Promoting positive emotional health and well-being helps pupils understand and express their feelings, build their confidence and emotional resilience and therefore their capacity to learn.

In a Healthy School:

• School leadership encourages a positive environment to enhance health and well-being
• Behavior management and rewards policies are in place
• Pupils are given the opportunity to explore feelings within planned curriculum time
• The school develops appropriate teaching and learning styles
• There is a confidential pastoral system in place for pupils and staff, which discourages stigma and discrimination
• There are explicit values underpinning positive emotional health, which are reflected in practice
• There is a clear policy on bullying which is owned, understood and implemented by the whole school community
• There is appropriate Continuing Professional Development for those with pastoral roles
• Self-esteem and confidence building through participation are encouraged
• There is a confidentiality policy in place
• Vulnerable pupils are identified and strategies exist to support them and their families
• Every pupil understands how to access support and knows about the range of services available

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