Free mental health resources for primary schools

We know that local authorities across the country are involved in innovative work to equip schools to support the mental health and wellbeing of their pupils. We would like to help by providing schools in your area with resources produced by child mental health experts from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. As an independent charity we bring together leading clinicians and researchers dedicated to improving the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of support and provision.

In September we will launch our campaign You’re never too young to talk mental health. As part of this campaign we will provide all primary schools with a free ‘Talking Mental Health’ animation and accompanying teacher resource pack which includes assembly plans, lesson plans and cross-curricular activities. These materials, which were co-produced with children, support teachers to give children the language they need to talk about mental health. All our materials are based on rigorous evidence and have been thoroughly tested in schools

Our child mental health experts have also developed a booklet: ‘Supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools’ and a series of films which offer practical guidance about what teachers can do in the classroom to support mental health, and what to do if they are concerned about a child. These materials will be free to access online in September through our Schools in Mind network. We have created this network specifically to support all those working in education and we very much hope you will join it.

If you agree that You’re never too young to talk mental health here’s what you can do to help us to support your schools:
Please let schools know about these materials before the end of term so that they can be ready to use our materials in the new school year
Sign up to our free Schools in Mind network and ask schools in your area to do the same
We will contact you in September with information about how you can share our materials with your schools.

We look forward to working with you on this project.

Yours Sincerely,

Jaime Smith
Programme Director for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools