Learning Together Mental Health: exploring the impact of a whole-school intervention on pupils' GCSE scores

Learning Together Mental Health: a randomised control trial to evaluate the impact of a whole-school intervention in secondary schools on educational attainment

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN34801628

Enrollment

26040

Registered

2026-03-18

Start date

2026-03-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-07-13

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Conditions

Educational attainment, mental health and wellbeing Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

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 outcome

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

10 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 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

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Educational attainment (GCSE scores) in Year 11 measured using Attainment 8 (KS4_ATT8) sourced from the National Pupil Database (NPD) at Year 11 (endline)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
GCSE Maths measured using GCSE Maths (KS4_APMAT) sourced from the National Pupil Database (NPD) at Year 11;GCSE English measured using GCSE English (KS4_APENG) sourced from the National Pupil Database (NPD) at Year 11;School attendance in Year 10 and Year 11 measured using school attendance in Year 10 and Year 11 (overallabsence_annual) sourced from the National Pupil Database (NPD) at Year 10 and Year 11;School exclusions in Year 10 and Year 11 measured using fixed term and permanent exclusions in Year 10 and Year 11 sourced from the National Pupil Database (NPD) at Year 10 and Year 11	—

Measure

Time frame

GCSE Maths measured using GCSE Maths (KS4_APMAT) sourced from the National Pupil Database (NPD) at Year 11;GCSE English measured using GCSE English (KS4_APENG) sourced from the National Pupil Database (NPD) at Year 11;School attendance in Year 10 and Year 11 measured using school attendance in Year 10 and Year 11 (overallabsence_annual) sourced from the National Pupil Database (NPD) at Year 10 and Year 11;School exclusions in Year 10 and Year 11 measured using fixed term and permanent exclusions in Year 10 and Year 11 sourced from the National Pupil Database (NPD) at Year 10 and Year 11

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Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactPolly Casey

polly.casey@annafreud.org+44 (0)20 7794 2313

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 23, 2026