SchoolBudi was created by Saskia Joss, a leading child and adolescent therapist, parenting expert and former primary school teacher, and Karen Lazarus, an experienced child hypnotherapist and specialist in child CBT.
Together, we have spent decades supporting children, families and schools. Throughout our work, one question kept coming up:
How can schools support children's mental health if they don't have a clear picture of how their pupils are actually feeling each day?
Schools work incredibly hard to support wellbeing, yet they are often relying on isolated conversations, observations or incidents to understand children's emotional needs. We recognised a significant gap in the way schools are able to identify patterns, monitor wellbeing and make informed decisions.
SchoolBudi was created to fill that gap.
By allowing children to check in with their mood each day, SchoolBudi builds a rich picture of emotional wellbeing across the whole school. Rather than simply recording isolated moments, the app identifies trends, highlights patterns and provides meaningful data that can help schools better understand their pupils over time.
This information can support schools to:
- identify children who may need additional support
- monitor emotional wellbeing over time
- strengthen EHCP evidence and review meetings
- recognise patterns linked to neurodivergence, trauma and anxiety
- better understand behaviour through an emotional wellbeing lens
- provide evidence for funding applications and wellbeing initiatives
- report meaningful data to governors, local authorities and parents
- evaluate the impact of mental health interventions.
Alongside wellbeing tracking, SchoolBudi is designed to become a complete mental health support platform for schools. Additional features include CPD training, a practical mental health resource library, a mental health dictionary, access to expert advice and opportunities for coaching or online therapy. Our aim is not only to provide schools with exceptional data but also to equip them with practical tools to improve children's wellbeing every day.
We are incredibly proud to bring together our combined expertise to create a platform that can support schools of every size, in every country, across every age group.
Children's mental health is one of the greatest challenges facing education today. We believe that schools deserve better information, better support and better tools.
Our vision is simple:
To make children's mental health visible, measurable and easier to support than ever before.
SchoolBudi helps schools gain a clearer picture of children's mental health, so every child has the opportunity to thrive.