Learning Together Mental Health: a randomised control trial to evaluate the impact of a whole-school intervention in secondary schools on educational attainment
Educational attainment, mental health and wellbeing
The impact evaluation involves a cluster randomised control trial (RCT) to assess the impact of the LTMH programme on young people’s educational outcomes and the mechanisms through which these outcomes are achieved. All pupils in Year 7 in 170 schools will be invited to take part in school in an online survey in Spring/Summer 2026. Schools will be randomly allocated to either the intervention or control group and notified of their allocation after baseline pupil measures are completed. Intervention: Learning Together Mental Health (LTMH) is a whole-school, multicomponent intervention that aims to improve academic outcomes by fostering a better school climate. LTMH employs pupil-staff "action groups", restorative practices, and a menu of evidence-based interventions. As part of LTMH delivery, schools are provided with a pupil ‘needs assessment’ to inform what kind of support is needed in their setting. The programme is delivered over 3 years, with schools encouraged to continue implementation independently in a fourth year. Control: Business as usual
1. State funded, mainstream, secondary schools in England 2. Pupils in Year 7 in Spring 2026 will be eligible to take part in the impact evaluation
1. Schools should not have taken part in the previous evaluation of LTMH 2. Schools not in England 3. Non-mainstream schools 4. Private schools