Developing Wellbeing Strategies

Having a clear wellbeing strategy is a really important aspect of building a sustainable staff support system. Integrating this strategy into wider school improvement goals ensures that support is meaningful and not forgotten with all of the other conflicting priorities that school face.

We have wide experience of working with schools to produce these strategies and developing a wellbeing team to ensure that moving forward, the work is self-sustaining.

Additional Information

A good staff wellbeing strategy has school improvement at its heart. The ultimate aim, whilst to ensure that the staff are well supported, is to make the school a more effective and sustainable environment.
A statement of intent is a good idea when developing a strategy, as it means that everyone is clear as to the purpose of the work being undertaken. An example of one can be found here.
Sustainability is key. Spending time developing a focused wellbeing team, who are clear of their aims will support this.
It doesn't need to cost a lot of money. Having a good wellbeing strategy is absolutely not about grand gestures, like arranging away days or expensive activities on a one-off basis.
Producing a wellbeing action plan with governor involvement is a good idea.
It's obvious, but nonetheless worth saying that developing a staff wellbeing strategy should never be at the expense of the children's opportunities.