#BeeWell: surveying the wellbeing of pupils in secondary schools across Greater Manchester
Designed by young people, #BeeWell will survey the wellbeing of pupils in secondary schools across Greater Manchester from Autumn 2021, for at least three years, and use the results, in partnership with schools, to deliver positive change in all Greater Manchester communities. With £1.2 million raised so far by #BeeWell partners, the programme will be entirely free for schools to take part.
#BeeWell is a programme led by the University of Manchester, the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority with support from the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC), that combines academic expertise with youth-led change to make the wellbeing of young people everybody’s business.
To date, #BeeWell has engaged more than 140 young people from Pathfinder schools in the design of the survey, gaining invaluable insights into what wellbeing means to young people, what factors influence their wellbeing, and what makes them thrive. A Questionnaire Advisory Group of leading national experts has quality assured the outputs from young people to ensure the survey is academically robust and rooted in evidence.
It is our ambition that this annual survey becomes embedded in the decision-making processes for young people across Greater Manchester. #BeeWell is inspiring a national conversation about rebalancing the national education system, so that it treats wellbeing as an outcome complementary to academic attainment.