Counselling
Curriculum
Development
TREC designs age-appropriate, structured wellbeing curricula that embed emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and responsible behaviour into the fabric of everyday school life — turning counselling into a learning journey, not just a service.
Wellbeing Learning Built Into School Life
A counselling curriculum is the systematic delivery of social-emotional learning through structured sessions — going beyond reactive counselling to proactively build every student's mental health literacy, emotional vocabulary, and life skills.
TREC designs bespoke counselling curricula that are sequenced across year groups, aligned with developmental stages, and delivered through engaging, interactive lesson formats that students actually enjoy.
Proactive, Not Just Reactive
Builds student resilience and mental health literacy before problems arise — reducing the counsellor's caseload over time.
Structured & Sequential
Lessons build on each other year by year, creating cumulative growth in emotional intelligence and social skills.
Engages the Whole Community
Curriculum is designed for delivery by trained counsellors, with complementary resources for parents and form teachers.
Measurable Outcomes
Built-in reflection tools and termly assessments allow schools to track student growth and evidence the curriculum's impact.
Curricula Across All School Levels
Reception – Year 2
Emotional naming, friendship, kindness, and simple self-regulation through play and storytelling.
Years 3 – 5
Self-awareness, empathy, managing feelings, peer relationships, and healthy communication.
Years 6 – 8
Identity, peer pressure, values clarification, resilience-building, and responsible decision-making.
Years 9 – 12
Mental health literacy, career planning, relationships, stress management, and life after school.
Our Development Process
School Context Review
We review your school's ethos, existing PSHE or pastoral programmes, student demographics, and specific wellbeing concerns to ensure the curriculum is culturally relevant and contextually grounded.
Curriculum Framework Design
We map out a sequenced curriculum framework — defining the themes, learning objectives, and outcomes for each year group — then share it with your leadership team for review and alignment.
Lesson Plan Development
We develop detailed, session-by-session lesson plans complete with activities, discussion guides, reflection prompts, and take-home resources — ready for your counsellor to deliver from day one.
Counsellor Training
We train your counsellor(s) on how to facilitate the sessions effectively, handle sensitive disclosures, differentiate for diverse learners, and use the reflection tools to track student progress.
Pilot, Feedback & Refinement
We support the initial delivery, gather student and staff feedback, and refine the curriculum based on real-world classroom experience before full-scale rollout.
What's Included
Full Curriculum Framework
A complete, year-by-year curriculum map showing themes, learning goals, and session outcomes for each term.
Session-by-Session Lesson Plans
Detailed lesson plans with activities, materials lists, timing guides, and facilitation notes — ready to use.
Student Workbooks / Journals
Accompanying student journals or reflection booklets that reinforce learning and build self-awareness over time.
Assessment & Tracking Tools
Pre- and post-session reflection tools and a simple tracking system to monitor student progress termly.
Parent Communication Guides
Termly parent letters explaining what students are learning and how families can reinforce it at home.
Counsellor Training & Support
Full onboarding and facilitation training so your counsellor can deliver the curriculum with confidence and skill.
Who This Is For
Schools With a Counsellor
Schools that have a counsellor but want to give them a structured, professional framework for proactive delivery.
Schools Seeking Differentiation
Schools that want to offer a clearly articulated, evidence-based wellbeing programme as part of their brand promise.
New & Growing Schools
Schools that are building their pastoral care framework and want counselling to be a key academic differentiator from year one.
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Wellbeing Curriculum?
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