders drive more successful improvement initiatives.

The 60-credit Auditing and Leading Improvement (ALI) module equips delegates with the knowledge to conduct a data-driven audit of their SEND provision and lead whole-school improvement projects.

Delegates will create and roll out a structured improvement plan for their setting, with support from a highly qualified tutor, helping prepare them for either internally-driven evaluation or external inspections, such as OFSTED. 
 
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