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Mental health in schools: Using the arts to bolster wellbeing

Nottingham Academy has worked with the Freedom Foundation to try and improve mental health and promote responsible social media use at the school through singing, song-writing and dance. Principal Matt King explains


The arts are a particularly constructive way to help young people manage their mental health, whether it is to help them build coping mechanisms or to offer them an alternative outlet to express themselves.

This is part of why we have been working with creative local organisations to help pupils learn how to open up and best support their mental health, while also teaching essential life-skills such as how to form a positive relationship with social media.


We are committed to supporting the mental wellbeing of our pupils as we understand good mental health as being key to helping them thrive and excel in their academic and personal lives, both now and in the future.

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