How to Manage Exam and Test-Related Anxiety and Stress | Independent Preparatory Schools

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Anna Bateman Mental health expert and former DfE adviser
Webinar 1hr 8min

This webinar explores the challenges that pupils often face around the effect of tests and exams on their stress and anxiety levels. It discusses strategies to protect pupils’ wellbeing, while taking into account the nature of the setting and the varying pressures and difficulties faced.

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For: Leaders, teachers, teaching assistants, governors, trustees 

Aim: This webinar explores the challenges that pupils often face around the effect of tests and exams on their stress and anxiety levels. It discusses strategies to protect pupils’ wellbeing, while taking into account the nature of the setting and the varying pressures and difficulties faced. 

Rationale: Tests and exams can be stressful for pupils, so it’s important that – while still striving for the best possible academic outcomes – schools ensure that children’s wellbeing is considered, with strategies in place to build individual resilience and manage the demands of increased academic pressures. Besides supporting the development of pupils’ skills, this also involves considering how exams are approached across the school as well as engaging parents in the discussion.