Growing in Grief Awareness toolkit : Mentally Healthy Schools

About this resource

This downloadable audit and action plan spreadsheet helps schools and colleges embed a whole-school approach to bereavement support.

It enables settings to review current provision, assign responsibilities, set completion dates and access further resources for each action. The tool generates a working document that can be updated over time to monitor progress.

It also provides a transparent evidence base to share with stakeholders, inspectors and parents, showing how bereavement support is being addressed. Once indicators are complete, a Growing in grief awareness logo can be downloaded to highlight commitment.

We recommend using this toolkit alongside the Anna Freud 5 Steps audit and action plan to strengthen whole-school bereavement support.

Using this resource

This resource is designed for:

mental health leads and senior leaders developing whole-school bereavement strategies.

Learning outcomes

This resource addresses the following learning outcomes:

Use their knowledge to effectively communicate a positive values-based approach, and to promote openness and understanding to normalise mental health and its fluctuations throughout life.