PWA-St. George's International School -1815-07/Nov/2025

The school has implemented many different wellbeing-related measures and they have seen an increase in positive attitudes. Initiatives that have been introduced have been welcomed by pupils and this has rippled through to the whole school community. Pupils report feeling more comfortable with talking about their feelings, and the language they use to describe their experience to staff members has increased in complexity and frequency. The data shows noticeable changes in behaviour-related incidents.

There has been a significant shift in the amount of provision in place for pupils since starting the award, and pupils have reaped the benefits of these improvements. For exanple, in terms of ‘uptake’ in number of pupils engaging in physical clubs, there has been a 32% increase Sept 2023-Sept 2025. The wellbeing ambassador-led work has been particularly beneficial for pupils.

Staff now feel more confident identifying early signs of anxiety or other mental health issues and either reporting them to pastoral staff or engaging students directly and pupils report that they talk more about feelings now and how to deal with stress. Parents have noted how the sleep champion challenge has helped pupils at home too.

Some improvements have been made in the school, particularly with food choices and active travel, and (as previously mentioned) sleep. The school has plans to continue collecting data in these areas and more.

Many pupils knew where they could go for help previously, and it meant that the school nurse was overrun with demand, so the school has identified need for greater support for mental health specialists - and pupils are now directed to specialists in a local clinic to alleviate pressure. The number of PSHE lessons have increased for pupils so that they are having regular input about where to source help.

Staff report feeling well supported to discuss emotional health and are happy that they are supported by an experienced school nurse with mental health experience, both for pupils and themselves. 12 staff members have completed ENSA training,
and 3 have completed Papyrus Suicide Prevention training - so a better-trained workforce has enabled pupils to be surrounded by confident staff members. MyConcerns logs have increased over the last 3 years, as staff regularly log concerns.

New initiatives for parents have been introduced to help them support their children's needs, and the feedback from parents has been positive. Pupils are noticing the differences in their families, as they feel better understood, which supports their mental health.

Applications for Student listeners have increased and the role of Wellbeing Prefect has been added to the School Prefect roles, so pupils now have increased responsibilities in areas to support wellbeing. The school has improved its publicity of the role so more pupils are benefitting from the initiative. Pupil feedback is resoundingly positive, and this shows how the efforts put in have made a positive difference.