Dragonfly: Impact Education

We design training and coaching interventions for professionals who work with children, whether you’re the CEO of a MAT, a headteacher, a school business manager, a teacher, a teaching assistant, a school nurse, a SENDCO, a DSL, or a pastoral lead. Our work is aimed at all those who play a critical role in the development of well young minds. Our mission: To give leaders the expertise to build schools where good mental health is the foundation for all success. For us, ensuring a positive mental health culture in schools is a Four Wing thing. Just as a dragonfly needs four wings to have the manoeuvrability to adapt and respond to its environment, school cultures need four elements in place to ensure all members of the community can benefit from good mental health, resilience and the capacity to respond to the challenges we all face. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴: for pupils to be well, the adults around them need to be well! 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 & 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: having clear values, prioritising mental wellbeing and creating psychological safety. 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: we all need to feel safe – physically, emotionally and psychologically – and we all need to have our needs met. These are the foundations for mental health. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀: school staff need to know how to support the good mental health of all their pupils, spot the signs of mental ill-health and have a clear system to follow when they have a concern. That’s why our Four Wing thing underpins all of our training. Because above all, minds matter.