Teacher wellbeing and support
The wellbeing of school staff has never been challenged more. Watch free teacher wellbeing sessions from Now & Beyond, open to everyone on the staff team, and find trusted organisations supporting staff wellbeing.
Teacher wellbeing sessions
Ask The Experts: Staff Wellbeing
Mental health lead Alice Moore puts questions from school staff to a trainer from the Anna Freud Centre’s schools team. Practical advice, tailored to staff.
Ask The Experts 2: Staff Wellbeing
The Anna Freud Centre experts return with more questions from school staff and practical tips for supporting your own wellbeing and your colleagues.
SEMH in the Classroom
Practical techniques for a classroom that nurtures pupil success and looks after your own mental and emotional health, with Alice Moore and specialist teacher Karl Pupé.
More mental health support for teachers
Education Support
Supporting teacher and education staff wellbeing for 148 years
LGfL
Positive staff wellbeing is essential for cultivating a school that promotes mental health and wellbeing.
TES Wellbeing Hub
We’ve been supporting schools and teachers since 1910. Today our whole school wellbeing solutions help educators worldwide to flourish.
Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families
This booklet offers practical guidance about what school staff and senior leaders can do to support their own and their colleagues’ wellbeing.
Common questions
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What is Now & Beyond?
Now & Beyond is a free online platform giving teachers, schools and educators access to trusted, curriculum-aligned mental health resources for young people aged 4–18. It also covers mental health for teachers, with recorded sessions for school staff from Beyond and its partners.
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Are the wellbeing sessions really free?
Yes. Signing up to Now & Beyond is completely free. By creating an account, educators can watch the staff sessions and access a growing library of youth-approved mental health and wellbeing resources to support their classroom teaching.
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What is in a session?
Each one is a recorded session you watch on the page. Two put real questions from school staff to an expert; the third is a practical session with a specialist teacher. Press play whenever it suits you.
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Who makes the sessions?
Beyond runs them with partner experts – the two Ask The Experts sessions are with the Anna Freud Centre’s schools team, and SEMH in the Classroom is with specialist teacher Karl Pupé. The classroom resources come from organisations across the mental health and education sector, reviewed and approved by a panel of young people on the Now & Beyond steering group.
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Where else can school staff find support?
Education Support, LGfL, the TES Wellbeing Hub and the Anna Freud Centre all publish teacher wellbeing resources, and every card above links straight to them. The Anna Freud booklet is written for school staff and senior leaders looking after their own and their colleagues’ wellbeing.