Supporting loss and Bereavement: a whole-school approach for resilient communities.
This powerful resource equips schools and settings with a structured, sensitive, and curriculum-aligned approach to supporting children and young people through experiences of loss, separation, and bereavement.
It offers practical tools and guidance to embed care and resilience into the heart of school culture.
What’s Inside
- Clear frameworks for whole-school planning, staff training, and curriculum integration.
- Practical tools and templates for policy development, pupil support plans, and communication strategies.
- Leadership prompts to support strategic planning and staff wellbeing.
How It Supports Schools and Settings
- Curriculum Enrichment: Encourages schools to embed emotional wellbeing and bereavement awareness into PSHE, pastoral care, and wider curriculum planning.
- Whole-School Consistency: Supports leaders in developing a shared ethos and response strategy across all staff and settings.
- Staff Confidence and Capacity: Builds staff understanding and confidence in responding to pupil grief, with clear boundaries and referral pathways.
- Pupil-Centred Practice: Promotes inclusive, respectful, and developmentally appropriate support for children navigating complex emotions.
Why You’ll Love It
- Developed by experienced educators and wellbeing specialists.
- Written with warmth, clarity, and professional insight.
- Adaptable to diverse school contexts, including mainstream, special, and alternative provision.
- Ideal for use in staff CPD, curriculum reviews, and pastoral strategy development.
Ideal For
- Headteachers and senior leaders.
- Pastoral teams and safeguarding leads.
- PSHE and wellbeing coordinators.
- Trust-wide wellbeing initiatives
- Educational psychologists and inclusion leads.
If you or your staff need support exploring bereavement in the wider sense and incorporating it into your curriculum, please contact [email protected].
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