At Schools Today, our expert team collaborates with driven, forward-thinking educational leaders to transform the support of mental health and wellbeing in schools.
Our mission is to ensure that future generations are as confident in looking after their mental health as their physical health.
Empowering schools to understand mental health, prioritise wellbeing and access the right emotional support is key to this cultural transformation.
Our expert team has a variety of educational and mental health specialisms and we create tailored solutions for each school.
Our first step is to educate. We provide dynamic, bespoke workshops and training to the whole school community in order to build knowledge and confidence and to enhance pastoral leadership.
Our second is to respond. When mental health crises do arise, we help schools to respond swiftly and effectively by providing therapeutic support and counselling to members of their community.
The work we do has a powerful impact on school life. Educating and supporting students helps to create a resilient, open-minded community with excellent self-awareness. This prepares them for the emotional challenges at school and beyond.
Our family work nurtures a deep rooted approach to supporting students and their carers. Through workshops and - where required - family therapy, we empower families to support themselves and their children from within the home.
All of this, in addition to the specialist pastoral training we offer staff, means that staff are able to focus on the important job they set out to do - teaching.
The CEO ‘sounding board’ support has been second to none – it has given me insights into the organisation that have led to decisions that have really moved on a school somewhat set in its ways – very few other state funded heads – and indeed, independent school heads - can call on such a sounding board – much valued ‘head-space’, for sure!
Daniel Wright, Headmaster
London Oratory School
The CEO ‘sounding board’ support has been second to none – it has given me insights into the organisation that have led to decisions that have really moved on a school somewhat set in its ways – very few other state funded heads – and indeed, independent school heads - can call on such a sounding board – much valued ‘head-space’, for sure!
Daniel Wright, Headmaster
London Oratory School
The CEO ‘sounding board’ support has been second to none – it has given me insights into the organisation that have led to decisions that have really moved on a school somewhat set in its ways – very few other state funded heads – and indeed, independent school heads - can call on such a sounding board – much valued ‘head-space’, for sure!
Daniel Wright, Headmaster
London Oratory School
The CEO ‘sounding board’ support has been second to none – it has given me insights into the organisation that have led to decisions that have really moved on a school somewhat set in its ways – very few other state funded heads – and indeed, independent school heads - can call on such a sounding board – much valued ‘head-space’, for sure!
Daniel Wright, Headmaster
London Oratory School
For the cost of 1.5 counsellors (appropriate to a school of some 1400), I have access to 5 trainees (for more routine work), a child psychologist, an executive coach, a parent work specialist, and a range of other experts, some of whom are able to expedite pupils through CAHMS. Whereas previous models relied on either a single (overburdened) counsellor, or a service ‘silo-ed’ from the school’s day to day pastoral issues and concerns, this service was fully invested and integrated from Day 1 and clearly passionate and visionary in what counts as first rate counselling today in schools.
Daniel Wright, Headmaster
London Oratory School
For the cost of 1.5 counsellors (appropriate to a school of some 1400), I have access to 5 trainees (for more routine work), a child psychologist, an executive coach, a parent work specialist, and a range of other experts, some of whom are able to expedite pupils through CAHMS. Whereas previous models relied on either a single (overburdened) counsellor, or a service ‘silo-ed’ from the school’s day to day pastoral issues and concerns, this service was fully invested and integrated from Day 1 and clearly passionate and visionary in what counts as first rate counselling today in schools.
Daniel Wright, Headmaster
London Oratory School
For the cost of 1.5 counsellors (appropriate to a school of some 1400), I have access to 5 trainees (for more routine work), a child psychologist, an executive coach, a parent work specialist, and a range of other experts, some of whom are able to expedite pupils through CAHMS. Whereas previous models relied on either a single (overburdened) counsellor, or a service ‘silo-ed’ from the school’s day to day pastoral issues and concerns, this service was fully invested and integrated from Day 1 and clearly passionate and visionary in what counts as first rate counselling today in schools.
Daniel Wright, Headmaster
London Oratory School
For the cost of 1.5 counsellors (appropriate to a school of some 1400), I have access to 5 trainees (for more routine work), a child psychologist, an executive coach, a parent work specialist, and a range of other experts, some of whom are able to expedite pupils through CAHMS. Whereas previous models relied on either a single (overburdened) counsellor, or a service ‘silo-ed’ from the school’s day to day pastoral issues and concerns, this service was fully invested and integrated from Day 1 and clearly passionate and visionary in what counts as first rate counselling today in schools.
Daniel Wright, Headmaster
London Oratory School
The communication and relationship between the school and Schools Today is excellent and the regular meetings and feedback regarding the service means that the tweaking and adapting to the needs of the school are timely and effective. We have now built the foundations of an exciting service that will expand, change and develop over the coming years.
Andrew Bull, Headmaster
Cardinal Newman School
The communication and relationship between the school and Schools Today is excellent and the regular meetings and feedback regarding the service means that the tweaking and adapting to the needs of the school are timely and effective. We have now built the foundations of an exciting service that will expand, change and develop over the coming years.
Andrew Bull, Headmaster
Cardinal Newman School
The communication and relationship between the school and Schools Today is excellent and the regular meetings and feedback regarding the service means that the tweaking and adapting to the needs of the school are timely and effective. We have now built the foundations of an exciting service that will expand, change and develop over the coming years.
Andrew Bull, Headmaster
Cardinal Newman School
The communication and relationship between the school and Schools Today is excellent and the regular meetings and feedback regarding the service means that the tweaking and adapting to the needs of the school are timely and effective. We have now built the foundations of an exciting service that will expand, change and develop over the coming years.
Andrew Bull, Headmaster
Cardinal Newman School
Schools Today recognises that the wellbeing of each member of the school community is integral to the overall wellbeing of the School and the success and fulfilment of its staff and students.
Read more about how we support pupils by clicking on the case studies below.
