Head-First: emotional health and resilience programme for schools
The Head-First programme is an emotional health and resilience programme for primary and secondary schools first developed for primary and secondary schools in Lambeth and Southwark, our original overview video above provides more information.
Head-First is designed to:
- improve the skills, competencies and confidence of staff
- improve access to high quality resources for all school staff
- improve the emotional health and well-being of children and young people
- develop children and young people’s social and emotional competencies
This programme and associated training allows school staff to deliver in-school support to their pupils, and unlimited access to the Head-First website provides targeted resources for each key stage, including effective lesson plans, support and a targeted intervention programme for at risk pupils.
As it progresses, Head-First enables staff to develop and introduce new concepts, activities and skills as the children transition to adolescence.
Participating schools also benefit from:
- an emotional health audit to ascertain the level of need amongst pupils, staff
- competencies and staff well-being
- access to a huge library of PSHE resources, programmes and support
- training to deliver effective evidence based universal support to their pupils
- training to deliver the Head-First targeted intervention
Head-First was originally commissioned by CYPHP (Children and Young People’s Health Partnership), for delivery in all primary and secondary schools in Lambeth and Southwark.