BREAKOUT SESSION CORC Forum 2020 Should schools be measuring mental wellbeing?
Introductions
Discussion Should schools be measuring mental wellbeing? What are the benefits to measuring mental wellbeing in schools? What do you think are the biggest hurdles to measuring mental wellbeing in schools? What are we learning about best to do it? https://www.menti.com/f2ohdwukwh
How do we do it? cohorts groups Carry out an anonymous survey of all young people individuals Evaluate before, during in a year group that covers and after interventions to a range of domains. Using a questionnaire with an individual student to help evaluation the impact of Repeat regularly to show to identify the nature and the support change in pupil wellbeing level of their need over time. Repeat to monitor progress Reference 2020
Whole school Individual students • • provides more targeted strengths and needs of pupils • support to individuals and allocate resources to meet groups of children. needs Benefits • • enables monitoring of the measure how needs change impact of this response over time Other Parents & carers stakeholders • • aids evaluation of the reinforces the importance the impact of work to support schools places on mental pupils wellbeing • • Provides evidence of supports conversations about responsiveness to need and their child’s needs impact of support
Students tell as that they want to understand: • why they are being asked to complete the wellbeing measure • what the wellbeing measure is like and how to Engaging complete it • who is being asked to complete the measure students • who will see the information • how the results will be used • what difference it will make • how they will get feedback
Students feelings about completing a survey • Around half (55%) of pupils reported that completing the survey did not make them feel happy or sad • A third (33%) reported that completing the survey made them feel happy • 10% reported that completing the survey made them feel sad • Responses appear to be associated with year group and self-reported measures of wellbeing
Early findings • Overall responses Has completing this survey changed how happy or sad you are feeling? Number of Response % pupils No, not made me feel 1583 55 happy or sad Yes, made me feel happy 972 33 Yes, made me feel sad 282 10 Not known 66 2 (question skipped) Total 2903 100
Early findings • Examples of responses broken down by pupil characteristics
Early findings • Examples of responses broken down by self-reported measures
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