An Introduction to the Role of the Senior Mental Health Lead: Starting Out with Confidence
Take the next step in leading mental health provision at your school or college with our fully on-demand programme, An Introduction to the Role of the Senior Mental Health Lead: Starting Out with Confidence. Spread across five carefully structured parts, the course will equip you to develop a whole-school approach to mental health, champion student and staff wellbeing, and step into the SMHL role with real confidence — with six months’ access to complete everything at your own pace.
We’re relaunching our Senior Mental Health Lead training with a new completely on-demand course in April 2026, please register your interest to enrol by using the form below.
Everything You Need to Transform Your School or College's Approach to Mental Health
Lead Mental Health Effectively in Your Setting
Create a Culture that Values Mental Health
Identify Need and Assess the Impact of Interventions
Provide Targetted Support and Refer Appropriately
Upskill Staff and Support Their Own Wellbeing
Promote Mental Health Throughout the Curriculum
Enable Student Voice to Impact Provision
Work Closely with Parents and Carers
Complete the SMHL course in your own time
Take your time — our fully on-demand course gives you six months to complete everything you need to become a SMHL, around your own schedule
Intensive, Workload-Friendly Learning
Our SMHL course is split into five manageable parts, designed to fit around your working life. Complete each part at your own pace with six months’ on-demand access — and alongside, unlock hundreds of optional additional learning modules to build a development programme that works for you.
Valuable Online Support
From the moment you enrol, our friendly and knowledgeable team are on hand to support you every step of the way. Whether you have questions about course content, your progress, or how to apply your learning in practice, we’re here to help. With years of experience delivering our SMHL programme, there’s very little we haven’t been asked — and even less we can’t answer
Apply New Skills Back in Your Setting
You’ll have the opportunity to audit your current mental health provision, develop and improvement plan and implement new ideas to make a difference for your school or college community.
Build a Whole School Approach
All of your colleagues will get access to the our mental health toolkit, giving you an opportunity to increase understanding and build a culture that values mental health.
Join the Thousands Who've Already Taken Part
When you join us, you'll be in good company. We've already empowered thousands of participants to transform their school or college's approach to mental health across the whole school community with our previous DfE funded course. Our new, shorter, on-demand course starts in April 2026, to fulfil the requirements after the DfE funding has expired.
