Pupil Wellbeing
We place the highest priority on the wellbeing of our pupils, recognising that a happy and healthy mind is key to success both inside and outside the classroom.
This page outlines the range of support available to nurture every child’s emotional and mental health. From universal resources accessible to all pupils, to targeted support tailored to individual needs, and connections with trusted external services, our commitment is to provide a supportive environment where every student can thrive.
Explore the sections below to discover how we foster a culture of care, resilience, and inclusivity.
The school offers support to all pupils by:
- Providing a quality, purpose written curriculum that values emotional literacy, includes holistic assessments and has focussed wellbeing explores and wellbeing moments throughout.
- Providing pupils with opportunities to feedback on their thoughts on how school impacts on their own safety and wellbeing.
- Valuing opinions and ideas of pupils through curriculum child-led explores and involvement in incentives.
- Raising awareness on mental health and wellbeing through assemblies, national initiatives, PSHE & RHE.
- Planning to appoint a School Senior mental Health Lead who oversees our approach to mental health and wellbeing.
- Ensuring a whole school communication-friendly approach that results in full inclusion, supports pupils with EAL and enables all pupils to express themselves.
- Promoting and valuing mental health and wellbeing through pupil-led initiatives such as pupil-led clubs and as we grow: Safeguarding & Wellbeing Champions.
- Enabling all learners to access the curriculum, including the use of technology-based solutions to remove barriers.
- Providing a range of high-quality environments and enrichment activities for all pupils as part of the school day. Enabling them to access an increasingly wide range of culturally rich, challenging and physical disciplines as well as experiencing outdoor learning.
- A robust and consistent approach to behaviour which encourages reflection through and continuously models, teaches and rewards expectations.
- Daily timetabled SODA and learning surgeries to address and resolve difficulties and concerns, this includes personal and social skills.
- Timetabled Story Escape sessions mean that each day, every child gets to enjoy a shared story to enhance their wellbeing.
- Understanding the impact of transition and ensuring all school transitions are well-planned, communicated, family-focussed and managed.
- All pupils and families given access to materials that promote self-esteem, healthy screen use whilst raising awareness of online safety through school website.
- Adaptive, ongoing CPD and discussions to enable staff to support pupils on a needs basis.
If there are emerging concerns about a pupil’s mental health or wellbeing a class teacher will seek to resolve immediately, through discussions with pupil and family, supporting friendships, ensuring work is matched to ability, addressing any classroom-based issues.
If there are still concerns or a teacher or parent raises more significant concerns, these will be discussed as part of an internal pastoral review meeting. In attendance will be SLT, DSL, SENCO, Senior Mental Health Lead and Attendance Lead.
Each pupil’s needs will be considered on a case-by-case basis and the best approach to support identified collectively as part of a graduated response.
Systems and support in school include:
- Reading Buddies (social & academic)
- Sports Coaching
- Targeted social support (partnered play, structured games, access to board games etc.)
- Safeguarding / Mental Health Lead support
- SLT support
- Partnerships e.g. BCU SALT / HEN, Music Services ‘Headstart’
- Home Visits
- Trust Mentor support
- Community Liaison Manager
- Hardship Funding
- Early Help
- Signposting Family Hubs (Children’s Village)
- Sharing Authority Local Offer
All provisions are reviewed either termly or half termly and parents informed at each stage inline with the Graduated response.
There may be times when a pupil’s mental health needs or wellbeing concerns cannot be addressed sufficiently with the systems in place at school.
As part of ongoing consultation through the graduated response, parents will be informed of other, external agencies and school will seek the most efficient methods of referral working in partnership with all involved in supporting the pupil.
External Agencies and Support include:
- GP or Paediatric Referral
- SEND outreach
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Authority Inclusion Team
- Local Counselling Services
- Mental Health Charities
- School Nurse Services
