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Student Wellbeing

At The Thomas Lord Audley School we recognise the importance of early help to offer support to meet the needs of students.

Early Help is everyone’s responsibility: together we will make sure that children, young people, and their families are safe, happy, and ready for school, work, and life’s challenges.

Each student has a dedicated tutor, Head of Year and Assistant Head of Year who will resolve problems before they become overwhelming and require reactive services.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Year team on, i.e. Year7@tla.school

 

Wellbeing at The Thomas Lord Audley School

Our Vision is to develop our young people, regardless of their background, to be the best that they can be academically, socially and emotionally - so that they go on to the next stages of their lives as well-prepared as possible

 

The governors, senior leadership and staff are committed to the wellbeing of our young people. Our coordinated and evidence-informed approach to mental health and wellbeing in the school aims to improve emotional health and wellbeing which can help students' readiness to learn.

 

Our approach is informed by the Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools and Colleges approach.

 

We have a number of staff who have been trained to support Mental Health and wellbeing, including Mr Rowland (Deputy Headteacher Pastoral and Safeguard Lead) and Mrs Bird (Assistant Headteacher Pastoral) who are the Senior Mental Health leads.

 

The following staff are all trained Mental Health First Aiders: 

  • Mrs Benjafield

  • Mrs Bird

  • Mrs Brown

  • Mrs Davis

  • Mrs Hark

  • Mrs Hughes

  • Miss King

  • Mrs Mills

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Universal Wellbeing offer for all students

 

  • Clear and consistent policies for behaviour and anti-bullying, including child-on-child abuse

  • Restorative and Education based practice is at the heart of our approach to behaviour.

  • Effective and child centered safeguarding and child protection policies and practice.

  • A clear process for students and staff to access help and support

  • Excellent pastoral care

  • Pastoral mentoring through form tutors and Year teams

  • A structured and responsive PSHE programme

  • Relationship Health Sex Education curriculum is in place to help students to form healthy relationships

  • PSHE programme has dedicated curriculum time to support high quality teaching

  • Targeted internal and external support based on need

  • Our fantastic emotional wellbeing intervention service

  • Improved PSHE programme with dedicated curriculum time lessons

 

Additional Interventions 

  • Access to Sensory Room in the Learning Academy

  • Support with reflection following a restorative approach

  • Small group work or 1:1 interventions in the Pastoral teams

  • Referral for internal support with external agencies

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Highly specialised support

 

  • Referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS);

  • Engagement referral to Level 2-4 Essex Services

 

Should you have a question about our approach to supporting our young people’s mental health and wellbeing, please email enquiries@tla.school

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If you are a parent or carer, please follow this link for mental health resources for families.  This government-based website acts as a hub to signpost support for mental health, dealing with bereavement, self-harm, eating disorders, drug & alcohol abuse, suicide prevention and more.  Another useful website for support, advice and resources is the leading mental health charity Young Minds.

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Kooth is a digital mental health and wellbeing company working to provide a welcoming space for digital mental health care, available to all. Kooth hosts helpful articles and personal advice. There are discussion boards within a friendly Kooth community. You can discuss what’s on your mind with a member of the helpful team via messages or live chat. Access resources like the daily journal to record your own feelings or emotions to reflect on how you are doing.

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