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<p>Losing a loved one can be a devastating experience for a child. Schools can play
an essential role in supporting children with bereavement by providing effective pastoral
support and ensuring there is a supportive school culture.</p><p>Schools are best
placed to decide what pastoral support each pupil needs, including for children who
have experienced a bereavement. To help schools make informed decisions about what
support to provide, the department is offering every state school in England funding
to train a senior mental health lead who can oversee a whole-school approach to mental
wellbeing.</p><p>This training equips mental health leads to identify pupils or groups
of pupils, which could include children affected by bereavement, in need of mental
wellbeing support and to put in place effective support, working in partnership with
specialists and families as needed. The training also supports leads to identify the
training needs of other school staff, ensuring all staff can recognise and respond
to pupils’ mental health concerns.</p><p>The department has recently launched a mental
health lead resource hub and a targeted mental wellbeing support toolkit, both of
which signpost mental health leads and other school staff toward resources and guidance,
including support for bereavement.</p>
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