“ Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community.”
World Health Organisation - 2022

Within our Academy Trust, we aim to promote good mental health and well being for our whole community: children, staff & families.

We aim to develop protective factors by being a community in which all:

• are respected 
• have a sense of belonging and feel safe
• are able to talk openly with trusted adults
• see good mental health as something to be valued and nurtured

We want all members of our community to:

• feel confident in themselves
• be able to express a range of emotions appropriately
• be able to make and maintain positive relationships with others
• cope with the challenges of everyday life
• manage times of stress and deal with change
• thrive and achieve

We aim to achieve this through:

• PHSE curriculum, including the Dot Com programme
• raising awareness (wellbeing assemblies, events)
• listening to our students 
• providing support through our mentoring team
• providing support through SPIL, our school based counselling service
• working in partnership with parents/carers & families where there are concerns about mental health 
• signposting sources of external help and advice
• making referrals and working with external agencies to provide additional support to those who need it
• recognising the importance of staff mental health and wellbeing. 
• encouraging & modelling healthy attitudes and habits such as healthy diets and exercise
• having strong links with the local community