Anxiety Support Pack for KS3-KS4 | Pastoral & Wellbeing Intervention
**This Anxiety Support Pack is designed to support pastoral and wellbeing conversations with secondary school-aged students. **
It provides a clear, flexible structure for exploring anxiety and identifying practical coping strategies in a safe, non-clinical way.
This resource is ideal for use by:
Pastoral leaders
Year leaders
Tutors
SEN staff
Safeguarding and wellbeing teams
What’s included:
A clear session plan with suggested timings
Practitioner guidance for safe and appropriate delivery
Simple explanations of anxiety and the fight, flight or freeze responses
A range of practical coping strategies, including:
* Box breathing
* 5-4-3-2-1 grounding
* Positive self-talk
Four student student worksheets to support reflection and discussion
How this resource can be used:
As a one-to-one pastoral intervention
Across one or multiple sessions
Flexibly, based on student needs and readiness
Worksheets are designed as supportive tools and may be completed fully, partially, verbally or not at all.
Important note:
This resource supports wellbeing and pastoral care. It is not intended to replace counselling or mental health services and should be delivered by an appropriate adult within a safeguarding framework.
