What ADEK's Wellbeing Policy requires and how youHQ delivers it
ADEK's School Wellbeing Policy sets clear expectations: a written Wellbeing Strategy reviewed annually, regular wellbeing surveys across multiple domains, monitoring that includes inclusion and additional learning needs (ALN), and evidence of continuous improvement.
The ADEK Wellbeing Mark goes further by recognising schools that can demonstrate systematic, whole-school wellbeing practice. youHQ is built to help Abu Dhabi schools meet every one of these requirements.
What ADEK expect
How youHQ covers this
Schools must have a written Wellbeing Strategy and conduct an annual wellbeing review
youHQ's year-on-year dashboards and annual wellbeing reports provide the evidence base your strategy review needs. Term-by-term trend comparisons and domain-level breakdowns give leadership everything required to evaluate impact, set priorities and present a credible annual review to ADEK.
Schools must conduct annual wellbeing surveys for both students and staff across multiple domains
youHQ's pulse check-ins run throughout the year, while longer validated surveys can be scheduled termly or annually for both students and staff. Questions cover multiple wellbeing domains including ADEK's SPIRE model, with the ability to create bespoke surveys ensuring all data is centrally accessible and part of a broader wellbeing review.
Schools must identify students with additional learning needs (ALN) and adapt wellbeing monitoring and interventions accordingly
Tag ALN students as a distinct focus group in youHQ and view their wellbeing data separately from whole-school figures. Log targeted interventions, track outcomes and demonstrate to ADEK reviewers that every learner is individually monitored.
Wellbeing provision must align with ADEK's SPIRE model: self-empowerment, physical, intellectual, relational and emotional dimensions
youHQ is built on the internationally recognised PERMAH model, which can map directly into ADEK's five SPIRE dimensions. Our PERMAH wellbeing framework consists of age appropriate activities across each area of PERMAH so students can build their wellbeing literacy and schools can track their progress.
What an ADEK review conversation looks like with youHQ
An ADEK reviewer asks how the school monitors the intellectual and emotional wellbeing of its students throughout the year. The Wellbeing Lead opens youHQ and shows student profiles and shows the progress they have achieved on the PERMAH Wheel which maps to the SPIRE areas of Intellect and Emotional wellbeing, such as Positive emotion, engagement and Accomplishment.
With a growing focus on Wellbeing in Abu Dhabi, introducing youHQ allowed us to not just meet the policy requirements but to really understand and support our students’ wellbeing. The platform is user-friendly, presents data in an easy-to-understand and meaningful way and is equipped with the tools for us to track wellbeing continuously.
The data is detailed, and during inspection, we were able to present this clearly to show the impact of our actions taken and trends over time.
Melissa Claridge, AHT Pastoral
From check-ins to your ADEK Wellbeing Mark
Every check-in counts. Here's how youHQ turns daily data into credible ADEK Wellbeing Mark evidence.
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SPIRE Monitoring
PERMAH data mapped to SPIRE: physical, intellectual, relational, emotional
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Student Check-ins
Daily pulse check-ins that fulfil the wellbeing framework's survey requirements
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ALN Interventions
ALN focus groups, targeted actions, outcome tracking and review records
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Wellbeing Mark
Annual reports and strategy review evidence ready for ADEK compliance
ADEK: Wellbeing Policy
ADEK: Wellbeing Mark
ADEK: Inclusion Policy
ADEK: Annual Review