An innovative assessment tool that measures, tracks and improves students’ mental health…
30-second briefing
STEER Tracking measures, tracks and improves the mental health and self-regulation of students aged between eight and 18.
Through a sophisticated online assessment three times a year, the tool alerts schools to students who may have emerging mental health risks, but are not showing visible signs of vulnerability.
1 | Identify ‘the hidden middle’
Research shows young people increasingly keep their worries and fears to themselves, making it more difficult for teachers to spot vulnerable students.
Student voice tools, such as online surveys and chat hubs, only detect a fraction of the students who need schools’ support. They fail to spot ‘the hidden middle’ – those who may be showing early signs of self-harm, bullying, anxiety and unhealthy self-control.
STEER Tracking alerts schools to these students and provides targeted, personalised action plans for each pupil to help address identified risks.
2 | Address the impact of the pandemic
STEER Tracking has measured and supported more than 150,000 students in over 250 schools since 2016 and continued to do so during the pandemic.
It has found that students’ ability to self-regulate, that is to choose an appropriate, measured response to life’s challenges, was 40% worse during the third lockdown than before the pandemic.
Schools find STEER Tracking invaluable when it comes to measuring the impact of the pandemic on students’ social-emotional health. In one case, they credit it with reducing self-harm by 20%.
3 | A dashboard for your school’s pastoral needs
Whether you are a head, executive principal or CEO, you will want to be able to have a clear accessible overview of your school or MAT.
In your role, do you have a pastoral ‘dashboard’ which is as evidence-based and detailed as your academic dashboard? Do you have sight of the wellbeing and mental health of all the pupils across your schools?
STEER Tracking will provide you with an Executive Summary Report (ESR) to allow you to shape your strategic plan for your pupils.
4 | Quantify students’ wellbeing to stakeholders
Whether you are justifying a grade on your SEF to inspectors, reporting back to Governors or sharing your vision and strategic plan with your staff, you can be safe in the knowledge that you will never have to rely on soft, anecdotal, qualitative evidence of your excellent pastoral care again.
Now you can have sharp, focused, quantitative evidence to back up the instincts of your team. STEER schools have found the ESR Dashboard to be a gamechanger in the quality of their inspection experience.
5 | Based on research and trusted by more than 250 schools
The company behind STEER Tracking, STEER Education, has the largest continuous database of young people’s social and emotional development in the UK and has advised the DfE and Public Health England on young people’s mental health.
Its founders, through work at Oxford University and then in doctoral studies, set out to identify early indicators of wellbeing concerns so that schools could proactively safeguard young people’s mental health.
STEER Tracking has helped schools measure, track and support students longer than any other organisation in the UK.
Key points
- STEER Tracking measures students three times a year from the age of eight to 18. The assessments provide early mental health risk flags
- The founders launched the tool to support students year-on-year. STEER Tracking has now measured and supported more than 150,000 students in 250 schools
- Schools are given a wealth of resources and support materials, including training for all staff – it’s among the best pastoral CPD your staff will receive
- You’ll get a dedicated school consultant to support you through launch, analysis and action planning. STEER also provides practical guidance for children’s families
STEER Tracking measures, tracks and improves the mental health and self-regulation of students aged between eight and 18. Self-regulation is our ability to choose an appropriate and measured response to life’s everyday challenges.
Through an innovative and unique online assessment three times a year, the tool alerts schools to students who may have emerging mental health risks, but are not showing visible signs of vulnerability. It also identifies students who may be hiding safeguarding concerns.
The assessment tool provides schools with guidance, tailored to each student, so that they can act early to prevent problems escalating.
Find out more at steer.education and get in touch with STEER Education here.
