Between 2016 and 2022 the Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families (AFC) supported our Associated Schools and Colleges to understand mental health and wellbeing in their settings and deliver supportive programmes.

Below you can read reports on what was learnt, and access briefings developed to support schools, pupils, and parents to better understand what they can do to help themselves and each other. 

Reports

Mercers' Wellbeing Evaluation Programme: October 2022

Mercers' Wellbeing Evaluation Programme: Executive Summary October 2022

Information 

Children's mental health in the time of Coronavirus

Covid-19: Unprecedented Challenges and Innovative Responses

Resources

Supporting mental health in schools and colleges (a resource for parents and schools)

Young People briefing information for schools 

Engaging students with Wellbeing Surveys

What do we know about Mental Health 

Evaluating programmes that support pupil mental health & wellbeing: school case studies