At Hadleigh Community Primary School, we are fully committed to promoting and supporting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of our pupils, staff and wider school community. We recognise that positive mental health is essential for effective learning, professional development and long-term wellbeing.

We aim to foster an inclusive and nurturing school culture where mental health and emotional wellbeing are understood, supported and discussed openly. We recognise that everyone should feel safe to express their feelings and seek help when needed. Therefore, we are committed to taking a positive approach through early identification of concerns and timely and effective intervention and support strategies. As well as, embedding a whole-school ethos that values and nurtures emotional resilience and psychological safety for all.

Our Ethos

Our aim is to promote and maintain the emotional wellbeing and mental health of pupils, staff, and the school community.

Aims:

  • Develop a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing that is embedded into our ethos, teaching, and relationships.
  • Provide access to support services, including the Suffolk Mental Health Support Team (MHST).
  • Ensure pupils and staff feel safe, supported and valued.

SUPPORT FOR PUPILS

We offer a range of proactive, responsive and specialist support to meet pupils’ emotional and mental health needs:

    • Zones of Regulation: A shared, school-wide emotional regulation framework to support self-awareness and to help pupils manage their emotions.
    • ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant): Provides one-to-one and group interventions for children who are experiencing emotional difficulties such as anxiety, low self-esteem, bereavement and friendship issues.
    • Suffolk Mental Health Support Team (MHST): Delivers early intervention, mental health support, including cognitive behavioural work, group programmes, parent support and staff consultation.

      Mental Health Support Teams in schools – Suffolk SEND Local Offer

 

Wellbeing Suffolk

Online workshops and webinars to support parents to understand anxiety and build resilience in their children.

Wellbeing Hub – Suffolk Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing Hub

Support and advice regarding children and young people’s mental health aged 0-25 years.

Suffolk Mind

A service aimed at improving the lives of people with mental health issues and providing accessible mental health services across the County.

Relate

Supportive relationship counselling for couples having difficulties.

Parenting Support

Parenting support programmes for parents and carers in Suffolk.

ICENI Ipswich

Provides family support services where there are difficulties due to drug or alcohol misuse.

Beat Eating disorders

The UK’s leading charity supporting people who have or know someone with an eating disorder – Link to helplines and information.

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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Support

SENDIASS – Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service

Impartial free, easy to access service for parents/carers on SEN support and EHCP process.

Suffolk Local Offer

Helps children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families to make choices about their support and services.

National Autistic Society

Advice and support.

Autism and ADHD

Advice, support, free emails, videos and mini training.

Suffolk Family Carers Ltd

Support and advice for young carers between 5-24 years.

Bereavement, Loss and Separation Services

CRUSE

For young people, children and their families. Group or individual counselling.

Winston’s Wish

National charity aimed at children and young people for bereavement or potential bereavement (life threatening illness). Useful website and helplines.

Kooth

A digital mental wellbeing site for children aged 11+.

Station Road, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 5HQ

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