Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL)

What is SEAL?

SEAL is a comprehensive approach to promoting the social and emotional skills that underpin effective learning, positive behaviour, regular attendance, staff effectiveness and the emotional health and well-being of all who learn and work in schools. It proposes that the skills will be most effectively developed by pupils and staff through:

• a whole-school approach to create the climate and conditions that implicitly promote the skills and allow these to be practised and consolidated;
• direct and focused learning opportunities (during tutor time, across the curriculum, in focus groups and outside formal lessons);
• learning and teaching approaches that support pupils to learn social and emotional skills and consolidate those already learnt;
• continuing professional development for the whole staff of a school.

More information and downloads are available from Excellence and Enjoyment: Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (Primary SEAL) and Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning for Secondary Schools (Secondary SEAL).