Welcome to our June 2025 Newsletter
We would like to take the opportunity to welcome our new members, our community keeps on growing and growing! Keep spreading the word with any colleagues, other settings or anyone that would like to join us so we can continue to grow and support the sector. It’s been quite a month for us, so I’ll do my best to round things up for you into bitesize chunks! Remember that you can always offer us feedback on anything you feel might be missing by contacting our team on support@amhie.com
(For anyone attending the Festival of Education this Friday in Berkshire I will be there so feel free to say hi ~ Lily)
AMHIE News:
New resources:
We will be releasing a whole host of new resources on our community portal over the coming months, as usual there will be a stripped back free version via our news feed so please keep an eye out. Toolkits added will cover: Staff Wellbeing, Menopause in Schools, AI in Education, SEND in Education. If you would like to upgrade your membership, you can contact our team.
Online Conference:
Our very first Online conference is now available to book via the Community portal; we have gathered our most popular and influential speakers from the Regional Shows throughout the year into one place. This is for anyone that may have missed attending our shows throughout the year due to time, location or availability! Access the conference for £99+VAT per space, for our full members you will find the course in your Dashboard ready to access (ensure you are logged into the community portal!) Discover more and sign up: https://community.amhie.com/online-conference/
National Steering Group:
June and July is when we recruit members to our National Steering Group; would you like to influence the national picture and have your say on AMHIE and how we develop? Could you commit to 3 x meetings a year? Read up on our Steering group and how you can join here: https://amhie.com/our-story/national-steering-group/
Blogs/Advice/Guidance:
Men’s Health Week 2025: Supporting men in education:
Men’s Health Week ran from 9-15th June this year, aimed at developing strategy to support men’s health and raising awareness on mental health and wellbeing – https://amhie.com/mens-health-week-2025-supporting-men-in-education/
10 Reasons we need to talk about Menopause:
AMHIE have teamed up with Menopause in Schools expert, Helen Clare to write a series of blogs raising awareness on the menopause and how this can affect those working in education. Read more – https://amhie.com/10-reasons-we-need-to-talk-about-menopause/
Why every school should have a trained mental health lead:
Do you have a trained mental health lead? Mental Health and Wellbeing is the foundation of everything we aim to achieve within education, driving success, enabling self awareness and establishing coping and resilience strategies for adulthood. Read more about why having a mental health lead is vital: https://amhie.com/why-schools-have-trained-mental-health-lead/
Press releases/Sector News:
“Over half a million more children to access free school meals”:
You may have received our update regarding the DfE Press Release on Free School Meals, thank you to everyone who completed our survey it is extremely valuable to gain insights into your experiences and it helps us to shape the support that we offer you. 80% of those that answered our survey did not know how the expansion of free school meals was going to affect your pupil premium payments. Read more: https://amhie.com/amhie-school-meals-survey-results/
“AI Revolution to give teachers more time with pupils”:
What did you think about AI? Well thanks to all of those who answered our survey we are currently putting together an extensive resources pack to help you and your team access AI and learn to use it. Overall your views were undecided, more training and support is required to understand how to use AI tools effectively and apply them in your roles: https://amhie.com/amhie-ai-in-education-survey-results/
Gov.UK Statistics: Special educational needs in England
The UK Government has released new statistics representing the figures on pupils with special educational needs (SEN) including their type of SEN provision, type of need, age, national curriculum year group, sex, ethnicity, English as a first language and free school meal eligibility. Read more: https://amhie.com/gov-uk-statistics-special-educational-needs-in-england/
Reports/Research:
New research published: The changing prevalence of ADHD?
A new publication released in the Journal of Affective Disorders on 18th May 2025 entitled “The changing prevalence of ADHD? A systematic review” has reported that there has been no rise in ADHD prevalence since 2020. Read more: https://amhie.com/new-research-published-the-changing-prevalence-of-adhd/
Thank you for reading our June 2025 Newsletter, as always we exist to support you, so feel free to contact our team on support@amhie.com or on the helpline 02381 120010 if you have any questions.
Don’t forget you can upgrade your membership at any time to access training discounts, resources, free training, done-for-you-toolkits and more, just contact our team. Membership prices have been frozen for 2025, to help you and your team get access to the everything that we offer so don’t hold back – get more support and help for the upcoming academic year with one of our full membership packages starting at just £69+VAT for individual membership.
Take care
Lily Blakeledge
The Team at AMHIE.