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Curriculum and wellbeing: Helping pupils to thrive

The government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review must play its part in putting issues of mental health and wellbeing front and centre if we are to help pupils thrive and achieve, says Gail Precious
Broad and balanced: We need a broad curriculum that provides pupils with access to a diversity of subjects – including sports, arts, music, and RSHE – which can all support good mental health - Adobe Stock

The education secretary has called for a rebalancing in education to ensure that school offers children the chance to both thrive and achieve.

This feels like a shift: a recognition that for some children, school isn’t the optimal place it should be – that sometimes the systems around a child don’t support them as well as they should. This is carried into the school, into the classroom, into pupils’ learning, undermining their potential every single day.

At the Schools Wellbeing Partnership, we would welcome such a “rebalancing” as our vision is for every child to thrive in their learning environment. 

 

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