Month: January 2025

The work of the Student Support Team is a critical student support system and central to ensuring that schools adopt a whole school, multi–component, preventative approach to wellbeing promotion. The role of the Student Support Team is to progress actions for the welfare and wellbeing of all students. It is a mechanism through which many of the existing student supports are coordinated and planned. Building on the work already provided by NEPS, NEART provides a range of clinician led masterclass webinars, resources and supports to further build the capacity of Student Support Teams.  

Mental health and wellbeing in school is everybody’s business. The relationship that school staff develop with students is a key influence on wellbeing development. Your role as someone who can guide and support students and/or teach about wellbeing in the classroom is central to supporting student mental health and wellbeing. Of course, your own wellbeing and self-care is also an essential element of a whole-school approach.

As a school leader, you know that young people learn more effectively and have better academic outcomes if they are happy in their work, believe in themselves and feel acknowledged and supported in their schools. No doubt your school has already developed innovative approaches to mental health and wellbeing promotion. Your role is critical in encouraging and facilitating your whole school community to engage with the NEART programme of supports.