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Pearson

Who we are

Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with over 20,000 employees in nearly 200 countries working to help everyone achieve their potential through learning.

We do this by providing high-quality content and learning experiences, as well as assessments and qualifications that help people build their skills and grow with the world around them.

We’re proud to work alongside UK schools, families and the education community to support every learning journey from the ages of 4 to 19. From our well-loved curriculum programmes and tutoring and wellbeing services through to revision and our GCSE, International GCSE, BTEC and A level qualifications, there’s plenty to help students progress in the ways that work best for them. Together with real-time insights from our online services as well as our Professional Development Academy, we aim to help teachers shape the best teaching and learning experiences.

Learning is the most powerful force for change in the world. That’s why we’re focusing on supporting diversity and inclusion, positive mental health and wellbeing, and sustainability in education. Driven by research, collaboration and your feedback, we’re harnessing new innovations and unlocking opportunities to make learning more impactful, inclusive and accessible now and in future.

What we do

At Pearson, we’re passionate about supporting a culture of positive wellbeing and mental health in education by working together with teachers and senior leaders to help build healthy and happy schools.

Together we can drive positive change, encourage conversation, and create an environment that fosters wellbeing for pupils as well as staff.

How we help

The Wellbeing Zone | Free resources

The Wellbeing Zone is packed with free tools and guidance for teachers, parents and young people.

Guided by your feedback and the support of Clinical Psychologists and trained experts, we’ve created range of guides and resources on mindfulness, managing stress, anxiety, building resilience, as well as insights from teachers on practices to support positive wellbeing in schools.

We also have dedicated support to help secondary students manage revision and navigate exams with as little stress as possible.

Specialist services from Mable Therapy, supported by Pearson

To help break down barriers to learning and give all pupils a chance to progress, we’ve partnered with Mable Therapy – Europe’s biggest provider of online speech and language therapy and counselling, delivered to children in schools through a network of specialists.

Together, we provide:

  • quick access to direct, engaging, online therapy for pupils
  • high-quality training in our Professional Development Academy for teachers – delivered by qualified and experienced UK therapists.

SEN and Mental Health Assessments

We have a range of resources and clinical assessments that can help you to support children and young adults with their mental health or Special Educational Needs.

Weaving Well-Being

The Weaving Well-Being programme supports a whole-school approach by providing a spiral curriculum of wellbeing which can be delivered within primary schools.

Focused on improving primary school children’s wellbeing – social, emotional, physical, and psychological – the programme aligns with the frameworks of UK personal and health education curricula.

The eight key concepts which are at the core of Weaving Well-Being are: The Growth Mindset, Language of Well-Being, Self-Efficacy, Character Strengths, Cognitive Reframing, Emotional Competence, Social Competence and Making a Difference. Nurturing children’s wellbeing in these areas can lead to increased academic performance, positive behaviour and better life outcomes.

It’s also complemented by an online Weaving Well-Being self-study course on our Professional Development Academy. Providing an understanding of the science of Positive Psychology, the programme offers practical and evidence-based strategies for supporting the well-being of children and teachers.

Related Pearson Professional Development Academy Courses

We have a range of courses available on our Professional Development Academy to support mental health and wellbeing in education, including:

  • Mindfulness – a 4-week self-study course offering teachers skills and techniques to manage stress and anxiety, build resilience and improve their overall mental health and wellbeing.
  • Working Towards Wellbeing by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust – mini courses designed to build knowledge and skills to create a more informed, resilient and compassionate workplace culture.
  • Children's Brain and Emotional Development – a five-hour course developed by a leading Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to help you understand children’s emotional and psychological states, with insights into the effects of early experience that can be directly applied to work with children and young people.
  • Weaving Well-Being: a self-study course complementing the primary school programme, focusing on practical and evidence-based strategies to support student and teacher wellbeing.
  • Training packages with Mable Therapy focusing on strategies and techniques to support pupils’ mental health and communication needs.

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Contact details

Confederation of School Trusts (CST)
Suite 1, Whiteley Mill
39 Nottingham Road
Stapleford
Nottingham    NG9 8AD

0115 9170142

admin@cstuk.org.uk

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