Run by the not-for-profit healthcare organisation Nuffield Health, the pilot saw a head of wellbeing appointed within a secondary school – Wood Green School in Oxfordshire – for two years.
During the pilot, the head of wellbeing worked closely with students and staff to assess emotional and physical wellbeing priorities and develop a targeted programme of initiatives and activities for the whole school.
Key priorities for the school, identified in an initial assessment before the pilot began, included mental health issues and stress management.
Initiatives undertaken during the pilot included making water more widely available and offering healthy eating options, enhancing existing provision through extra resources or more accessible sessions, and running classes in mental wellbeing techniques, such as mindfulness and resilience.
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