Do you need help measuring the wellbeing of pupils in your school?
Developed by the Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), alongside the Big Lottery Fund, CORC, the University of Manchester and Common Room, the Wellbeing Measurement Framework (WMF) is a collection of measures that allow schools to understand the wellbeing of their student population. Students complete the WMF survey online and the results are analysed and shared with the school.
This year, 130 schools from across England will be able to participate for free. In terms of the free support provided, the programme will able to offer:
- support in administering the consent process for participating pupils
- access to the electronic survey
- analysis of survey responses from your school, benchmarked with schools from other areas
The organisers would be looking to liaise with schools from September-time onward, with a view to survey data being collected from around January 2018.
As well as a list of participating pupils, schools will also need to provide some additional information about students participating, e.g. some basic demographic data. The commitment required is to ensure that all Year 7 and 9 pupils, where there is consent, complete the survey each year for 3 years.
The deadline for expressing interest is 13th October 2017.
For more information, you can download this flyer.
See also the CORC website for more details about the WMF and to download example survey questions for free: http://www.corc.uk.net/headstart-resources/
To register your interest please email ebpu@annafreud.org. Interested schools/organisations will receive an expression of interest form which will give you more detailed information about what is involved, and asks for some basic information about your school.
CORC launches free wellbeing eLearning module
The Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC), in partnership with the Anna Freud Learning Network, has developed its first ever online eLearning module, aimed at schools and non-specialist staff working in children and young people’s mental health.
The topic of the module is: ‘Measuring mental wellbeing to improve the lives of children and young people’
You can find out more information, and how to access the module, on the CORC website.