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The Happy Confident Schools Program

Helping every child develop a deep sense of self and belonging and fulfil their full potential

Innovative emotional intelligence and character skills program for students aged 3-14 that can be delivered in 5-10 minutes a day with no need for teacher training. With over 1000 pieces of videos and activities tailored by age/ability, evidence shows that more than 80% of children using the program feel safer, happier, kinder more confident and more able to regulate their feelings in just 8 weeks
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Overview

HundrED has selected this innovation to

HundrED Global Collection 2026

Updated August 2025
Web presence

2018

Established

17

Countries
All students
Target group
With mental health issues increasing among children globally, we believe teaching both social-emotional literacy & life skills will ensure they can flourish and thrive. Success is only achievable by equally supporting teachers, parents, and children. The current education system needs to update its archaic approach to development and give children these skills to face life's inevitable challenges.

About the innovation

Why did you create this innovation?

Wellbeing and mental health challenges are increasing globally. Educators and parents are struggling with both increased behavioral issues and anxiety in school and at home. In the age of AI, our future generations need more than ever to learn emotional intelligence and other life skills that help them become their best self, and they need to develop a deep sense of belonging to their community. The current programs available create additional work for over-burdened teachers, can't be seamlessly integrated into the curriculum, and focus on intervention rather than personal development and prevention.

Our program offers true flexibility for schools where teachers can access materials by year group either choosing to follow a supplied and recommended structure or dip in and out of the vast bank of resources to support their teaching. Sympathetic to the increased burden of the teaching community, the program and materials have all be clinician-approved and teacher-endorsed. There is no additional work needed from the teaching community, all materials are ready to go: the videos are press and play, and the activities can simply be printed off and used without any further work required from teachers.
It was also critical to us that we were able to support the growing needs of the families within the school community and therefore, our complementary Happy Confident Club, offers parents access to a wide array of family resources that will support their child's development.

What does your innovation look like in practice?

4 modular/flexible pillars accessible by teachers through an online hub:

1. Social and Emotional Learning
The FEELIT program teaches pupils aged 3-14, 100 feelings across 800+ activities & engaging videos. It creates an inclusive culture teaching essential social & emotional skills, including self-regulation, conflict resolution, communication and empathy, helping them improve behavior & develop positive relationships.

2. Life Skills
10 skills including Self Awareness, Optimism, Mindset, Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience. A series of videos and activities using testimonials from children and teaching the neuroscience needed to thrive.

3. Gratitude & Reflection
Daily Journals to help children become more optimistic providing space to reflect & decompress. Pupils practice gratitude, through '3 good things', reflect on their feelings, and answer 2 daily questions to develop self-awareness.

4. Mindfulness & Connection
Affirmations, Conversations & Meditations created to arm pupils with tools for life.

The Happy Confident Club (launched April 2025)
The first platform that transforms parents into children's life coaches helping them support their child's challenges at home, learning together about mindfulness, resilience, growth mindset, and emotional intelligence, It works hand-in-hand with the Happy Confident Schools Program, by providing a complementary curriculum that will help children to become the best versions of themselves both at home, and in school.

How has it been spreading?

Our life skills program was initially trialled in schools from 2018 to 2020 as a 1 hour/week program over 10 weeks. The impact on children was really positive but the expansion was hampered by the fact that most schools didn’t have the time to find 1h/week and then by COVID.

In 2020, we developed gratitude journals and educational card games to help children develop positive daily habits in schools and at home. We have since reached hundreds of schools and hundreds of thousands of families, selling more than 300,000 journals to date.

In 2023, we overhauled the school program by developing bite-sized videos and activities that only require interventions of 5 to 10min every day, so that it can fit within any curriculum and school day. We launched the FEELIT program and Happy Confident Me TV as a video program to ensure children could access these at school & at home. We successfully rolled-out the program and resources in the UK to independent, SEN and state-funded schools and this is where the school program started being used by dozens of schools.

2024 and 2025 saw expansion into Europe, the Middle East the US and the Far East with large school groups such as GEMS and ISP getting on board. We'e now reaching more than 100 schools with our full school program, and thousands of schools and hundreds of thousands of families with our resources.

How have you modified or added to your innovation?

Twice a year we review the program usage and efficacy updating and upgrading the program to continually improve on the user experience based on real-world feedback.

As explained above, in 2023, we converted the challenges of schools and teachers not having enough time to fit in mental wellness into the curriculum into an opportunity, by converting the schools program into a 5 to 10 minute per day intervention that require no teacher training. This was a key innovation as making it a daily intervention that integrates seamlessly significantly improved the impact of the program.

We included impact surveys in 2024 and the outcomes were beyond any expectations even in the most well run schools in the world that already had a lot of wellbeing interventions. The results showed that on average, after just two months of using the program, more than 92% of children feel safer, 90% feel happier, 87% feel more able to regulate their feelings, 84% feel kinder and 78% feel more confident.

The Happy Confident Club (April 2025) was the key innovation over the past 6 months, as we believe that children need to feel a deeper sense of self and belonging in all settings to help them become their best self. So the connection between school and home and parental engagement is key to our mission and the launch of the HC Club is the final part of the puzzle that enables children to have a voice everywhere and to have the language to express their feelings and needs and to be supported.

If I want to try it, what should I do?

We offer a FREE 30-day taster of our Schools Program that showcases some of our materials. You'll find more information at www.happyconfident.com/experience
If you have any specific queries or are interested in our Program, please email schools@happyconfident.com. If you are not a school please reach out via contact@happyconfident.com.

Impact & scalability

Impact & Scalability

The Happy Confident Club boosts children’s wellbeing, confidence, and behaviour in just 4–8 weeks, with over 90% reporting feeling happier and safer. Its evidence-based lessons, gratitude journals, and digital tools make SEL engaging and practical. Active in 100+ schools across 17 countries, it offers a scalable, adaptable model for building emotional literacy and resilience.

HundrED Academy Reviews

The Happy Confident Schools Program, encompassing social-emotional learning (SEL), gratitude practices, life skills, and mindfulness, has demonstrated significant positive outcomes with 92% of participating pupils reporting feeling safer at school after just 8 weeks.

The Happy Confident Schools Program has demonstrated high scalability thanks to its modular, adaptable, and technologically accessible design. Requiring only an internet connection and a few minutes a day, it can be implemented in diverse educational settings.

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Implementation steps

STAFF MEETING OR INSET
Use materials supplied to share the science behind the program.
1. Show our Program Overview Video to introduce it.
2. Then use our Onboarding Video to demonstrate to teachers how to get started and use the platform
BECOME ACCUSTOMED WITH THE PROGRAM DASHBOARD
1. Log in to your individual teacher account
2. Watch the Navigation Video to get acquainted with Happy Confident Hub, our online digital platform.
PREPARE THE CLASSROOM
Using the teaching resources section of our hub, you will find all the support materials to help create the best environment to support the program should you wish to devote wall space to the program. Note that when using the printable resources to help bring the program to life and showcase children's work, the positive effect on pupils is significant.
WHOLE SCHOOL OR CLASS ASSEMBLY
For the Social Emotional Learning Program, FEELIT:
Use the “Understanding Your Feelings” video to introduce the program to your students. This video will set the scene for the entire program for pupils.
For the Journaling Programme:
Use the "Gratitude" Assembly to share how gratitude improves optimism, which improves happiness. Video also explains to children why journaling helps with all of this!!
For Life Skills
Use the 'Life Skills' Assembly that explains the 10 Powers to the children.
START YOUR PROGRAM
Simply follow the program or the program element by working through all of (or your chosen selection of) the program materials in the order they are found in The Happy Confident Schools Hub
PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT: Get the School's Program FREE if your parents are members of our Club
The Happy Confident Club is a family subscription that equips parents with the tools to effectively coach their kids and solve family challenges. It works hand-in-hand with the Happy Confident Schools Program, providing a complementary curriculum designed for the home environment that builds on the skills being developed at school, and thus increasing parental engagement. When parents sign up to the club, they also get complimentary access to the school program for their child's class.
FEEDBACK LOOP
After 8 weeks on the program, teachers and pupils complete a simple, easy, survey that will help track Social and Emotional Development over the duration of the program. This evidence will help the schools see (and track) the positive impact the program delivers, and will help the Happy Confident Company to adapt and adjust the program elements if required.

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