Project

Whole School and College Approach Toolkit

Problem

Schools and colleges implementing the Whole School and College Approach (WSCA) to mental health had no consistent way to measure their progress. Researchers at the NIHR ARC Kent Surrey Sussex needed a digital platform that would allow educational settings to self-assess across multiple criteria, track their scores over time, and produce shareable reports for governors and stakeholders.

Approach

I built the WSCA Measurement Toolkit as a multi-panel Laravel application using Filament. Schools log in to a dedicated portal where they can complete two structured self-assessment forms: the Implementation Self-Assessment Tool (ISAT) covering 17 criteria, and the Outcomes Self-Assessment Tool (OSAT) covering 12. Scores are weighted by strength of evidence and visualised as time-series charts so schools can see their trajectory. An admin panel allows researchers to manage schools, review submissions, and export data. The platform supports multiple schools per account and generates printable PDF reports.

Outcome

The toolkit is in active use with schools across the UK as part of an NIHR-funded research programme. It provides researchers with a consistent dataset for studying the efficacy of whole-school mental health approaches, and gives schools a structured way to reflect on and communicate their progress.